No addr book after KB914454

Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5 updates, one
for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the middle
of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back up, I
accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current default,
would you like it to be? Reply yes.
Now there is no address book!!! What happened? Where did it go? I cannot
afford to loose it.
Thank you,
Klaus

"Klausc" <> schrieb:

> Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5 updates, one
> for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the middle
> of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back up, I
> accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current default,
> would you like it to be? Reply yes.
> Now there is no address book!!!

That issue has nothing to do with KB914454 (which isn't even for
OE but MS-Outlook), but with KB911567, the Cumulative Update for
OE. Uninstall it first via Software ("Show updates" hat to be
enabled to see the patch in there.

If you're on Windows XP SP2, download KB911567 from the following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

If you're on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000, that would be
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
background, especially AntiVirus software.

HTH,
Freudi

Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:

>
> Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
> downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
> make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
> Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
> background, especially AntiVirus software.
>
> HTH,
> Freudi

Sage advice and seldom heeded.

Alias

Thank you for your prompt response. I UNinstalled KB911567 and reinstalled
it as per your directions. My address book still no longer exists. It
puzzles me too, that an update to Outlook would have an effect on Express. A
search of address book on my PC comes back negative. I guess it is time to
go to a back up copy and get the old addresses back.
At least I am not totally out of the water.
Thank you for your support,
Klaus


"Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:

> "Klausc" <> schrieb:
>
> > Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5 updates, one
> > for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the middle
> > of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back up, I
> > accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current default,
> > would you like it to be? Reply yes.
> > Now there is no address book!!!
>
> That issue has nothing to do with KB914454 (which isn't even for
> OE but MS-Outlook), but with KB911567, the Cumulative Update for
> OE. Uninstall it first via Software ("Show updates" hat to be
> enabled to see the patch in there.
>
> If you're on Windows XP SP2, download KB911567 from the following location:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> If you're on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000, that would be
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>
> Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
> downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
> make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
> Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
> background, especially AntiVirus software.
>
> HTH,
> Freudi
>

"Klausc" <> schrieb:

> Thank you for your prompt response. I UNinstalled KB911567 and reinstalled
> it as per your directions. My address book still no longer exists.

Then leave KB911567 uninstalled and don't install it again.
The secruity fixes included are minor, as long as don't click on
any WAB file that has been sent to you by mail or is linked to
on a web site.

> It puzzles me too, that an update to Outlook would have an effect on Express.

It doesn't most likely.

Bye,
Freudi

Regarding the recent updates and the loss of the address book. I have the
same problem with the updates. My solution at this time was to turn off
autoupdates and then restore the system to a point in time before the last
update. I also couldn't send e-mail and windows explorer didn't work, I
couldn't type in web addresses in the browser, etc.

David


"Klausc" wrote:

> Thank you for your prompt response. I UNinstalled KB911567 and reinstalled
> it as per your directions. My address book still no longer exists. It
> puzzles me too, that an update to Outlook would have an effect on Express. A
> search of address book on my PC comes back negative. I guess it is time to
> go to a back up copy and get the old addresses back.
> At least I am not totally out of the water.
> Thank you for your support,
> Klaus
>
>
> "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:
>
> > "Klausc" <> schrieb:
> >
> > > Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5 updates, one
> > > for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the middle
> > > of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back up, I
> > > accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current default,
> > > would you like it to be? Reply yes.
> > > Now there is no address book!!!
> >
> > That issue has nothing to do with KB914454 (which isn't even for
> > OE but MS-Outlook), but with KB911567, the Cumulative Update for
> > OE. Uninstall it first via Software ("Show updates" hat to be
> > enabled to see the patch in there.
> >
> > If you're on Windows XP SP2, download KB911567 from the following location:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
> >
> > If you're on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000, that would be
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
> >
> > Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
> > downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
> > make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
> > Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
> > background, especially AntiVirus software.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Freudi
> >

"Klausc" <> wrote in message
news:9F197964-8DA7-49CB-BE4C-...
> Thank you for your prompt response. I UNinstalled KB911567 and reinstalled
> it as per your directions. My address book still no longer exists. It
> puzzles me too, that an update to Outlook would have an effect on Express. A
> search of address book on my PC comes back negative.


It may help to describe how you are searching for your address book.
E.g. OE is known to backup its .wab by calling it .wa~ At one point
after another bad update OE was even creating something called only ~
(tilde as the filename with no extension.) In case this particular fiasco
created an even different backup name what I would try as a last resort
is searching for something which you know your Address book should contain.

A problem then will be that the Address book contains doublebyte
character strings and Search Companion doesn't know how to find
strings in such a representation. A workaround for that using standard
tools is to use findstr /s /m /i ".s.t.r.i.n.g" *
(in a cmd window positioned at the root directory of the drive you hope
to find the file on.)

