Roxana wrote:

Back to the issue at hand:
I suppose I'll be taking that plunge after a small repast (and
exporting / backing-up my .PST files - I cannot afford to take any
chances, but then again, who can ? lol)

NEVER export to or import from a PST. You lose data. To back one up,
simply copy it to another location. If I were in your shoes, I'd also clean
out ALL the old support files from both the C:\Windows\Local
Settings\Application Data and the C:\Windows\Application Data folders., as
well as the mail profile keys under the registry (I believe it's
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging
Subsystem\Profiles, but I don't have a Windows 98 system to check) and
create a new mail profile using the Mail applet in Control Panel.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]