hi again havent a clue,stuck on this for days. when i open outlook express i get illegle operation [ msnmsgr] and it causes my pc to freeze when trying to shut down after trying to open outlook express. I run 98se, ive downloaded lateley, spybot search and destroy, adware se personal and bazooka scanner,havent done nothing with bazooka apart from run a test,havent followed it up yet . I was woundring should i try to download Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 but dont know if that comes with outlook express and from, http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&displaylang=en . or try to find outlook express and download. thanks for any help doj