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Friend just contaced me with this problem...........
"I have a new PC. I have problems with emails with attachments, I notice it with word, it may happen to others but most attachments I get are word. My system does not seem to recognise them as word attachments, I suspect it’s just a security setting somewhere but cannot find it" Can anyone help ??? |
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A "new PC". XO or Vista?
If XP: Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack2: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260 If that does not help, what it the file extension of the attachments? If they are indeed Word attachments: Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | Choose Program. Find and choose a program that works. (Word?), and then check the box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should enable you to open these attachments in the future. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "barrowhill" wrote in message ... Friend just contaced me with this problem........... "I have a new PC. I have problems with emails with attachments, I notice it with word, it may happen to others but most attachments I get are word. My system does not seem to recognise them as word attachments, I suspect it’s just a security setting somewhere but cannot find it" Can anyone help ??? |
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Can you see the attachment or is it unreadable?
What email program sent the email? If they use Outlook and send as RTF, then OE does not recognize the attachment. The message should be sent as plain text. -- Ronald Sommer "barrowhill" wrote in message ... Friend just contaced me with this problem........... "I have a new PC. I have problems with emails with attachments, I notice it with word, it may happen to others but most attachments I get are word. My system does not seem to recognise them as word attachments, I suspect it’s just a security setting somewhere but cannot find it" Can anyone help ??? |
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Is he getting an error message?
Does the attachment open in the wrong program? Is the problem only when he attempts to open the attachment from with OE? Does it perhaps say that Windows doesn't know what program to use, but if he saves the attachment, then double click it does it open OK? See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations section of Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...e.htm#identify -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "barrowhill" wrote in message ... Friend just contaced me with this problem........... "I have a new PC. I have problems with emails with attachments, I notice it with word, it may happen to others but most attachments I get are word. My system does not seem to recognise them as word attachments, I suspect it's just a security setting somewhere but cannot find it" Can anyone help ??? |
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