"Jim" wrote in message
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How bout helping me with my problems. Countless people are having
problems
with this "virus" called "SP2", and a few people (obviously Microsoft
employees) say it so great.


Nope, I am a computer tech and this is the best ever Service Pack.
Windows Firewall let's you have a small home network without
having to be a techy.

Your email is still there, but it is in a different folder,
look it up on groups.google.com
type in keywords in the search window

Upgrade to XP SP2 has deleted all my old e-mail messages
reply by Steve Cochran
6. How does one backup and restore or transfer OE messages and settings:

See: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Note that there is also a link in this article to MVP David Guess's free
OEBackup programs (www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/) or

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/ oebackupfull2.9.zip

- the full installation with all support files.

In a high volume newsgroup some posts are going to get overlooked.
It is practically quicker and more efficient to use Google in many cases.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;q313055
http://support.microsoft.com/default...t=windowsxpsp2

Netscape changed the location of where email was stored
between version 6 and version 7, which was then not
automatically imported. Some people change the default
storage location on the hard drive so import needs to be
done manually. A minor inconvenience.

Use your OE backup if you can't find these files. You have
been told many times to make backups and for SP2 you
were told again to make a backup of important files. When
you run into a problem which could be corrected by having
a backup it is nobody's fault but your own that you have a
problem because creating a backup was just too much for
you to trouble yourself with. So instead of accepting this
responsibility you try to put the blame on Microsoft.
Computers were only invented about 55 years ago.
Software that runs on them will not approach perfection
for centuries to come. That is why you need backups.

You remind me of people who drive cars and never choose
to check the oil even though they know they are "supposed" to.
I've installed Sp2 for eleven clients. Nine no problems. One
required a re-installation of a program. The other needed the
service pack upgrade rerun from the harddrive.


Well this will make the third time I've posted about this, so far no help!

Here's my problem:

Installed service pack 2.

It wiped out my settings in "Outlook Express."
The Account, POP Server and SMTP Server info were gone. I reconfigured,
Now my previously read mail, address book contacts, etc, are gone. Plus,
now I'm not receiving any new mail.

How can I get it back? I REALLY, REALLY need to recover some of the mail.
Unfortunately for some reason, my System Restore was turned off.

Thanks - Jim


If you can be bothered to read my email and the links contained therein,
you will find the solution to recover your files.