Recommend you use a regular news reader such as Outlook Express vs. that web
interface. See here for how to set it up:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/index.htm#setupmsnews
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"J S Oliver" <jsoliver@cox.net.(donotspam)> wrote in message
news:4E112F25-AA8F-4C14-9284-1E052ADBE38B@microsoft.com...
> Thanks very much. It's late here now. I'll try that tomorrow and get back
> to
> you.
>
> By the way: The reason this query is posted under this thread is because
> the
> newsgroup system WILL NOT let me start a NEW thread. I can only REPLY --
> hence my posting here. But I cannot start a NEW thread. I log in and I
> get a
> "welcome back" message in the right-hand pane. I hit new and that's all I
> see: A welcome sentence in the right pane. That's all, that's it. Zip. No
> matter how many times I hit "new," my choices are to log in again if I'm
> not
> J S Oliver, or sit there and stare at the screen. There's no way to post
> a
> new thread. So: If you can also tell me what's with THAT, you will likely
> save me from considering suicide. If I can't even ask Microsoft a
> question,
> just shoot me now!
>
> --
> Thanks, JSO
>
>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
>> Try using msconfig at the Start/Run line, look on the startup tab and
>> uncheck all programs except those relating to Microsoft applications,
>> click
>> Apply and reboot. See if the problem is fixed. It sounds like you have
>> some third party program installed that is interfering or that your
>> computer
>> is infected with some type of parasite or spyware infection. For help
>> with
>> those, see these links:
>>
>> Go here for info:
>> http://aumha.org/a/tshoot.php#malware
>>
>> And for a quick check:
>> http://aumha.org/a/noads.php
>> --
>> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
>> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> "J S Oliver" <jsoliver@cox.net.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> news:3F8A7C87-A559-47C9-85F0-4FC59D49F894@microsoft.com...
>> >I run XP Home SP2. Out of nowhere, IE 6 won't open because it says
>> >"another
>> > instance is running." I've tried everything I know to do. I can't find
>> > another instance running and I can't shut it down. I've tried cold
>> > booting,
>> > restarting, virus scanning, disabling my virus program, uninstalling my
>> > virus
>> > program, disk cleanup, disk check, defragging. OE fixit programs won't
>> > work
>> > for the same reason. They say they can't backup, or scandbx, or
>> > download
>> > another OE6 application because "another instance is running."
>> >
>> > When I do a search on Outloo*, I get 46 files. Six are identities. I
>> > can't
>> > tell which is the current identity so I don't dare delete anything. Can
>> > anyone help with ANY of this?
>> >
>> > Thanks in sunny Phoenix
>> > --
>> > Thanks, JSO
>> >
>> >
>>
>>