You're very welcome and thanks for the feedback to the newsgroup.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"JWHData" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the assistance. The problem was definitly Nero Scout. I haven't
had a popup since I removed it.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

YW. Repost

In the case of Nero Scout, see Item 2.3 on page 8 here.
ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf

In the option to exclude selected file types from indexing, be sure to
add
these file types:

..eml, .dbx & .nws
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"JWHData" wrote in message
news
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).
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~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