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by stake

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I updated to sr-1 and now can't receive 'type 1' file attachments. How can I revert to a warning before opening them as before?

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by zalog

The Outlook 2000 SR-1 Email Security Update provides protection from most viruses that spread themselves through e-mail, or worm viruses that can replicate through Outlook. This update limits certain functionality in Outlook. Once you install thisupdate, you will not be able to access attachments with file types that could run executable code or change settings on a computer ? actions that could allow a virus to spread. These file types are known as Level 1 security files. The only way to revert to prior functionality is to uninstall and reinstall Outlook.

by syscokid

Unless you have an Exchange server, or Outlook 2002, it's extremely difficult (uninstall and reinstall without sr-1 comes to mind).

Look here for some good info:

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm

(Sometimes when I cut and paste URL's it looks ok to me but once the answer is posted, an extraneous space will have crept in. Make sure you delete any extraneous spaces or the page won't load).

by syscokid

From that link:

"You must remove Outlook and perform a complete reinstall. If you installed Outlook as part of Office 2000, you must remove Office 2000 completely -- not just the Outlook components -- and reinstall Office.

Interestingly, several people on the newsgroups have reported good results from just replacing two Outlook application files with the corresponding files from the original Office CD. The two files are Outllib.dll from the Office folder and Outllibr.dll from the Office\1033 folder. This is an unsupported method and probably does not fix all the aspects of the patch, however. Implement at your own risk. "

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