You can also go to Microsoft... Search for "Msimn has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" in Google, you will find the Microsoft page with fix for this problem. I can't send you the URL because my Windows is in Portuguese and the URL is for the Portuguese version. Good luck! Lil ----- Original Message ----- From: "BIGMARC-SOFTHOME" <BIGMARC@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:15 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Major trouble with OE (second call with change on subject line) I'm in trouble with my OUTLOOK EXPRESS who after having downloaded a couple of mail stop and open a message box with the following text appearing: Msimn has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down . And with the following details: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module DIRECTDB.DLL at 0167:01436bb1. Registers: EAX=837a7000 CS=0167 EIP=01436bb1 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=016ac5b8 SS=016f ESP=016ac598 EBP=016ac5cc ECX=00000000 DS=016f ESI=0145a558 FS=5117 EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000 Bytes at CS:EIP: 83 78 60 00 75 07 8b ce e8 d9 e4 ff ff ff 76 0c Stack dump: 0145a558 004acfa8 01438f04 0145a558 016ac5b8 01560f30 00001000 00000000 00000164 0145a558 00000200 00000e00 800c0131 016ad60c 01439dd8 a1bade0c ====== First: I noted that the OE icon on the desktop disapeared... I dont know if this as any signification.... Second: as I have 8, POP3 accounts taken in charge by my OE , I try to download all those acc one by one and it was exactly the same thing than trying to download all of them as a batch, after a couple of mail downloaded the small gray box appeared to close OE. Third: I then deleted OE-6 in order to have OE-5 reinstalled, this was done OK. (I was then thinking to solve the problem) Fourth : I try again my 8 acc for downloading one by one with exactly the same result.... Fith; I , all the time, have been able to SEND messages using any of my 8 acc Is there any solution I can try ????? ----- For your info I'm using 98-SE with all the updates including the one of last week. I have desinstalled GRISOFT a/v without any change and I'm always running ANTIVIR GUARD and the last free version of ZONE ALARM --------- IMPORTANT NOTE: In order I can read all your answers I'l ask you to send me a COPY of all your answer to: BIGMARC@xxxxxxxxx who I can read cause I'm using https://www.0spam.com/login.shtml on this acc (by chance) Thank you all for your kindness.... BIGMARC -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/