outlook express caused exception

Could be due to a corrupt WSOCK32.dll or KERNEL32.dll
You can go to support.microsoft.com web site and search for articles on extracting these files from the OS cd.

Try choice 2 .

W95 you have 3 choices . With W98 , if you have IE5.1 or higher & you
still have IE4 installed the following applies . No IE4 only 2 choices .
IE5.5 if over the top of 5.1 , offers 3 choices .

You can install IE5.1 straight over 4 . A big feature with IE5 is that
it can be repaired without uninstalling . Here is how to do it . Open
Control Panel , Add / Remove , click on Microsoft Internet Explorer ,
then click on add / remove down the bottom . This opens a window with
3 choices .

No Microsoft Internet Explorer in Control Panel !
Start>Run , key in msinfo32 and press
Enter . Click on Tools>IE Repair Tool .

Choice 1. Add , insert your IE5 install program & you can find other
items you may not have installed 1st time .

Choice 2. Repair , fixes problems that may crop up with IE5 / Outlook

Choice 3. If unfixable , removes IE5 & goes back to IE4 , now if you
want to you can reinstall IE5 or a later version or another browser
altogether .

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.ASP