Originally posted by Twisterdog
OMG, please tell me what setting you changed!! My Outlook Express has been non-functioning for months, despite my best efforts, AND I have McAfee!!

There is a glimmer of hope!!!!
I have McAfee Firewall and that was the problem. Click on your McAfee icon and go to McAfee Firewall. You will see a section called Internet Applications. Click on that and a whole list of internet applications allowed by the Firewall will come up. Scroll down to Outlook Express and see if it says "allow full access" or does it say "blocked." If it is blocked give it full access and then try Outlook Express.

I want you to know that I called Microsoft, gave them credit card information for the one time (one event) $35.00. And then I was on hold for ONE HOUR. I am not exaggerating, because I played numerous games of solitare, read the news, etc. Then this great guy who is in Nova Scotia comes on the phone and after he heard my story and numerous calls to Comcast and Dell, said that McAfee is almost always the problem.

At first he was going to have me uninstall McAfee and I groaned.........so he asked me to try this before we uninstalled McAfee. Outlook Express has been fine ever since. With the exception that I cannot open all attachments, but I think that is my fault, because I haven't had the time to go in and register all of the software that came with the computer.

I sure hope that this helps you..........let me know if it works, because if it does, I think a letter to McAfee is in order. This is ridiculous and it was a huge waste of time for me, before I just knuckled under and paid the $35.00.