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Thread ID: 29455 2003-01-21 00:28:00 outlook express freezing when i go to use it catgirl (2231) Press F1
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115583 2003-01-21 00:28:00 hoping someone can help, have asked this before but still have a problem with out look express freezing, opens ok but when i go to use anything it freezes, seemed to start happening after someone installed pop up hawk on our computer, has also affected hotmail, cannot get in via the normal log in, a file starts downloading to our computer when we try to log, not saying where it is from, where it is downloading to etc, left it to download but after an hour was still going, we can get into hotmail via msn home page, but not via usual login.
have tried unistalling popup hawk but is not on add/remove programmes so removed it from c drive, but understand something may still be on computer if i took it off this way.
have tried reinstalling windows, reinstalling outlook express, changing inbox, had various people look at it, virus scanned, defragged, disk scan, looked for corrupted files and nortons system works utilities!!!!!, but nothing seems to work. HELP PLEASE SOMEONE
thanks
we are using windows 98 and outlook express 5
catgirl (2231)
115584 2003-01-21 00:46:00 Because you removed pop hawk the wrong way, it is going to make it very difficult to fix your problem.
Do you have norton utilities?
roofus (483)
115585 2003-01-21 00:50:00 I would suggest you try re-installing pop up hawk and then removing it again! Chilling_Silence (9)
115586 2003-01-21 00:52:00 hi, i do have nortons utilities, have ran that and seems to be ok catgirl (2231)
115587 2003-01-21 00:55:00 how can i remove it if it does not show up on add/remove programmes? i thought the only other way is to do it the way i did, if i reinstall pop up hawk, then remove it will that fix the problem or are the setting changed for good? catgirl (2231)
115588 2003-01-21 01:44:00 Did the folder contain something called Uninstall or UnWise or something like that? - as those are the uninstallation programs. Not all programs add themselves to the Add/Remove Programs in the control panel.
Installing and the uninstalling the program should fix it - however remember to install it into the exact same directory it came from in the first place.

Also, if that doesn't work, you could try restoring Internet Explorer and Outlook Express to their Clean Installed state?
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs
Microsoft Internet Explorer X and Internet Tools
Add/Remove
Advanced
Make sure Outlook Express is selected
Okay
Repair Internet Explorer
Okay!
cyberchuck (173)
115589 2003-01-21 01:48:00 I can't find any reference to a popup hawk program on Google. Do you know where it came from?

A few other things you could try are running AdAware (www.majorgeeks.com), first and check your BHO's (browser helper objects) - BHO Cop (www.pcmag.com) should help with that.

It might also help to run a registry cleaning program - go to the forum's Registry FAQ (link to FAQs top right of this window) for the link to a good registry cleaner.
Susan B (19)
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