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Old July 3rd 04, 08:18 PM
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Default If I don't use outlook express, can worms still use it?

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 10:03:54 -0500, Mostly Me (MM) wrote:

sf wrote:
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 09:01:03 -0700, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:


Yes. If you don't use it, uninstall it. When properly configured and kept up
to date, OE is not normally a problem, especially if you have all the other
normal protection in place.

But if you don't use it, you're less likely to remember to do those things.



Are you really saying we can UNinstall OE and it won't
matter to our system???

Wooo Hooo! I've never tried it (using or uninstalling).
How do I uninstall it? I don't see it in add/remove
programs.



Hi,

Uninstall it via add/remove programs. It should be listed as Microsoft
Outlook Express. (First, look for updates to OE that are listed in
add/remove programs and remove those.)

Then go to the Windows Setup tab in add/remove programs and uncheck the
box next to address book to uninstall that from your system.

If you prefer not to uninstall OE and don't use it, then still remove
the address book, open OE and remove any and all accounts that may be
set-up and set your firewall to always deny OE access to the internet
and local network if you're on one.

mm


This may be a dumb question, but can't you just change the .exe file to
something like .old?
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