Re: WinXP service pak download

From: Jupiter Jones (jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com)
Date: 09/21/02 

From: "Jupiter Jones" <jones_jupiter@hotnomail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 16:58:47 -0600

Open Outlook Express.
Click Tools, click Options, click the Security tab.
Take the check out of "Do not allow attachments..." 

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"Frances J." <fivejones@charter.net> wrote in message
news:4b3b01c260f8$1bd38c80$3bef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA10...
> I have downloaded the most recent service pack for
> critical updates. It is supposed to address security
> issues with Win XP. Once downloaded, it will now no longer
> let me open any attachments that are emailed to me by
> trusted sources. It is denying access to those attachments
> because of the possibility that it could be infected, not
> because it is. I already have Norton Internet Security on
> my machine, so it should be able to handle virus concerns
> just fine on it's own. After waiting for over an hour for
> this to be downloaded, I had to do a system restore just
> to be able to open any attachments in my email, it would
> not allow me to do so otherwise. Now I'm concerned about
> having to go without whatever protection this update
> provided because of the hacker problems with the Yahoo
> groups lately. It is said that without this patch, they
> can have complete and total access to your computer if you
> were to click on an url that they have posted, and that
> your virus software will not stop it. I am now very
> worried about any site I may visit, and don't want to lose
> the ability to open my own email attachments. Why is OE
> forbidding me to open any and all attachments to my
> emails? I would also like to add that after downloading
> this patch, my computer began running very slowly. I am
> concerned that this patch may not be fully functional as
> it should be. Is anyone else having these problems, and
> what would you suggest?

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