E.g. ".s.t.r.i.n.g" is an example of a word you might want to find, where the
letters in the word are each preceded by a period. (Period is a regular
expression metacharacter which will match anything. Fortunately in most cases
a doublebyte alphabetic character is represented simply by a null followed by
the same singlebyte character. Hence the periods match the nulls in the
doublebyte character and the letter character matches the other half,
thus allowing you to find a file which contains the string you are using
as a search criterion, when written in doublebyte characters.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---


> I guess it is time to
> go to a back up copy and get the old addresses back.
> At least I am not totally out of the water.
> Thank you for your support,
> Klaus
>
>
> "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:
>
>> "Klausc" <> schrieb:
>>
>> > Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5 updates, one
>> > for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the middle
>> > of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back up, I
>> > accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current default,
>> > would you like it to be? Reply yes.
>> > Now there is no address book!!!
>>
>> That issue has nothing to do with KB914454 (which isn't even for
>> OE but MS-Outlook), but with KB911567, the Cumulative Update for
>> OE. Uninstall it first via Software ("Show updates" hat to be
>> enabled to see the patch in there.
>>
>> If you're on Windows XP SP2, download KB911567 from the following location:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>>
>> If you're on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000, that would be
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>>
>> Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
>> downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
>> make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
>> Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
>> background, especially AntiVirus software.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Freudi
>>

"Freudi"

Apparently, the update to Outlook really does affect Outlook Express. I have
the same problems as "not so big dave".

Address Book gets lost and I was unable to send email (although I could
receive it).
I could type addresses in the Web browser but the MSN search in the Web
browser was disablled.

Uninstalled these updates and everything worked fine as it did before the
updates.



"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "Klausc" <> wrote in message
> news:9F197964-8DA7-49CB-BE4C-...
> > Thank you for your prompt response. I UNinstalled KB911567 and reinstalled
> > it as per your directions. My address book still no longer exists. It
> > puzzles me too, that an update to Outlook would have an effect on Express. A
> > search of address book on my PC comes back negative.
>
>
> It may help to describe how you are searching for your address book.
> E.g. OE is known to backup its .wab by calling it .wa~ At one point
> after another bad update OE was even creating something called only ~
> (tilde as the filename with no extension.) In case this particular fiasco
> created an even different backup name what I would try as a last resort
> is searching for something which you know your Address book should contain.
>
> A problem then will be that the Address book contains doublebyte
> character strings and Search Companion doesn't know how to find
> strings in such a representation. A workaround for that using standard
> tools is to use findstr /s /m /i ".s.t.r.i.n.g" *
> (in a cmd window positioned at the root directory of the drive you hope
> to find the file on.)
>
> E.g. ".s.t.r.i.n.g" is an example of a word you might want to find, where the
> letters in the word are each preceded by a period. (Period is a regular
> expression metacharacter which will match anything. Fortunately in most cases
> a doublebyte alphabetic character is represented simply by a null followed by
> the same singlebyte character. Hence the periods match the nulls in the
> doublebyte character and the letter character matches the other half,
> thus allowing you to find a file which contains the string you are using
> as a search criterion, when written in doublebyte characters.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
> ---
>
>
> > I guess it is time to
> > go to a back up copy and get the old addresses back.
> > At least I am not totally out of the water.
> > Thank you for your support,
> > Klaus
> >
> >
> > "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:
> >
> >> "Klausc" <> schrieb:
> >>
> >> > Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5 updates, one
> >> > for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the middle
> >> > of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back up, I
> >> > accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current default,
> >> > would you like it to be? Reply yes.
> >> > Now there is no address book!!!
> >>
> >> That issue has nothing to do with KB914454 (which isn't even for
> >> OE but MS-Outlook), but with KB911567, the Cumulative Update for
> >> OE. Uninstall it first via Software ("Show updates" hat to be
> >> enabled to see the patch in there.
> >>
> >> If you're on Windows XP SP2, download KB911567 from the following location:
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
> >>
> >> If you're on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000, that would be
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
> >>
> >> Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
> >> downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
> >> make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
> >> Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
> >> background, especially AntiVirus software.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >> Freudi
> >>
>
>
>
>
>

"bakachan" <> schrieb:

> Apparently, the update to Outlook really does affect Outlook Express.

Nope, that's KB911567 which is an Cumulative Update for Outlook Express
only, that causes these quirks ("Adress Book lost").

> I could type addresses in the Web browser but the MSN search in the Web
> browser was disablled.

That's another one, caused most likely by KB908531. MS announced to
plan the release of a revised version of that one on April 25th.

