Outlook sucks!

[Lucky]

:| How do I fix this POS?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Uninstall your antivirus software.

Oh, and WRONG FORUM.

nik

 

[vi edit]

What year is it? One year can be fixed with a registry hack(Outlook 2000 I believe), Outlook 2002 and Outlook XP do not have such an option available.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

It's not a firewall. It's virus software. I work with this atleast once a week. I had two of these calls yesterday here at work.

nik

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Uninstall your antivirus software.

Oh, and WRONG FORUM.

Nik

i dont have antivirus software. no, this is my personal computer at home. and dont be a jackass this is just as much a rant that a program that I bought can refuse to open an attachment that i want it to. :|

 

[luv2chill]

As an IT admin, I love the fact that Outlook blocks them. It has kept a lot of virus hassles out of the workplace. If I ever need to send a legitimate .exe via e-mail I just zip it up (or change the extension). Easy.

l2c

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

It's not a firewall. It's virus software. I work with this atleast once a week. I had two of these calls yesterday here at work.

nik

ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe"

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Uninstall your antivirus software.

Oh, and WRONG FORUM.

Nik

i dont have antivirus software. no, this is my personal computer at home. and dont be a jackass this is just as much a rant that a program that I bought can refuse to open an attachment that i want it to. :|

You're asking how to fix it. Wrong forum.

No one's being a jackass on my end.

nik

 

[vi edit]

Or, you can try going into tools--options---security---and puting security to low. Try that.

Not sure what that will do.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

It's not a firewall. It's virus software. I work with this atleast once a week. I had two of these calls yesterday here at work.

nik

ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe"

And when that happened to me, I uninstalled Norton SystemWorks which includes Norton Anti-Virus and it fixed the problem.

So you're telling me that my experience was a dream or something?

Relax, bub.

nik

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: luv2chill
As an IT admin, I love the fact that Outlook blocks them. It has kept a lot of virus hassles out of the workplace. If I ever need to send a legitimate .exe via e-mail I just zip it up (or change the extension). Easy.

l2c

AMEN to that! It's a godsend until somebody creates a dumber user.

 

[Lucky]

You're asking how to fix it. Wrong forum.

And your answers have been wrong, so what's your interest in this thread when you've shown you don't know how to fix it?

 

[OpalFrost98GT]

Look at this if your using Outlook xp

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

It's not a firewall. It's virus software. I work with this atleast once a week. I had two of these calls yesterday here at work.

nik

ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe"

And when that happened to me, I uninstalled Norton SystemWorks which includes Norton Anti-Virus and it fixed the problem.

So you're telling me that my experience was a dream or something?

Relax, bub.

nik

Listen to me. I dont have ANY of that stuff installed on my system. I dont give two craps what you experienced, that's not what's happening in my case. J

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

And when that happened to me, I uninstalled Norton SystemWorks which includes Norton Anti-Virus and it fixed the problem.

So you're telling me that my experience was a dream or something?

Relax, bub.

nik

He said he doesn't have any AV software installed. He didn't say you were lying or something...

edit: Removed extra quotes.

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: OpalFrost98GT
Look at this if your using Outlook xp

Gah, thank you. You'd think they make it easier than that but that will do.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

It's not a firewall. It's virus software. I work with this atleast once a week. I had two of these calls yesterday here at work.

nik

ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe"

Well Outlook Express also blocked *.jpg files with the IE 6, SP1. Isn't that just ridiculous? Great security

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Lucky

You're asking how to fix it. Wrong forum.

And your answers have been wrong, so what's your interest in this thread when you've shown you don't know how to fix it?

I've shown a method that works. You've said that it's not your anti virus because you don't have one. Do you see me still pushing my fix? No. You thought that an antivirus couldn't possibly be the problem anyway because Outlook said that Outlook was blocking it, so I refuted it. Now you're getting all pissed off and still refusing to see that you posted in the wrong forum.

I have plenty of interest in this thread.

nik

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: KnightBreed

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Are you at work? It's probably your companies firewall - not Outlook.

It's not a firewall. It's virus software. I work with this atleast once a week. I had two of these calls yesterday here at work.

nik

ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe"

And when that happened to me, I uninstalled Norton SystemWorks which includes Norton Anti-Virus and it fixed the problem.

So you're telling me that my experience was a dream or something?

Relax, bub.

nik

He said he doesn't have any AV software installed. He didn't say you were lying or something...

My point was this:

"ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe""

Even though it says Outlook is blocking it, that doesn't mean that an antivirus program can't possibly be blocking it, like he was saying above.

nik

 

[Lucky]

Even though it says Outlook is blocking it, that doesn't mean that an antivirus program can't possibly be blocking it, like he was saying above.

When I said I dont have anti-virus software installed, I wasn't lying.

 

[vi edit]

Here's an actual list of stuff that outlook blocks:

.ade Microsoft Access project extension
.adp Microsoft Access project
.bas Microsoft Visual Basic class module
.bat Batch file
.chm Compiled HTML Help file
.cmd Microsoft Windows NT Command Script
.com Microsoft MS-DOS program
.cpl Control Panel extension
.crt Security certificate
.exe Program
.hlp Help file
.hta HTML program
.inf Setup Information
.ins Internet Naming Service
.isp Internet Communication settings
.js JScript file
.jse Jscript Encoded Script file
.lnk Shortcut
.mdb Microsoft Access program
.mde Microsoft Access MDE database
.msc Microsoft Common Console Document
.msi Microsoft Windows Installer package
.msp Windows Installer patch
.mst Visual Test source files
.pcd Microsoft Visual Test compiled script or Photo CD image
.pif Shortcut to MS-DOS program
.reg Registration entries
.scr Screen saver
.sct Windows Script Component
.shb Shortcut into a document
.shs Shell Scrap Object
.url Internet shortcut
.vb VBScript file
.vbe VBScript Encoded Script file
.vbs VBScript file
.wsc Windows Script Component
.wsf Windows Script file
.wsh Windows Script Host Settings file

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Even though it says Outlook is blocking it, that doesn't mean that an antivirus program can't possibly be blocking it, like he was saying above.

When I said I dont have anti-virus software installed, I wasn't lying.

And I believe you.

nik

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

Originally posted by: Lucky

Even though it says Outlook is blocking it, that doesn't mean that an antivirus program can't possibly be blocking it, like he was saying above.

When I said I dont have anti-virus software installed, I wasn't lying.

And I believe you.

nik

So how could anti-virus software be blocking it?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: ffmcobaltMy point was this:

"ITS NOT ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. Outlook itself is saying "outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: xxxx.exe""

Even though it says Outlook is blocking it, that doesn't mean that an antivirus program can't possibly be blocking it, like he was saying above.

nik

Semantics.