Using win 98 se.
A file somehow got deleted, so internet explorer won't
work. Can't get onto internet at all.
We can get into the local network ok but, trying to use

I was uanable to send mail in my outlook express due to
following error
Error Message:An unknown error has occurred. Protocol:
SMTP, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800C0131"

Every day after browsing, my computer slows down.  I especially see it
when minimizing a page becomes slow.   I go to My Computer, right
click on properties and have it clear out the Temporary files.  Then
is  picks up speed again.  Is there any way I can increase the size of

When I go to my yahoo or other web pages, not all the
pictures display. I get a box with a red x in the upper
left-hand corner. Then on my yahoo email page I get at the
right hand side, cannot display page.

I keep getting this message and it closes internet explorer
EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in
module <unknown> at 0000:01454bc3.
Registers:

On a regular basis I get shell32 and kernel32 errors when
I try to open files or explore in windows. It says
internet explorer will now close and I can't open the
files. The following is an example of the error.

I'm getting an "Outlook Express was unable to switch to the newsgroup XXX on
the server 'news.gbronline.com' " message.  It's only to the
'news.gbronline.com' that I am unable to switch -- I can go to other
newsgroups

Let's say if the topic is broken down into 20 files. Only, perhaps, 7 or so have been
available. I have waited and checked a few days later thinking the others will eventually
appear but they never do.
What could be the problem?

i am unable to access my earthlink total access 2005
mailbox.  the window directs me to a windows update link,
and it is unable to complete the update. says contact
vendor.

The headers of the alt.binaries music newsgroups are missing.
Only a certain percentage of these files are present.
At times the very first file is missing. Then it's the last file. And at times it's the
middle few that are not transmitted.

I wondered if there was a recent upgrade of HotMail that disabled HTTPmail
in IE/OE v5.5 ? I can't check any of my hotmail accounts for two weeks now,
I always get this error message:
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On a friend's WIN98 machine (lots of miles away), I recently rid her of
Mydoom virus.
She is getting an 'Illegal operation - will shutdown now' message when
trying to open downloaded emails.

When I try to open OE, it says that can't be started
because MSOE.DLL couldn't be loaded.  When I look at the
contents of the c:/program files/outlook express
directory, the MSOE.DLL file is not shown.  However, when

When you do View>Current view>Show all messages, what determines how many
messages are displayed? All messages since when? Why did I get 813 rather
than, say, 1,368? Thanks in advance.

I recently received an E mail with an attachment. The Icon
on the E mail is differentin that it is white with blue
stripes and a red A. When I try to open this I get a
message which says This program has performed an illegal