Brian's post (clipped):---

<<<< almost everytime i open outlook express i get this eyesore "msimn" this program has performed an illegal operation and will shut down>>>

In case you have given the error msg incompletely and the exact one is

 " program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.
If you click Details, the following error message may be displayed:
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module WAB32.dll. "

then the following microsoft knowledge base article should be useful.

 http://tinyurl.com/8r2vz


 HTH and good luck------Venkat Viswanathan

        The NOSPIN Group has added a new feature on our website,
           web based bulletinboard for questions and answers:
              Visit our sister website at http://nospin.com