Internet Explorer 6 service pack

I was notified to update my computer and I did the
updates. And now I have Outlook Express 6 and I am
getting email from friends with attachments and it will
not let me open many of them-even the ones that I saved
before I updated to Microsoft 6. The message that OE has
removed access to unsafe attachments. Any suggestions?
What I would like to do it to uninstall Outlook Express 6
only and still leave Microsoft Internet Exployer 6 but
will that work and can I do that.

Or very simply, how can I open these emails with these "OE
removal of unsafe attachments"

OEToolsOptionsSecurity Tab. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments........."

Please see these links about virus protection in OE 6.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach

The box got checked by default with the update.
--
Bruce Hagen
~IB-CA~



"Aberdeen" wrote in message
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I was notified to update my computer and I did the
updates. And now I have Outlook Express 6 and I am
getting email from friends with attachments and it will
not let me open many of them-even the ones that I saved
before I updated to Microsoft 6. The message that OE has
removed access to unsafe attachments. Any suggestions?
What I would like to do it to uninstall Outlook Express 6
only and still leave Microsoft Internet Exployer 6 but
will that work and can I do that.

Or very simply, how can I open these emails with these "OE
removal of unsafe attachments"

Aberdeen,

Posted to newsgroup and emailed directly to the poster of the message =
that this is a reply to.

See if this helps.

Load up Outlook Express and click on Tools/Options/Security and see if =
you've got a tick against "Do not allow attachments to be saved or =
opened that could potentially be a virus."=20

If you have then uncheck this box and you should get access to all =
attachments.
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Before you do this,of course,make sure that you have installed,and keep =
up-to-date,a good virus checker program.
=20
You might also find this useful.
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Load up Outlook Express and remove,if it's there,the tick against 'When =
Outlook Express starts, go directly to my Inbox' .
=20
Click on INBOX then right-click an empty bit of the TOOLBAR and click on =
CUSTOMIZE and find the icon called PREVIEW and double-click it to add it =
to the TOOLBAR.
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When you've done this you can click on the PREVIEW icon to turn on or =
turn off the PREVIEW PANE.

You can then turn it off,before you go on-line,and let all your emails =
download then delete any that look 'suspicious' - without them being =
opened when you click on their headers to highlight them before deleting =
them - then turn it back on to view the rest of them.
=20
If you're still not sure about any of the 'safe' ones then - with the =
Preview Pane still turned off - you can right-click the header and then =
click PROPERTIES/DETAILS/MESSAGE SOURCE and see what the email contains =
then decide to either delete it or open it.

John Clifford Hole [MVP] of Enfield Middlesex=20

Aberdeen wrote:
I was notified to update my computer and I did the
updates. And now I have Outlook Express 6 and I am
getting email from friends with attachments and it will
not let me open many of them-even the ones that I saved
before I updated to Microsoft 6. The message that OE has
removed access to unsafe attachments. Any suggestions?
What I would like to do it to uninstall Outlook Express 6
only and still leave Microsoft Internet Exployer 6 but
will that work and can I do that.
=20
Or very simply, how can I open these emails with these "OE
removal of unsafe attachments"