Gary,

Well, I now can download from IE. The point was I tried to download
Thunderbird, with AVG and Defender on, to see if I had the same problems, but
I wasn't able to do so. After deactivating everthing I managed to do so, and
when I re-installed them the downloads were avaliable.

I opened the Live Mail and imported all the mails from my Windows Mail but
had no luck in saving or opening the attached files.

I installed Mozilla Thunderbird and I was able to open attachments within
it. The only problem was that I wasn't able to move the mails stored on
Windows Mail. I could do so from a backup I had from my previous hard drive,
as the Thunderbird has only importing opions for Outlook and O. Express.

I'll see what I can do

About the reinstalling Vista. NO WAY. I bougth a New XP a couple of weeks
ago -my other versions were hardware dependent-, I'm waiting for a new hard
drive so I dont loose my warranty on the hardware I have and I will install
XP instead. It's by far much more reliable.

I work with maps, and old computer handles them faster an better than this
one, dispite the difference in RAM, Video RAM and Processor speed. These
images are 500MB large and my old Pentium4 1.8GHz-750MB RAM, 32MB Video works
better than this Dual Core 2.2GHz 2GB RAM, 512MB Video.


Least but not last: Grafical Interface may be a hit for gaming but not a
usefull asset for working.


Best regards, GranUja (a) Joe.


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Your symptoms are very unusual. It is not normal for Internet Explorer to
> lose all downloading capability when Defender and your antivirus are
> out of the picture. The problem is obviously much more extensive than just
> Windows Mail. Can you restore your system to a date before all these
> troubles started? If not, you may want to think seriously about reinstalling
> Vista.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "GranUja" <GranUja@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E055FAD9-654A-4FD9-9B8C-B2F03F783E42@microsoft.com...
> > Gary,
> >
> > Sorry for deleting the message. I used Notepad to respond and made a Cut &
> > Paste.
> >
> > I uninstalled the AVG, as well as deactivated the WindowsDefender. The
> > message I get is exactly the same one. I'm not allowed to save or open the
> > attached files. I tried deactivating different issues in the msconfig also,
> > with no positive results.
> >
> > Then I uninstalled all programs that were associated with security, but the
> > error persists. During the testings I wasen't able to download anything on
> > Internet Explorer, either. Even the hotmail page was blocked for download.
> > But with the reinstalation of Defender and AVG those that issue was regained.
> >
> > Regarding your two questions:
> >
> >> do you get any sort of error message when you try to open an attachment?
> >
> > No, I do not get any message when trying to open the attachment.
> >
> >> Can you save the attachment?
> >
> > No, I cannot save any type of file. Neither using Windows Live Mail or
> > Windows Mail to open the mail file; nor from the preview pane of Windows
> > Mail. I have Windows Mail as my default mail application.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> >
> >> Chances are, you installed AVG antivirus using its default install option.
> >> If so, uninstall it, then reinstall, but select 'custom' install, which then
> >> allows you to forego installing the troublesome email scanning module.
> >>
> >> While AVG is uninstalled, try Windows Mail again, just to verify that
> >> the culprit has been found. If not, do you get any sort of error message
> >> when you try to open an attachment? Can you save the attachment?
> >>
> >> (Note: it is customary here to quote the message one is replying to.)
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
> >>
> >>
> >> "GranUja" <GranUja@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CE9B1452-7F0B-47F7-98C5-469147CA3116@microsoft.com...
> >> > ary,
> >> >
> >> > I've had many problems with Symantec, specially regarding the billing and
> >> > registration system they have. So, I don't want any of relationship with
> >> > those guys any more. When I purchased this new computer -October 2007-
> >> > specially asked it with no Antivirus. I'm using AVG Free edition -Grisoft,
> >> > Inc.- for the time being.
> >> >
> >> > The system was ok for the last eight months so I can't imagine why I wake up
> >> > one morning and Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail refuse to open attachments.
> >> > Either the ones I've sent or the ones I have recieved; regardless the type of
> >> > file or the program which should be used to open them or the way you try to
> >> > do so.
> >> >
> >> > My Windows Vista Business is up-to-date.
> >> >
> >> > I've done all posible changes to the configuration of the system nothing
> >> > happens. I have a reasonable experience with software and MS Operating
> >> > systems, but this problem is completely out of hand.
> >> >
> >> > For what I see from the board, I'm not the only one with the problem.
> >> >
> >> > Regard
> >>
>