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bill.boylan
Last Monday I plugged in my new Dell loaded with Vista Ultimate. I was in
unfamiliar territory but everything seemed to be working like it was
supposed to work. I had no problem sending and receiving emails. On Tuesday
afternoon I used the Easy Transfer Cable to move 10 GB of data and settings
from my old XP computer to my new Vista computer. Immediately, there was
trouble in paradise! Not only did my Vista email stop working both ways, the
format of the email page changed to look like the old Outlook Express page
and the legends in the bars up top said "Outlook Express" instead of
"Windows Mail." ( Incidentally, I am using my old XP computer to send this
message.) At one point the clouds parted and the sun came out for a brief
few moments: During that minute or so my computer downloaded 25 or 30 new
emails and presented them in the "old" OE format, with the new messages at
the bottom. I would have settled for that---but no such luck. All those
messages suddenly disappeared into never never land. Since then I've had all
kinds of unpleasant experiences and Error-boxes, but absolutely no email, on
that machine, either coming or going. I would give anything to be back at
that moment before I used the Easy Transfer Cable just 48 hours ago.
QUESTION: Can I use system restore, in this case, to get my Windows Mail
back to working the way it was two days ago? I don't care about the data and
settings right now. I can worry about that later.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Bill Boylan
unfamiliar territory but everything seemed to be working like it was
supposed to work. I had no problem sending and receiving emails. On Tuesday
afternoon I used the Easy Transfer Cable to move 10 GB of data and settings
from my old XP computer to my new Vista computer. Immediately, there was
trouble in paradise! Not only did my Vista email stop working both ways, the
format of the email page changed to look like the old Outlook Express page
and the legends in the bars up top said "Outlook Express" instead of
"Windows Mail." ( Incidentally, I am using my old XP computer to send this
message.) At one point the clouds parted and the sun came out for a brief
few moments: During that minute or so my computer downloaded 25 or 30 new
emails and presented them in the "old" OE format, with the new messages at
the bottom. I would have settled for that---but no such luck. All those
messages suddenly disappeared into never never land. Since then I've had all
kinds of unpleasant experiences and Error-boxes, but absolutely no email, on
that machine, either coming or going. I would give anything to be back at
that moment before I used the Easy Transfer Cable just 48 hours ago.
QUESTION: Can I use system restore, in this case, to get my Windows Mail
back to working the way it was two days ago? I don't care about the data and
settings right now. I can worry about that later.
Any advice will be appreciated.
Bill Boylan