Repairing Outlook Express using the Windows XP Recovery CD

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Repaing Outlook Express using the Windows XP Recovery CD?

Is this possible? I am used to repairing or reinstalling IE and OE using
add and remove, add wndows components and having my xp cd in the drive. but
didn't know if it could be done using the recovery cd..I have a friend who
doesn't have the cd.. and the only thing she has is the recovery cd. Any
help appreciated.. thanks Rainy PS yes I am still around! :)
 
Rainy said:
Repaing Outlook Express using the Windows XP Recovery CD?

Is this possible? I am used to repairing or reinstalling IE and OE
using
add and remove, add wndows components and having my xp cd in the drive.
but
didn't know if it could be done using the recovery cd..I have a friend who
doesn't have the cd.. and the only thing she has is the recovery cd. Any
help appreciated.. thanks Rainy PS yes I am still around! :)
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If she has a recovery cd then she is probably running XP home or pro OEM and
if you happen to have an OEM of the same version, just make a copy for her.
 
I will ask her.. you mean I can burn a copy of my windows xp home oem? I
didn't think that was legal to do.. Rainy
Rainy said:
Repaing Outlook Express using the Windows XP Recovery CD?

Is this possible? I am used to repairing or reinstalling IE and OE
using
add and remove, add wndows components and having my xp cd in the drive.
but
didn't know if it could be done using the recovery cd..I have a friend who
doesn't have the cd.. and the only thing she has is the recovery cd. Any
help appreciated.. thanks Rainy PS yes I am still around! :)
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If she has a recovery cd then she is probably running XP home or pro OEM and
if you happen to have an OEM of the same version, just make a copy for her.
 
Rainy

The OS and the OEM manufacturer has to be exactly the same. The answer is NO. What
is the problem with OE. Can you post it along with the error message(s) that is
shown. Most likely it can be fixed.
 
I will ask her.. you mean I can burn a copy of my windows xp home
oem? I didn't think that was legal to do.. Rainy

If she has a recovery cd then she is probably running XP home or pro
OEM and if you happen to have an OEM of the same version, just make a
copy for her.
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I'd say yes, it is possible to use the recovery CD/s to reinstall OE/IE
as long as she has them all and the keycodes too. The keycode may not
be necessary for a quickl repair install or single expand if that's your
plan, but if you can find it and set it aside for her then she'll have
it in the future for when it is needed.

As for using your XP CD:
It can be done, and it may or may not be "legal" and it may or may not
work; it depends on what you do with it. In some instances I'd try it.
But since IE (which includes OE) version 6 or 7 are available for
download, and if you're certain that's what you need to do, then I'd try
downloading and installing IE6 or 7, whichever you want, first.
OEM XP is tied to the computer it was first installed on and may or
may not work on another piece of hardware and if reactiviation is
triggered, that will cause problems. Retail versions, without the OEM
in the key are a slightly different situation.

OTOH, if she has the CD and recovery programs that came with the
computer, she can also reinstall it that way too. If it's a case of her
not having the recovery software she needs for some reason, you wouldn't
really be doing her any favors because problems are going to crop up
again sooner or later and this issue of not having recovery ability will
just come back to haunt her.
IMO it's best to opt for the most permanent, forward looking solution
espeically in a case like this.

HTH

Twayne
 
thanks Twayne.. Yes she is running an OEM version.. I also have Windows XP
home OEM.. she has tried using the recovery cd to reinstall the way I am
used to and when she tries, it comes back and tells her she has a newer
version and stops there.. I have also tried to show her to edit the registry
by changing the Dword to 0 instead of 1 on both IE and OE keys.. I'm sorry I
can't remember the keys now.. but that did not work.. I have told her that
when she gets it fixed, she should be backing up the DBX so she can copy
them back in case something happens again.. Chances are it's corrupted
folders which OE is famous for.. In the mean time OE will open but she
cannot open any mail there.. can't do much of anything except to view her
inbox I'm wondering if she can remove some of the dbx files and see if she
by chance removes the files that are corrupted.. she will lose some folders
but better than not using OE at all.

She doesn't know how to repair her operating system using the recovery cd
and neither do I.. I had another friend who had a recover cd and was able to
do a half (it was called) reinstallation...but I don't have a clue how to do
this.. or I could show her.

