outlook express 6 /hotmai lproblem

Hi Id Installed ie6/olexp6 , ie6 works fine but olxp6 shows ....
that pop3 mails works fine BUT hotmail acounts ( three in total )
cant be checked with the receive/send all , option.
using this the receiv all with olexp6, it cheks the first hotmail account on the list and then tays there.
¿¿doing something ???
The only way to check the hotmail accounts with olexp6 is: check the first account , when mail received , shutdown olexp , launch it again , check the second account and so on ..-
tried the repairing of ie6/olexp6 ,but the problem remains.
hoopss , by the way Im using w98 and works just fine for me

any idea or help welcomed. bye

 

Do you get any error messages?

Can you check the accounts one at a time without having to shut OE down?