Need Outlook Help

[bflogeo]

OK, I'm a new user from XP to 7. I used Outlook Express and it was fine for
me needs. However, I'm finding Windows 7 to be overbearing and I can't seem
to figure out what to do for my email needs. Here's the issue... I'm not
setting up various user accounts, which runs counter to Microsofts heavy
hand. The problem I'm having is that one normal user account (I have an admin
account for managing the computer only) and Outlook for numerous profiles
doesn't work. I don't want to have Outlook open directly into my wife's inbox
and then ask for a password and vice versa. I want what Express did, it ask
mwhat profile you wanted to sign into and asked for the password, only then
did the inbox load and new mail was downloaded.

I'm finding Windows 7 to be overly restrictive and this is a perfect
example. I downloaded Thunderbird and tried to set up two email profiles and
it acts the same way.

 

[bflogeo]

Let me add to this a little, maybe I was a little unclear. What I'm asking
is, after setting up individual profiles for our email accounts, I can choose
what profile to sign into, but my issue is why does Outlook then open that
profile's inbox while asking for a password? The answer I'm likely to get
(set up separate user profiles on the computer for everyone) isn't the answer
I want and in fact really a non-answer. Can Outlook ask for the password and
then show the inbox? I mean, I can open my wife's profile and read all her
old emails (not that I want to), which is the problem I have with Outlook and
Microsoft, it's forcing you to inefficiently and unnecessarily have user
profiles instead of allowing users to select how best to manage their privacy
the way they want to, not the way Microsoft tells you to.

 

[VanguardLH]

I don't want to have Outlook open directly into my wife's inbox
and then ask for a password and vice versa. I want what Express did, it ask
mwhat profile you wanted to sign into and asked for the password, only then
did the inbox load and new mail was downloaded.

Mail profiles for Outlook is the equivalent of what identities were for
Outlook Express.

 

[DL]

I'm afraid you are making little sense
Outlook doesnt ask for a password unless you have password protected the
data file, or you have elected not to save the mail account password.
Also the operation of outlook has nothing to do with win7