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List:       computerguys-l
Subject:    Re: Outlook 2000 WMS Idle
From:       Andy Gallant <ABGallant () AOL ! COM>
Date:       2004-04-28 23:40:30
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Maybe this will help.  I had somewhat related problems within Win XP Pro and
tried everything but to no avail.  There were two things that finally seemed
to make a difference.  No good explanations but here's what finally worked.

1.  Completely reinstalled the Network Adapter driver:  uninstalled the
driver for the Network Adapter, in my case a Wireless LAN Mini PCI Driver; then
uninstalled the device itself; then powered off and unplugged; then restarted.
Everything else had been replaced/reinstalled, and that was the last place to
try.
2.  During some registry cleanup, some deletes didn't work until I changed
the permissions.  Otherwise, some edits didn't take.

I had to resort to all this because MS Backup doesn't.  After I recovered I
bought and started using PowerQuest Drive Image 7.0 (now owned by Symantec) in
addition to Backup and System Restore.

Good luck!

-Andy

In a message dated 4/28/2004 7:09:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jmon@YAHOO.COM
writes:
I made a mistake (besides using MS products).  I uninstalled Outlook
Express thinking I didn't need it.  Now my Outlook e-mail doesn't work.
I can open it but it freezes and I have to ctrl-alt-del it to kill it.
Then when I shut down W2k, I get an error message concerning "WMS
Idle".  I Googled and researched and found that (1) I am not alone and
(2) no one's come up with a fix yet.  I hope I am wrong on the 2nd
part.  I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling, deleting and recreating
profiles with new personal folders but to no avail.  I even tampered
with the registry based on something I found on Microsoft's site. I
have been able to connect successfully internally on my office LAN (we
use Microsoft Mail) but internet access has evaded me.  Has anyone any
experience with this problem?


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