Re: OT - Links won't open in Outlook Express


"Steve O" <stoboyle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42t51mF1k0f56U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I know this is off topic but my links won't open in Outlook Express when I
>click on them-
> yes, I KNOW it is really sad and dumb to be still using OE

You still use Outhouse Express? Bwahahahahaha, cough...er...me too.

> and I have tried out Mozilla Thunderbird (twice) but didn't get along with
> it

Same here, Outhouse may be crap in some respects, but it does everything I
want it to and handles newsgroups quite adequately, in spite of what some
superior usenet jerks might think.

> and the problem now is that when I try to click on those spooky and
> amusing links people post here from time to time nothing happens and I
> have been through all of the tools and options in OE and still can't fix
> the problem ('kin hopeless, aren't I?)

Have you removed any spyware lately? you know, that stuff that porn sites
drop into your system.

> and I do fully realise too that this entire question is composed of a
> single sentence which is really bad grammar and I'm posting to the wrong
> newsgroup anyway and people here probably won't tell me how to fix it
> because they think I'm a sceptical twat but I
> wouldappreciateanyhelpatallthankyouverymuch..........

Dear sceptical twat, a quick Google threw this up
http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2005/20050714_links_wont_open.htm
It's the sort of glitch that happens after we've done something to the
system in some way, have you made any changes recently? including a spyware
scan and removal.


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