my bad...i just checked and i now can send attachments via windows mail...

but im still not able to send directly from word or excel.

progress!!!

"sosgemini" wrote:

> Finally was able to get a second and try your suggestion and it didn't help.
> I even uninstalled Nortons...and nada.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
> > Sounds like its your antivirus software screwing things up. See
> > www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
> >
> > steve
> >
> > "sosgemini" <sosgemini@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:6339D495-02F8-4BCF-8603-115B0E564335@microsoft.com...
> > > Okay...just bought a new laptop (vista business) and can't send a word or
> > > excel document as an attachment. The email icon is shaded out and won't
> > > allow
> > > me to select it. Same when I use the menu option tabs.
> > >
> > > I've already set Windows Mail as my default. Are there any other tips for
> > > getting this to work?
> >
> >