Identity Issue

I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every time I
start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It works
jusr fine.

I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht the
option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the box
"Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.

What have I neglected?

Bruce
Mon Jun 02 20:35:26 PDT 2008

Force Identity Logon:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/forceid.htm
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Harrier-STA" <Harrier-STA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:81332C38-B7E5-47E2-9875-DC65D76A418C@microsoft.com...
>I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every time
>I
> start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It works
> jusr fine.
>
> I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
> identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht the
> option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the
> box
> "Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.
>
> What have I neglected?

Ron
Mon Jun 02 19:36:14 PDT 2008

You have to File, Exit and Log-off Identity.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Harrier-STA" <Harrier-STA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:81332C38-B7E5-47E2-9875-DC65D76A418C@microsoft.com...
> I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every
> time I
> start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It works
> jusr fine.
>
> I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
> identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht the
> option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the
> box
> "Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.
>
> What have I neglected?

PA
Tue Jun 03 09:06:56 PDT 2008

One of your identities may be damaged, most likely the default Main
Identity. Replace it with a new Named Identity (File | Identities | Add new
identity). Then (1) compact all folders in Main Identity, (2) import
messages from the Main Identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the
Main Identity (File | Identities | Manage Identities).

To avoid such corruption in future:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection,
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/



Harrier-STA wrote:
> I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every
> time
> I start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It
> works
> jusr fine.
>
> I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
> identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht the
> option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the
> box
> "Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.
>
> What have I neglected?

Frank
Tue Jun 03 13:59:17 PDT 2008

"Harrier-STA" <Harrier-STA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:81332C38-B7E5-47E2-9875-DC65D76A418C@microsoft.com...
>I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every time
>I
> start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It works
> jusr fine.
>
> I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
> identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht the
> option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the
> box
> "Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.
>
> What have I neglected?

When you leave an identity you're not using File | Exit and Logoff Identity.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email

HarrierSTA
Tue Jun 03 16:06:00 PDT 2008

Thanks, Bruce. This is exactly what I was looking for.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

> Force Identity Logon:
> http://www.insideoe.com/tips/forceid.htm
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP Outlook Express
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "Harrier-STA" <Harrier-STA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:81332C38-B7E5-47E2-9875-DC65D76A418C@microsoft.com...
> >I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every time
> >I
> > start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It works
> > jusr fine.
> >
> > I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
> > identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht the
> > option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the
> > box
> > "Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.
> >
> > What have I neglected?
>
>

Bruce
Tue Jun 03 17:25:15 PDT 2008

You're welcome.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Harrier-STA" <HarrierSTA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8EFC3BC9-145E-402A-A22A-BD523CC17E09@microsoft.com...
> Thanks, Bruce. This is exactly what I was looking for.
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> Force Identity Logon:
>> http://www.insideoe.com/tips/forceid.htm
>> --
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP Outlook Express
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>> "Harrier-STA" <Harrier-STA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:81332C38-B7E5-47E2-9875-DC65D76A418C@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a computer with XP Home, fully up-to date. I use OE6 and every
>> >time
>> >I
>> > start it, I get the choice of chooing one of the three identies. It
>> > works
>> > jusr fine.
>> >
>> > I have set up a laptop with XP Home, fully up-to-date with OE6 and two
>> > identities. I have not been able to configure it to always open wiht
>> > the
>> > option for choosing an identity. I have both checked and unchecked the
>> > box
>> > "Use this identity when starting a program" under Managing Identities.
>> >
>> > What have I neglected?
>>
>>