I can't figure out how to reply to those who have posted answers to my query relating to the problem I have with MS Outlook inability to attach files to Email notes so I'll try to include a comprehensive note here.  I'm using Windows IE8 & Windows XP.  Installing Silverlight doesn't help.  The problem here is that sometimes I can attach a file (JPEG) to an Email note in Outlook and other times it won't attach and I've spent as many as 2-3 days trying to attach a file before I've succeeded.  Also, file size doesn't seem to make any difference as I've tried attaching a small file and it has failed as well.  I never had problems attaching files to Email notes in Hotmail, the problem started when I was switched to lousy Outlook.