- Welcome Screen Problem
- Posted by Badbird on January 9th, 2006
When I boot up my system and the welcome screen appears, there is a notice
beneath my account which says I've got one unread e-mail message - when in
fact I don't have any unread e-mail messages at all, except in the Norton
Anti-Spam folder. I've tried deleting those, but the system keeps telling me
I've got unread mail.
How can I fix this so the system won't keep telling me I've got mail that I
don't have?
- Posted by John on January 9th, 2006
Hi
Download and run this file
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...unreadmail.reg
download and run this to undo the above
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...dmailapply.reg
Regards
John
"Badbird" <badbird_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:iluwf.703$i81.699@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com. ..
> When I boot up my system and the welcome screen appears, there is a notice
> beneath my account which says I've got one unread e-mail message - when in
> fact I don't have any unread e-mail messages at all, except in the Norton
> Anti-Spam folder. I've tried deleting those, but the system keeps telling
> me I've got unread mail.
>
> How can I fix this so the system won't keep telling me I've got mail that
> I don't have?
>
- Posted by Badbird on January 9th, 2006
Thanks John - but I can't 'run' the solution. When I click on your link I
just get a blank page with a registry entry on it - nothing else. Do I just
run 'regedit' and change the value on this entry to match yours?
"John" <johnlee2509@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Download and run this file
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...unreadmail.reg
> download and run this to undo the above
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs...dmailapply.reg
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> "Badbird" <badbird_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:iluwf.703$i81.699@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com. ..
>> When I boot up my system and the welcome screen appears, there is a
>> notice beneath my account which says I've got one unread e-mail message -
>> when in fact I don't have any unread e-mail messages at all, except in
>> the Norton Anti-Spam folder. I've tried deleting those, but the system
>> keeps telling me I've got unread mail.
>>
>> How can I fix this so the system won't keep telling me I've got mail that
>> I don't have?
>>
>
>
- Posted by John on January 9th, 2006
The link works fine, do you have pop up blockers on?
Anyway, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the file
as disablemail.reg
run and this should cure the problem.
--------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\UnreadMail\]
"MessageExpiryDays"=dword:00000000
--------------------------------------
Regards
John
"Badbird" <badbird_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:iluwf.703$i81.699@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com. ..
> When I boot up my system and the welcome screen appears, there is a notice
> beneath my account which says I've got one unread e-mail message - when in
> fact I don't have any unread e-mail messages at all, except in the Norton
> Anti-Spam folder. I've tried deleting those, but the system keeps telling
> me I've got unread mail.
>
> How can I fix this so the system won't keep telling me I've got mail that
> I don't have?
>
- Posted by Badbird on January 9th, 2006
John,
Looks like the problem was with Firefox. I tried again in IE and got the
downloads. Thanks!
"John" <johnlee2509@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> The link works fine, do you have pop up blockers on?
> Anyway, copy the text between the lines below to notepad and save the file
> as disablemail.reg
> run and this should cure the problem.
>
> --------------------------
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
>
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\UnreadMail\]
> "MessageExpiryDays"=dword:00000000
> --------------------------------------
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
>
> "Badbird" <badbird_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:iluwf.703$i81.699@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com. ..
>> When I boot up my system and the welcome screen appears, there is a
>> notice beneath my account which says I've got one unread e-mail message -
>> when in fact I don't have any unread e-mail messages at all, except in
>> the Norton Anti-Spam folder. I've tried deleting those, but the system
>> keeps telling me I've got unread mail.
>>
>> How can I fix this so the system won't keep telling me I've got mail that
>> I don't have?
>>
>
>
