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Thread ID: 24930 2002-09-22 01:54:00 XP,Outlook Exp,Hotmail & sp1 J ZEP (336) Press F1
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81891 2002-09-22 01:54:00 Hi all, was wondering if anybody had noticed a change in their Outlook express in relation to checking hotmail (or any other second accounts for that matter)since installing sp1 on xp (obviously it comes down to the default settings). I used to be able to go - File - Switch Identity - click on the hotmail identity - o.k and that was it, it would then change over to hotmail or back. Unfortunately that is no go now, since sp1.
After a bit of experimenting i found i now have to go - file - Identities - Manage Identities - and change it from the drop down menu under - Use this identity when starting a program - then go back to - file - switch identities and it will work once OR untick Use this identity when starting a program - but this means always being prompted for which account on starting outlook express, but kind of allows you to switch a bit like it used to.
Anyway just thought i would post in case anybody else is having a similar thing and can't work it out - cause at first i thought i had lost the ability to switch accounts!:-)
J ZEP (336)
81892 2002-09-22 02:20:00 JZep,

I read somewhere recently (I'm always doing that!) that there's a bug in SP1 that causes problems with changing identities in OE. Perhaps it was in one of tweak'e's news posts. There might be an update or a fix on the MS site.

Mike.
Mike (15)
81893 2002-09-22 06:08:00 Check out this (support.microsoft.com) Microsoft KB Article. stevie_boy (478)
81894 2002-09-22 08:35:00 Thanks stevieboy, gee for once i got it right, my instructions were just about identical to the m.s fix ones :D :-) :D :-) :D

>>2 I read somewhere recently (I'm always doing that!)

Me too, and then i spend half the day trying to find where i read that something and it drives me nuts :^O
J ZEP (336)
81895 2002-09-22 08:52:00 What is "Reading"? I thought that was a Town in England. Poppa John ]:) Poppa John (284)
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