Does Outlook come with XP Home?

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One of my company's remote users has XP Home, and he says he does not have
Outlook. (I'm **NOT** talking about OE here, but Outlook, the "bigger
thing"). Obviously, it's possible that the icon's not visible for some
reason. Does Outlook come with XP Home? If not, he's asking if there's a
way to get the program separately. Not a question I've been asked before.
 
Outlook is not part of any version of Windows. It can be purchases alone or
as part of Microsoft Office.
 
OL (aka MS Mail or Schedule +) is not a bigger thing than OE (Microsoft Internet Mail and News). They are two seperate programs with different heritages. In fact for Internet mail OL uses OE's code as it was not designed for the internet. MSIMN got renamed to OE.
 
By "bigger thing", I meant "bigger bundle of features". Sorry for the
misunderstanding.


"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
OL (aka MS Mail or Schedule +) is not a bigger thing than OE (Microsoft
Internet Mail and News). They are two seperate programs with different
heritages. In fact for Internet mail OL uses OE's code as it was not
designed for the internet. MSIMN got renamed to OE.
 
Sounds like a case of looking, but not seeing. I don't use it, so I tend to
ignore the icon completely. After installing XP & Office on my machine, I
never even noticed when Outlook "arrived".
 
Doug said:
One of my company's remote users has XP Home, and he says he does not have
Outlook. (I'm **NOT** talking about OE here, but Outlook, the "bigger
thing"). Obviously, it's possible that the icon's not visible for some
reason. Does Outlook come with XP Home?
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No, of course not. Neither the Microsoft Office application suite, nor
any of its individual component applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Access, Outlook, etc.), have _ever_ been "part" of *any* Windows
operating system. They are, and always have been, separate
applications, that must be purchased and installed separately.

Microsoft Office comes pre-installed on new computers only when the
computer manufacturer chooses to offer it, and the purchaser is willing
to pay extra for it. If you need Outlook, you'll have to purchase and
install it (or an Office Suite).

If not, he's asking if there's a
way to get the program separately. Not a question I've been asked before.
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Certainly:

1) Go to store/shop that sells computer software.

2) Purchase either Microsoft Outlook or an edition of Microsoft Office
that includes it.

3) Return home.

4) Insert installation CD in PC's CD drive and follow the on-screen
prompts and instructions to install application and desired additional
features.



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Bruce, this was all settled 12 hours ago. Did you need to add a response
just to hear yourself talk?
 
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