Last night I downloaded an update from Microsoft for XP, it was titled "Service Pack 2" as I recall.

Today I'm getting calls from business associates about e-mails with attachments that they sent me. I didn't get them and they didn't get any notice that I hadn't.

So I checked around under the "Tools", "Options" and "Security" tab and found that a maximum level of security had been set. I changed it and my messages are now coming through fine.

Thought you'd all like to know in case the same thing happens to you. Microsoft is like herpes--the gift that keeps on giving!!