The lady I am trying to help is in Canada so I it's hard for me to help
without seeing things first hand.. I will be trying to burn my cd and
shipping it to her.Unfortunately I will have to wait until the third of the
month to do this.. I'm tapped out! . christmas you know! lol but knowing her
she will probably format, she's not real patient.. lol hugs Rainy


Twayne said:
I will ask her.. you mean I can burn a copy of my windows xp home
oem? I didn't think that was legal to do.. Rainy
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Jerry said:
If she has a recovery cd then she is probably running XP home or pro
OEM and if you happen to have an OEM of the same version, just make a
copy for her.
Click to expand...

I'd say yes, it is possible to use the recovery CD/s to reinstall OE/IE
as long as she has them all and the keycodes too. The keycode may not
be necessary for a quickl repair install or single expand if that's your
plan, but if you can find it and set it aside for her then she'll have
it in the future for when it is needed.

As for using your XP CD:
It can be done, and it may or may not be "legal" and it may or may not
work; it depends on what you do with it. In some instances I'd try it.
But since IE (which includes OE) version 6 or 7 are available for
download, and if you're certain that's what you need to do, then I'd try
downloading and installing IE6 or 7, whichever you want, first.
OEM XP is tied to the computer it was first installed on and may or
may not work on another piece of hardware and if reactiviation is
triggered, that will cause problems. Retail versions, without the OEM
in the key are a slightly different situation.

OTOH, if she has the CD and recovery programs that came with the
computer, she can also reinstall it that way too. If it's a case of her
not having the recovery software she needs for some reason, you wouldn't
really be doing her any favors because problems are going to crop up
again sooner or later and this issue of not having recovery ability will
just come back to haunt her.
IMO it's best to opt for the most permanent, forward looking solution
espeically in a case like this.

HTH

Twayne
 
Hi Peter.. thanks for your response.. can you look at my response to
Twayne.. see if there is any information there.. that can help you help my
friend.. thanks Rainy
Rainy

The OS and the OEM manufacturer has to be exactly the same. The answer is
NO. What
is the problem with OE. Can you post it along with the error message(s) that
is
shown. Most likely it can be fixed.
 
thank you so much, you have certainly given me a lot to figure out.. and a
lot of information.. thanks, Rainy
To back/Restore up emails:
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

Recovering Lost Messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
Item 2 on that page may not be something you should tell her about; it
requires remembering to do manual compacting of the files.

General info:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/index.htm

And about the OE corruption you mentioned:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

HTH
 
Twayne said:
I'd say yes, it is possible to use the recovery CD/s to reinstall OE/IE as
long as she has them all and the keycodes too. The keycode may not be
necessary for a quickl repair install or single expand if that's your
plan, but if you can find it and set it aside for her then she'll have it
in the future for when it is needed.

As for using your XP CD:
It can be done, and it may or may not be "legal" and it may or may not
work; it depends on what you do with it. In some instances I'd try it.
But since IE (which includes OE) version 6 or 7 are available for
download, and if you're certain that's what you need to do, then I'd try
downloading and installing IE6 or 7, whichever you want, first.
OEM XP is tied to the computer it was first installed on and may or may
not work on another piece of hardware and if reactiviation is triggered,
that will cause problems. Retail versions, without the OEM in the key are
a slightly different situation.

OTOH, if she has the CD and recovery programs that came with the computer,
she can also reinstall it that way too. If it's a case of her not having
the recovery software she needs for some reason, you wouldn't really be
doing her any favors because problems are going to crop up again sooner or
later and this issue of not having recovery ability will just come back to
haunt her.
IMO it's best to opt for the most permanent, forward looking solution
espeically in a case like this.

HTH

Twayne
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The XP OEM license is tied to the computer not the XP OEM cd.
 
Twayne said:
The XP OEM license is tied to the computer not the XP OEM cd.
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Right. That's why most times an activation will fail.

They get tied together in a couple of ways:

The OEM PC vendor bastardizes the CD to work specifically with their
own hardware. Often these won't install at all on another machine that
doesn't have the same certain hardware IDs.
But that doesn't stop one from using/expanding the files on the CD
for most purposes.

The other, more usual way, is it gets tied to the computer during
activation. It'll only run for a certain length of time before it must
be activated, after which it disables itself.
In this case the record of the machine it was installed on is at
Microsoft's database. You could install the CD onto any other machine
and it'd work fine, and you would run into trouble only when you went to
activate it, unless you used your own keycode for the activation. As
long as it was the same version of XP as yours and you use your own
previous activation keycode, then all would go well. Worst case it
would notice some hardware diff and a phone call would be necessary
instead of being activated automatically online.
And if it's an upgrade you'll still need proof of purchase of a
qualifying version too.

HTH

Twayne
 
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