Hi!

Whenever I click an e-mail address someone has included in an e-mail, my
machine throws up about 60+ black windows, instead of a new message window.

Why is this?

In the options menu, it says OE is not the default mail handling program,
but whenever I set it to default, it reverts back to not default immediately.

I have some components of Office 97 installed, but I don't think Outlook was
one of them. Could it be a conflict of programmes, and if so how do I fix
this?

Thanks for any help!

FS

"Frazer Snowdon" <FrazerSnowdon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:ED36C95F-8855-4197-B8CA-0998BC0454B5@microsoft.com
> Hi!
>
> Whenever I click an e-mail address someone has included in an e-mail,
> my machine throws up about 60+ black windows, instead of a new
> message window.
>
> Why is this?
>
> In the options menu, it says OE is not the default mail handling
> program, but whenever I set it to default, it reverts back to not
> default immediately.
>
> I have some components of Office 97 installed, but I don't think
> Outlook was one of them. Could it be a conflict of programmes, and if
> so how do I fix this?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> FS

You might be infested with malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...ssoftware.mspx

Help with Hijackware
All MS - MVP Sites.
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

The symptom you see is caused by the default mail program not properly
being set.

Work through the fixes listed here:
OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work with Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098


--

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


"Frazer Snowdon" <FrazerSnowdon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:ED36C95F-8855-4197-B8CA-0998BC0454B5@microsoft.com...
> Hi!
>
> Whenever I click an e-mail address someone has included in an e-mail,
> my
> machine throws up about 60+ black windows, instead of a new message
> window.
>
> Why is this?
>
> In the options menu, it says OE is not the default mail handling
> program,
> but whenever I set it to default, it reverts back to not default
> immediately.
>
> I have some components of Office 97 installed, but I don't think
> Outlook was
> one of them. Could it be a conflict of programmes, and if so how do I
> fix
> this?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> FS

"Frazer Snowdon" <FrazerSnowdon@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
message de news: ED36C95F-8855-4197-B8CA-0998BC0454B5@microsoft.com...
> Hi!
>
> Whenever I click an e-mail address someone has included in an e-mail, my
> machine throws up about 60+ black windows, instead of a new message
> window.
>
> Why is this?
>
> In the options menu, it says OE is not the default mail handling program,
> but whenever I set it to default, it reverts back to not default
> immediately.
>
> I have some components of Office 97 installed, but I don't think Outlook
> was
> one of them. Could it be a conflict of programmes, and if so how do I fix
> this?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> FS