Outlook wants Setup when I start Windows Mail

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Hello, I have a fresh Vista machine and this is my first time using Vista.
When I start Windows Mail, which seems to work fine, I eventually have to
shut down 3 series of popup windows having to do with the installation of
Microsoft Outlook 2007, which I do not want installed because, apparently,
the version which came with my Vista Home Premium OEM is trial only and I can
only start it a limited number of times before it expires (as I found out
when I opened Word).
In any case, I checked, and Windows Mail is set as my standard default
program for email and newsgroups; I cannot make it the default because it
already is.
Does anyone know what is going on and what I must do to correct things?
thank you
 
onomastikon said:
Hello, I have a fresh Vista machine and this is my first time using Vista.
When I start Windows Mail, which seems to work fine, I eventually have to
shut down 3 series of popup windows having to do with the installation of
Microsoft Outlook 2007, which I do not want installed because, apparently,
the version which came with my Vista Home Premium OEM is trial only and I
can
only start it a limited number of times before it expires (as I found out
when I opened Word).
In any case, I checked, and Windows Mail is set as my standard default
program for email and newsgroups; I cannot make it the default because it
already is.
Does anyone know what is going on and what I must do to correct things?
thank you
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Did you consider removing the trial version completely?

Control Panel>classic view (top left)>Programs and Features>select and
remove Office.
 
onomastikon said:
Hello, I have a fresh Vista machine and this is my first time using Vista.
When I start Windows Mail, which seems to work fine, I eventually have to
shut down 3 series of popup windows having to do with the installation of
Microsoft Outlook 2007, which I do not want installed because, apparently,
the version which came with my Vista Home Premium OEM is trial only and I
can
only start it a limited number of times before it expires (as I found out
when I opened Word).
In any case, I checked, and Windows Mail is set as my standard default
program for email and newsgroups; I cannot make it the default because it
already is.
Does anyone know what is going on and what I must do to correct things?
thank you
Click to expand...

This happened on my wife's new laptop - we removed the trial version
completely.
 
OK, I can try that, once I can see my monitor properly -- the graphics card
seems to be on the glitch. However, what does Outlook or Office 2007 to do
with Windows Mail?? Isnt the latter property of Vista and the former
something entirely different?
thank you
 
There is no direct linkage between the two. However, Outlook
sets itself as the default email program, and sometimes even
uninstalling Outlook does not correct that. So any link that needs
to use an email program will cause the default email program
(Outlook) to be called up. If the problem persists after doing the
manual uninstall, do the following:
Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
"Set your default programs."
After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on Windows
Mail. If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
 
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