Welshjim, my apologies for overlooking your second message until just now. With Zander's message having come in after it, I somehow did not see...
Thanks for the information, Zander. I decided to leave well enough alone and not delete the old Sent Items box. Now sent emails are going to the...
Thanks for the suggestion, Zander. I tried to delete the old Sent Items.dbx, and found an interesting problem. My Outlook Express files have...
Welshjim, Thanks for the ideas. The messages are not in my Outbox. They have, in fact, been sent. (Recently, I have included myself as a...
I am using Outlook Express. Last year I had problems with the entire contents of my Inbox and Sent Items suddenly disappearing. Finally I think...
Thanks for the information about turning off automatic compacting. Although the source says that automatic compacting was turned off, I did not...
The backlight turning off problem returned. Thought I had gotten lucky there, but no. So I took off the keyboard as Oshwyn suggested and had...
How do I turn off automatic compacting in Outlook Express? I saw from other threads to go into Tools/Options/Maintenance, but I do not find an...
Interesting development with my laptop. The problem with the backlight turning off still happened from time to time. But the problem usually...
Unfortunately, the problem I described before has started to occur again. This time it is clearly cured by clearing the CMOS and then starting...
Oshwyn, Thanks, as always, for your help. My ISP server does have all the emails I need. Since they boosted the limit on messages to 2 GB...
I'm running Outlook Express. Last month I had a problem where OE suddenly deleted my Sent Mail box. Today it deleted my Inbox. All emails that...
You know, I think you are right -- it probably is the battery. It's been two or three years since I replaced it, and there have been signs that...
Thanks for all the suggestions. Something worked, although I am not sure what. I had the motherboard disconnected and in a cardboard box...
My computer, built from parts less than a year ago, has completely died. It will not turn on. All that I can see is a light at the bottom of the...
Thanks for the suggestions. So far I can get the display to work if I keep the laptop plugged in (so it is not on battery) and keep the...
My IBM ThinkPad is five years old now, but has lasted fairly well. A few months ago though, the backlight for the LCD screen started blanking out...
Oshwyn5, Thanks for your assistance. I got everything squared away now. The reason I spent the $25 to use DBXpress instead of DBXtract was to...
Mattman, Thanks, just what I needed.
Thanks for the information. I learned my lesson, and have burned about four years of received emails to a CD for backup. As mentioned,...
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