In the meantime you may want to try an update of HP's Share-To-Web
software (if beeing or having been installed on your machine) and
Nvidia video card drivers lower than driver version 61.94.

In case you don't find an update for your HP software, you may want
to try one of the following "fixes" in the meantime, if you are
*not* on Windows 2000:

http://patch-info.de/WinXP/Downloads...are-To-Web.zip
(Note this is a Zip file and will need to be extracted. It contains
a REG file which needs to be imported into the registry via double
clicking the contained REG file. You may have to reboot Windows
afterwards.)

or

Kelly has made a patch with exact same functionality available at:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Line #383 - this is a vbs file and instructions on how to use such
files are at the top of the page.

The revised KB908531 (MS06-15) will include the exact same fixes.

Bye,
Freudi

Remove the Windows update 911567 via Add/Remove Programs.
Then check that your Automatic Updates setting to make sure that the same update
doesn't automatically download and install.Please read this before proceeding:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14
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"bakachan" <> wrote in message
news:AB7A094F-66DB-4086-9BF5-...
| "Freudi"
|
| Apparently, the update to Outlook really does affect Outlook Express. I have
| the same problems as "not so big dave".
|
| Address Book gets lost and I was unable to send email (although I could
| receive it).
| I could type addresses in the Web browser but the MSN search in the Web
| browser was disablled.
|
| Uninstalled these updates and everything worked fine as it did before the
| updates.
|
|
|
| "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
|
| > "Klausc" <> wrote in message
| > news:9F197964-8DA7-49CB-BE4C-...
| > > Thank you for your prompt response. I UNinstalled KB911567 and
reinstalled
| > > it as per your directions. My address book still no longer exists. It
| > > puzzles me too, that an update to Outlook would have an effect on Express.
A
| > > search of address book on my PC comes back negative.
| >
| >
| > It may help to describe how you are searching for your address book.
| > E.g. OE is known to backup its .wab by calling it .wa~ At one point
| > after another bad update OE was even creating something called only ~
| > (tilde as the filename with no extension.) In case this particular fiasco
| > created an even different backup name what I would try as a last resort
| > is searching for something which you know your Address book should contain.
| >
| > A problem then will be that the Address book contains doublebyte
| > character strings and Search Companion doesn't know how to find
| > strings in such a representation. A workaround for that using standard
| > tools is to use findstr /s /m /i ".s.t.r.i.n.g" *
| > (in a cmd window positioned at the root directory of the drive you hope
| > to find the file on.)
| >
| > E.g. ".s.t.r.i.n.g" is an example of a word you might want to find, where
the
| > letters in the word are each preceded by a period. (Period is a regular
| > expression metacharacter which will match anything. Fortunately in most
cases
| > a doublebyte alphabetic character is represented simply by a null followed
by
| > the same singlebyte character. Hence the periods match the nulls in the
| > doublebyte character and the letter character matches the other half,
| > thus allowing you to find a file which contains the string you are using
| > as a search criterion, when written in doublebyte characters.
| >
| >
| > HTH
| >
| > Robert Aldwinckle
| > ---
| >
| >
| > > I guess it is time to
| > > go to a back up copy and get the old addresses back.
| > > At least I am not totally out of the water.
| > > Thank you for your support,
| > > Klaus
| > >
| > >
| > > "Ottmar Freudenberger" wrote:
| > >
| > >> "Klausc" <> schrieb:
| > >>
| > >> > Running win XP media center edition, Yesterday(?) I applied 5
updates, one
| > >> > for outlook express junk mail. Reboot was required, but I was in the
middle
| > >> > of typing an email, so I waited to reboot. When the system came back
up, I
| > >> > accessed outlook express and the box came up: OE is not your current
default,
| > >> > would you like it to be? Reply yes.
| > >> > Now there is no address book!!!
| > >>
| > >> That issue has nothing to do with KB914454 (which isn't even for
| > >> OE but MS-Outlook), but with KB911567, the Cumulative Update for
| > >> OE. Uninstall it first via Software ("Show updates" hat to be
| > >> enabled to see the patch in there.
| > >>
| > >> If you're on Windows XP SP2, download KB911567 from the following
location:
| > >>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
| > >>
| > >> If you're on Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000, that would be
| > >>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
| > >>
| > >> Prior to installing the patch by executing the EXE files you've
| > >> downloaded for your Windows version via the above link(s), please
| > >> make sure, that you've shut down Outlook Express, the Windows
| > >> Adressbook and preferably *every* application running in the
| > >> background, especially AntiVirus software.
| > >>
| > >> HTH,
| > >> Freudi
| > >>
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >