Winmail could not be started.????

Hello everybody,

Since a day or two I keep getting an errormessage or two when starting
Windows Vista Mail.

First I get the errormessage: "Contacts failed to load". When clicking "OK",
I get another one: "Winmail could not be started. Application unabled to
initialize contacts. You are out of memory or your hard disk is full.
0x8000ffff"
Then the final message comes: "MSOE.DLL could not be initialized"

I wonder what's going on? I just set up a pop account I created from
gawab.com. Everything seemed to be working fine for about a week. Then Vista
downloaded and installed a bunch of updates (about 70) and then winmail
stopped working.

Anybody else had this problem and possibly has found a cure?

Please, help me out here
--
Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
experts never call themselves an expert!!!

Update:

Am using Avira AntiVir Personal Edition (Free) and can't find options to
turn off the e-mail scanning.... However, I remember installing it and
turning off scanning of e-mail. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
--
Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
experts never call themselves an expert!!!


"S.G.A. Hubers" wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> Since a day or two I keep getting an errormessage or two when starting
> Windows Vista Mail.
>
> First I get the errormessage: "Contacts failed to load". When clicking "OK",
> I get another one: "Winmail could not be started. Application unabled to
> initialize contacts. You are out of memory or your hard disk is full.
> 0x8000ffff"
> Then the final message comes: "MSOE.DLL could not be initialized"
>
> I wonder what's going on? I just set up a pop account I created from
> gawab.com. Everything seemed to be working fine for about a week. Then Vista
> downloaded and installed a bunch of updates (about 70) and then winmail
> stopped working.
>
> Anybody else had this problem and possibly has found a cure?
>
> Please, help me out here
> --
> Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
> experts never call themselves an expert!!!

Sorry, I'm not familiar with Avira, and I don't think any of the other
regular responders here are either.
I suggest you uninstall it, then reinstall, but watch for an option for 'custom'
install. Many antivirus products will allow you to unselect certain modules
during the install process.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"S.G.A. Hubers" <SGAHubers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9B64EE72-956F-4C3D-A2DF-39A871055929@microsoft.com...
> Update:
>
> Am using Avira AntiVir Personal Edition (Free) and can't find options to
> turn off the e-mail scanning.... However, I remember installing it and
> turning off scanning of e-mail. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
> --
> Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
> experts never call themselves an expert!!!
>
>
> "S.G.A. Hubers" wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> Since a day or two I keep getting an errormessage or two when starting
>> Windows Vista Mail.
>>
>> First I get the errormessage: "Contacts failed to load". When clicking "OK",
>> I get another one: "Winmail could not be started. Application unabled to
>> initialize contacts. You are out of memory or your hard disk is full.
>> 0x8000ffff"
>> Then the final message comes: "MSOE.DLL could not be initialized"
>>
>> I wonder what's going on? I just set up a pop account I created from
>> gawab.com. Everything seemed to be working fine for about a week. Then Vista
>> downloaded and installed a bunch of updates (about 70) and then winmail
>> stopped working.
>>
>> Anybody else had this problem and possibly has found a cure?
>>
>> Please, help me out here
>> --
>> Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
>> experts never call themselves an expert!!!

I have exaclty the same problem. new computer too. frustrating! Any answers
or is vista just as crappy as the commercials claim? I need this for my job
and I'm getting nowhere.

--
bubba


"S.G.A. Hubers" wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> Since a day or two I keep getting an errormessage or two when starting
> Windows Vista Mail.
>
> First I get the errormessage: "Contacts failed to load". When clicking "OK",
> I get another one: "Winmail could not be started. Application unabled to
> initialize contacts. You are out of memory or your hard disk is full.
> 0x8000ffff"
> Then the final message comes: "MSOE.DLL could not be initialized"
>
> I wonder what's going on? I just set up a pop account I created from
> gawab.com. Everything seemed to be working fine for about a week. Then Vista
> downloaded and installed a bunch of updates (about 70) and then winmail
> stopped working.
>
> Anybody else had this problem and possibly has found a cure?
>
> Please, help me out here
> --
> Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
> experts never call themselves an expert!!!

You can upgrade to the more reliable Windows Live Mail:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"bubba boy" <bubbaboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E919770A-1D87-476E-BB46-FD2B50C37620@microsoft.com...
>I have exaclty the same problem. new computer too. frustrating! Any answers
> or is vista just as crappy as the commercials claim? I need this for my job
> and I'm getting nowhere.
>
> --
> bubba
>
>
> "S.G.A. Hubers" wrote:
>
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> Since a day or two I keep getting an errormessage or two when starting
>> Windows Vista Mail.
>>
>> First I get the errormessage: "Contacts failed to load". When clicking "OK",
>> I get another one: "Winmail could not be started. Application unabled to
>> initialize contacts. You are out of memory or your hard disk is full.
>> 0x8000ffff"
>> Then the final message comes: "MSOE.DLL could not be initialized"
>>
>> I wonder what's going on? I just set up a pop account I created from
>> gawab.com. Everything seemed to be working fine for about a week. Then Vista
>> downloaded and installed a bunch of updates (about 70) and then winmail
>> stopped working.
>>
>> Anybody else had this problem and possibly has found a cure?
>>
>> Please, help me out here
>> --
>> Experts only exists because they like to be called that way. The true
>> experts never call themselves an expert!!!