I recently could not access the message pane of Outlook Express in both reading and writing mode. The cursor just would not appear there. Suspecting that the problem lies with the program I installed Windows Live Mail instead. Unfortunately I have the same problem here too. The strange thing is that I have no such problem when using Outlook 2003. Can you advise how I can rectify this because I really love the speed and simplicity of using Windows Live Mail or Outlook Express. Oh...I am using Windows XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pcck 2. Thanks :-)1 person needs an answerI do too