Thanks to both of you who replied.

Just an update based on your responses..

This problem only came to light in the last week and during that time I
haven't added any software although I have installed Windows updates
(Critical only) and AVG updates.

Although Outlook Express was installed by default when Windows XP was
installed, I never used it and uninstalled it as soon as the popups started.
One strange thing however is that whenever I try and delete the Outlook
Express folder under Documents and settings it is recreated faster than I can
delete it.

The only Antivirus software that I run is AVG Free, and the only Sptware
application is Spybot 1.6.
I do not utilise a 3rd party firewall, IBM Rapid Access keyboard driver,
Windows Live Mail, MailWasher, etc,

I do however have Nero 7 installed and will uninstall it to see what happens.

Thanks for the suggestions

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

See this fairly recent discussion about this WinXP SP3-specific problem:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d35fbfa457fd6f

For reference, here's a list of things which are known to cause this
behavior (which is NOT being seen by the vast majority of OE users):

• Various & sundry anti-virus applications (including Norton);
• Various & sundry anti-spyware applications;
• Various & sundry third-party firewalls;
• Any/all of the above running when WinXP SP3 was installed;
• IBM Rapid Access keyboard (driver) RAKDLL.DLL;
• Nero plug-in(s);
• Windows (Desktop) Search is installed [FIX: Uninstall it or disable
indexing of OE data];
• Windows Live Mail is or had been installed;
• Disk defragmentation, need for;
• Using Visual Basic DoCmd.SendObject command to create an email;
• Using any number third-party applications (e.g., accounting software) to
send emails by via Outlook Express;
• MailWasher; and/or
• Programatically opening EML files while OE is closed (e.g., creating a
New Message via Address Book).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
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JWHData wrote:
How do I stop this message from popping up every few minutes

"free up disk space, outlook Express can compact messages"

I don't even have Outlook Express installed