I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a 
wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on his 
computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message, or on a web 
page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my Outlook Express is not 
installed properly or not my default mail.
Anyone have an idea?
TIA

"Maisie"  wrote in message
news:BE9E9E18-87FB-4765-AABB-9CA26F453F49@microsoft.com 
> I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on
> his computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message,
> or on a web page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my
> Outlook Express is not installed properly or not my default mail.
> Anyone have an idea?
> TIA

He might be infested with malware.
What You Should Know About Spyware
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx

So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971

Help with Hijackware
All  MS - MVP Sites. 
(http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm)
(http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm)
(http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm)
(http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm)
(http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm)

Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

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Protect your PC
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OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work with Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

Working through the items there should fix the problem.

-- 

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Maisie"  wrote in message 
news:BE9E9E18-87FB-4765-AABB-9CA26F453F49@microsoft.com...
>I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on 
> his
> computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message, or 
> on a web
> page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my Outlook Express 
> is not
> installed properly or not my default mail.
> Anyone have an idea?
> TIA

Thanks Michael,
I tried that and it didn't work. I'll have to get used to cutting and pasting.
Now the message just says that OE is not installed properly.
Thanks for the info.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

> OLEXP: "Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work with Outlook Express
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
> 
> Working through the items there should fix the problem.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
> 
> 
> "Maisie"  wrote in message 
> news:BE9E9E18-87FB-4765-AABB-9CA26F453F49@microsoft.com...
> >I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> > wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on 
> > his
> > computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message, or 
> > on a web
> > page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my Outlook Express 
> > is not
> > installed properly or not my default mail.
> > Anyone have an idea?
> > TIA 
> 
> 
>

1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...

2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx

If still no joy, see:

Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link: 
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm 
-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Maisie wrote:
> I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on his
> computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message, or on a
> web page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my Outlook Express
> is not installed properly or not my default mail.
> Anyone have an idea?
> TIA

I could not create a new string value. It said
Cannot open mailto:  Error while opening key
???

"PA Bear" wrote:

> 1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...
> 
> 2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx
> 
> If still no joy, see:
> 
> Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link: 
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm 
> -- 
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
> 
> 
> Maisie wrote:
> > I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> > wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on his
> > computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message, or on a
> > web page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my Outlook Express
> > is not installed properly or not my default mail.
> > Anyone have an idea?
> > TIA
>

Windows version?

Anything here help?... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

To create a new String value, highlight/select the key in left pane > 
Right-click on a blank area in right pane > New > String value > name it 
"URL Protocol" (without the quotes, with the space).
-- 
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Maisie wrote:
> I could not create a new string value. It said
> Cannot open mailto:  Error while opening key
> ???
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
> > 1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...
> >
> > 2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx
> >
> > If still no joy, see:
> >
> > Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link:
> > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm
> > --
> > Maisie wrote:
> > > I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> > > wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on
> > > his computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message,
> > > or on a web page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my
> > > Outlook Express is not installed properly or not my default mail.
> > > Anyone have an idea?
> > > TIA

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread. For days it said the 
server was down or congested.
I tried right clicking on the blank left hand side of the page and got the 
message Cannot open mailto:Error while opening key.
Maisie

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Windows version?
> 
> Anything here help?... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
> 
> To create a new String value, highlight/select the key in left pane > 
> Right-click on a blank area in right pane > New > String value > name it 
> "URL Protocol" (without the quotes, with the space).
> -- 
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
> 
> 
> Maisie wrote:
> > I could not create a new string value. It said
> > Cannot open mailto:  Error while opening key
> > ???
> >
> > "PA Bear" wrote:
> >
> > > 1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...
> > >
> > > 2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx
> > >
> > > If still no joy, see:
> > >
> > > Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link:
> > > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm
> > > --
> > > Maisie wrote:
> > > > I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> > > > wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on
> > > > his computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message,
> > > > or on a web page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my
> > > > Outlook Express is not installed properly or not my default mail.
> > > > Anyone have an idea?
> > > > TIA 
> 
>

I did all the below, and it still pops up 60 ormore pages, with the addy in 
the website address line.

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Windows version?
> 
> Anything here help?... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098
> 
> To create a new String value, highlight/select the key in left pane > 
> Right-click on a blank area in right pane > New > String value > name it 
> "URL Protocol" (without the quotes, with the space).
> -- 
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
> 
> 
> Maisie wrote:
> > I could not create a new string value. It said
> > Cannot open mailto:  Error while opening key
> > ???
> >
> > "PA Bear" wrote:
> >
> > > 1. http://www.oehelp.com/oedef.aspx; then...
> > >
> > > 2. http://www.oehelp.com/oelnk.aspx
> > >
> > > If still no joy, see:
> > >
> > > Multiple browser windows open when you click on a mailto: link:
> > > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/MailtoProtocol.htm
> > > --
> > > Maisie wrote:
> > > > I recently gave my son his own computer and we chooked it up through a
> > > > wireles router. He opened his outlook express to recieve his mail on
> > > > his computer. But now when ever i click and e-mail addy in a message,
> > > > or on a web page, i have 25- to 67 pages pop up. Then it says my
> > > > Outlook Express is not installed properly or not my default mail.
> > > > Anyone have an idea?
> > > > TIA 
> 
>