Mrs.More said:
I have windows 7 with windows mail it always has works, untill the upgrade
from microsoft. Now I have my mail again, but I can get my accounts on it.
(sorry my english is not so good) I hope that someone can help me, to tell
me how I can get my accounts again.
From a recent post by Steve Cochran MS-MVP:
Recently a patch (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978542) was released that
addressed a security issue in Windows Mail. Those using Windows Mail in
Windows 7 found that Windows Mail no longer functioned properly, as they had
hacked the program by replacing the msoe.dll file with one from Vista,
thereby de-crippling Windows Mail so it would then function as client
application. When the update was applied, the hacked msoe.dll was replaced
by a new Windows 7 version of the dll, which again crippled Windows Mail.
The obvious solution was to replace the dll with the Vista dll again, which
then restored the functionality. However, replacing the Win7 patched dll
with the Vista unpatched dll, resorts in the user being subject to the
security vulnerability. The user would be more likely to have protection
against the vulnerability, if they used the patched Vista msoe.dll (although
there is no guarantee that that version will in fact protect in Win7, as the
scenario is untested).
Some have posted links to non-Microsoft websites in order for those who wish
to obtain the patched Vista versions of the msoe.dll. However, one can
question the security of such websites and the files they provide as well as
consider that Microsoft does not support distribution of its dlls.
Consequently, it is best if the user obtains the patched dlls from Microsoft
directly. For the given KB article referenced above, the files can be
downloaded here:
http://catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/search.aspx?q=kb978542
To extract the dlls from the downloaded files see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928636
In the future, this situation will occur every time Windows Mail is patched
in Windows 7, as msoe.dll will be replaced each time. So in the future,
anyone who is hacking Windows 7 by replacing msoe.dll from Vista, will
continue to have to get the patched version of the Vista dll and replace it,
as in this situation.
steve
MS-MVP
Outlook Express / Windows Mail
