I just formatted and did a clean install of XP Home. When I installed
Outlook (98), the email function didn't work. On attempting to send I
received a notice that "Internet Mail is not registered properly. Please
reinstall it. Error 0x80040154."

Attempting to receive mail I got a notice that the "messages couldn't be
received from the server."

I uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook to no avail. My ISP said that all of
my email settings were correct and that error number indicated a corrupted,
shared .dll file.

Outlook 98 fits my business, and I would hate to have to spend a hundred
dollars for the current edition, especially if I ran into the same problem
with it as I have with 98. Any suggestions?

See if this helps:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191423/en-us
OL98: (IMO) Error Message: "Internet Mail Not Registered" or Error Code
08x80040154

Hal
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"Bob Tyrka" wrote in message
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I just formatted and did a clean install of XP Home. When I installed
Outlook (98), the email function didn't work. On attempting to send I
received a notice that "Internet Mail is not registered properly. Please
reinstall it. Error 0x80040154."

Attempting to receive mail I got a notice that the "messages couldn't be
received from the server."

I uninstalled and reinstalled Outlook to no avail. My ISP said that all
of
my email settings were correct and that error number indicated a
corrupted,
shared .dll file.

Outlook 98 fits my business, and I would hate to have to spend a hundred
dollars for the current edition, especially if I ran into the same problem
with it as I have with 98. Any suggestions?