Suddenly my OE will not open or save any attachments. I tried removing the
check in security option re "preventing opening dangerous . . . etc". That
didn't help.
Have same virus, privacy and firewall software on this and another networked
computer . . . only this one affected. Sound familiar to anyone?? Only thing
I can think I did recently was download latest WINDOWS "Defender" Beta.

Bobk

Is this all types of attachments or just some?

Do you get any warning or error messages?

If you click on the paper clip in the preview pane, are the file names
faded out?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bobk" wrote in message
news
Suddenly my OE will not open or save any attachments. I tried removing
the
check in security option re "preventing opening dangerous . . . etc".
That
didn't help.
Have same virus, privacy and firewall software on this and another
networked
computer . . . only this one affected. Sound familiar to anyone?? Only
thing
I can think I did recently was download latest WINDOWS "Defender"
Beta.

Bobk

Michael,

It's all attachments and they don't fade out. I solved the problem by
uninstalling WINDOWS DEFENDER. I've since noticed on the discussion groups
that other people are having problems with DEFENDER.
--
Bobk


"Michael Santovec" wrote:

Is this all types of attachments or just some?

Do you get any warning or error messages?

If you click on the paper clip in the preview pane, are the file names
faded out?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bobk" wrote in message
news
Suddenly my OE will not open or save any attachments. I tried removing
the
check in security option re "preventing opening dangerous . . . etc".
That
didn't help.
Have same virus, privacy and firewall software on this and another
networked
computer . . . only this one affected. Sound familiar to anyone?? Only
thing
I can think I did recently was download latest WINDOWS "Defender"
Beta.

Bobk

Windows Defender Beta2 makes opening OE attachments slower but it doesn't
stop you from opening or saving them.

Address your OE maintenance routine (or lack thereof):

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Bobk wrote:
Michael,

It's all attachments and they don't fade out. I solved the problem by
uninstalling WINDOWS DEFENDER. I've since noticed on the discussion groups
that other people are having problems with DEFENDER.

Is this all types of attachments or just some?

Do you get any warning or error messages?

If you click on the paper clip in the preview pane, are the file names
faded out?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bobk" wrote in message
news
Suddenly my OE will not open or save any attachments. I tried removing
the
check in security option re "preventing opening dangerous . . . etc".
That
didn't help.
Have same virus, privacy and firewall software on this and another
networked
computer . . . only this one affected. Sound familiar to anyone?? Only
thing
I can think I did recently was download latest WINDOWS "Defender"
Beta.

Bobk

I have just had the exact same problem. I couldn't open or save attachments.
i have just uninstalled Defender Beta 2 and all is OK

"Bobk" wrote:

Michael,

It's all attachments and they don't fade out. I solved the problem by
uninstalling WINDOWS DEFENDER. I've since noticed on the discussion groups
that other people are having problems with DEFENDER.
--
Bobk


"Michael Santovec" wrote:

Is this all types of attachments or just some?

Do you get any warning or error messages?

If you click on the paper clip in the preview pane, are the file names
faded out?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bobk" wrote in message
news
Suddenly my OE will not open or save any attachments. I tried removing
the
check in security option re "preventing opening dangerous . . . etc".
That
didn't help.
Have same virus, privacy and firewall software on this and another
networked
computer . . . only this one affected. Sound familiar to anyone?? Only
thing
I can think I did recently was download latest WINDOWS "Defender"
Beta.

Bobk