Outlook Express unable to create internet account mgr.

[videobruce]

This is using XP w/sp2
I wasn't sure where to post this; under O/Ss' or under Software, so here I am.

Regarding Outlook Express which I never used (and have no intention to), on someone else box which I just rebuilt, I went to open OE and it returned an error message "Unable to create iternet account manager" it then gave me this" msoe.dll can not be initialized".

I'm assuming this is because a 'service' was stopped, but if so I don't know what services OE depends on since it doesn't seem to affect anything else.

There was a previous issue with a string in the registry regarding user names which was corrected (apparently a common problem, as there were plenty of Google hits on it). At least I don't get that error anymore.

If it isn't this, any ideas either way??

[Negeva]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=245419

Failing that re-install OE. Or better yet install Thunderbird and use that instead - at least they have better spam/junk email protection than OE ever has.

[videobruce]

Operas' M2 client is up and running. Neither he or myself would/will use OE. It's just another bloated, tied to the O/S program that is forced upon you hust as Idiot Exploiter is. Don't use that either.

It's that 'Idenity' issue that I have seen before. Typical M$.