Unable to Type Anywhere in OE6

Good Evening All:
A peculiar situation with my mother-in-law's PC. PII 120, 128MB RAM, Windows 98SE, OE 6. My brother-in-law reports that, when starting a new memo, or even replying to a received one, he is unable to type any words in any of the blocks, i.e., 'To:', 'Subject:', or even the main message block. He has compared OE settings on his own PC (which works fine) to those on his mother's and does not note any differences that might cause this issue.
Any thoughts are certainly appreciated.

 

Add/remove programs, click and pick the option to repair.

Also I strongly suggest the following:

Dr. Newt's general clean-up instructions for Win95/98/ME

• Open a browser window and dump all TIF (temporary internet files) and cookies. Close.
• Open windows explorer and
  .. delete the contents of all temp folders
  .. delete any files in c:\ with a name filennnn.chk (where nnnn is any number so file0001.chk, file1034.chk, etc)
• verify that you have fewer than 500 files & folders directly under c:\. If you are close to that number, remove or move some files.
• empty the recycle bin
• boot to DOS
• from the command prompt do the following
  .. scanreg /fix <ENTER> (press the ENTER key)
  .. scanreg /opt <ENTER>
  ****note that 95 does not have scanreg.exe but a copy from 98 or ME will run fine if you can get one
  .. scandisk c:\ /nosave /autofix /surface <ENTER>
  .. Win /D:M (forces a safe mode windows start)
• Run another scandisk (start~programs~accessories~system tools) and check for a standard scan and to fix all errors found. The DOS scan couldn't check for long file name issues.
• Run a defrag
• Reboot to normal Windows.

 

'No Typing Zones in OE6'

Newt, thanks for the info. I'll pass it on to see if that solves their problem.

Dean

 

Purple Haze--Happens to me from time to time. I reboot and all is OK.

 

No Tying Zones in OE6

Thanks again. It's really hard trouble-shooting long diatance (as you well know!!) for someone who has to have yet another person come over and help Oh well, the joys of 'tech support.'