WinXP & OE 6

[aeinstein]

I've seen a lot of issues lately with OE 6 unable to switch to another ID in WinXP. Three solutions that I know of:

1) 3-finger saluting OE
2) bounce sys
3) deselect default ID setting (and leave setting that way) & do a File/Exit and Logoff, re-open OE & select ID to launch.

Does anyone know of a fix or better solution?

TIA

[Tekmaven]

Its like that for a reason. Since Windows XP is a multi-user environment, one Windows user account has 1 OE6 identity. If another person wants a new identity, create a Windows user account, login as that account, and go into OE6. Presto.

[aeinstein]

Many of our customers use OE for the simplicity in switching from one ID to another within one PC login - otherwise they would opt for Outlook which is on the vast majority of the syss. Also, OE only locks on a portion ( a good portion, but not a majority) of the systems. That tells me it's not so much a design issue as a glitch. Of course, it could also depend on sys configurations, which we don't have.

[Dani]

Personally, I never understood why Outlook always makes the name of the default profile "Default" instead of using the username of the person logged in.

[kidd0]

Did ya know, in OE, you can set the defaults, change IDENTITYs with a click...

(Used XP)
(Hates XP though)

Why are you havin problems?

-kidd0