How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts
have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many
folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

Interesting problem. I saw this just as I was going to permit a restart
after updates were downloaded. Didn't see which (am trying to avoid IE8,
given the problems I have read about here).

So went to the update site and got this error message:

"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or
updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you
restart."

So I am going to do a backup, hit restart (after closing everything in an
orderly fashion), hold my nose and jump in...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and
all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts
have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many
folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has
re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

The MS update did not contain IE8 and there was no OE problem...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Interesting problem. I saw this just as I was going to permit a restart
after updates were downloaded. Didn't see which (am trying to avoid IE8,
given the problems I have read about here).

So went to the update site and got this error message:

"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or
updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you
restart."

So I am going to do a backup, hit restart (after closing everything in an
orderly fashion), hold my nose and jump in...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
bought it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and
all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4)
when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts
have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain
blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many
folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has
re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

The MS update did not contain IE8 and there was no OE problem...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Interesting problem. I saw this just as I was going to permit a restart
after updates were downloaded. Didn't see which (am trying to avoid IE8,
given the problems I have read about here).

So went to the update site and got this error message:

"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or
updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you
restart."

So I am going to do a backup, hit restart (after closing everything in an
orderly fashion), hold my nose and jump in...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
bought it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and
all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4)
when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts
have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain
blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many
folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has
re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

Interesting problem. I saw this just as I was going to permit a restart
after updates were downloaded. Didn't see which (am trying to avoid IE8,
given the problems I have read about here).

So went to the update site and got this error message:

"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or
updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you
restart."

So I am going to do a backup, hit restart (after closing everything in an
orderly fashion), hold my nose and jump in...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and
all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts
have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many
folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has
re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts
have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many
folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

Hi

Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there. (but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

Thanks,
Bobby



"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:04:01 -0700, Bobby wrote:

Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook Express
I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many folders etc. have
gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

Did you have MSOE pointing to a different disk volume? It is possible to set
up the MSOE message store on a removable disk, or network disk; but can be
dangerous to do so, because, if MSOE loses track of the location, it will
just build a new message store on the local HDD.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for *.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones, then you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express
I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many folders etc.
have
gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

Thanks
Bobby

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4) when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Bobby wrote:
Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook
Express I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many folders
etc. have gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?