I have…

  • Uninstalled & reinstalled Avast
  • Uninstalled & reinstalled ACT! using a new (empty) database
  • Defragged several times
  • Scandisk’ed several times
  • Tried all possible permutations of ACT!, Outlook Express & Avast in my start up config system
  • Repeatedly compacted all folders in Outlook Express
  • After compacting, scandisk indicates “The last-modified date or time for the file or folder was invalid.” in one to many folders

Based on my experiments, I believe that there is either

  • a date/time hook that runs between these 3 programs with winmm.dll as a bridge that can’t operate fast enough between the 3
  • I don’t have enough memory to have them load simultaneously

The winmm.dll crashes

  • if I load ACT!, OE & Avast simultaneously
  • if ACT! is trying to cope with time-based alarms