Subscriber Marc Taylor asked for some help solving a problem with Outlook Express 6: Searched the site but found nothing re: this problem. Currently running OE 6 on a Toshiba laptop running XP SP3 and it quit printing the body of an e-mail. Just prints header info. Have tried different printers. Any ideas? Thanks, Marc [...]
Some Quick Questions, Answers and Comments
I wrote recently about Karen’s Replicator, which is a good free (for personal, non-business use) synchronization program from Karen Kenworthy that I use for daily backups of my computers (as well as using Acronis True Image Home 2011 for periodic image backups). Shortly thereafter, Christopher Spilker wrote to tell me: Terry, I thought you would [...]
Do You Use Outlook Express?
Do you still use Outlook Express? If you do, stop right now (come back later and finish reading my articles) and compact your Outlook Express email folders. Don’t get in trouble like so many OE users are doing. OE does fine for a long time, but eventually, if you don’t compact the folders, Outlook Express [...]
Red-X Image Problem in Email
What can you do about a Red-X instead of any image in an email you receive? New subscriber Ron wrote to ask me about a fairly frequent problem with email programs. Ron didn’t mention which program he uses, but I’m guessing it’s Outlook Express because their “error message” seems to be nothing more than the [...]
Email Security When Using Wireless Networking
Email security is critical when you use wireless networking. When you use wireless networking at home, if you haven’t set your wireless router and wireless adapters to use the best encryption they will support (currently WPA2 for most personal wireless devices), you don’t have a secure system. You are broadcasting your data unencrypted or with [...]
Recovering Outlook Express Email Messages
Recovering Outlook Express email messages can suddenly become a priority. If you can’t resolve the file problem, the next best bet is to restore the OE files from your Acronis True Image Home 2011 backup files. Subcriber Glen Parbery wrote this week to ask about a bad problem he had experienced with Outlook Express – [...]
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