See Bruce's next reply.

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)? Were any of these applications running
in the background when you installed WinXP SP3 and/or IE7?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Bill Olsen wrote:
XP Home Edition wit SP3, OE 6
[...also have IE7]

Windows version? OE Version?

When I click on 'Delete messages from deleted folder upon exit' I get
an
error 'Please enter a value between 5 and 100 for the percent at which
to
compact files' no where to enter value! Help