Vista Home Premium 64 bit

[RobertV]

Let it be known that if you purchase the above OS, you will not be able to
transfer any of your e-mail messages or contacts from your old 32 bit system
to the new 64 bit system. Even if you attempt to download Outlook Express, it
is 32 bit and will not download and instal, therefore, you can't imnport your
Outlook files into Outlook Express to convert their file extension to
something compatible with Windows Mail, which is the new e-mail program.

OH, before I forget, I want to thank Microsoft for the laser/wireless mouse
and keyboard configuration. My Device Manager does not recognize the keyboard
as a wireless keyboard, instead it ;ists it as a "HID", (Human Input Device",
or dome crap like that, and my mouse and keyboard continually freeze. No help
from Dell either.

From another dis-satisfied Dell/Microsoft customer.

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[Peter Foldes]

Do you have any idea what you are talking about. Install Outlook and then you can
transfer the Outlook pst files directly in to Windows Mail by doing the following as
posted by Hal Hostetler MS MVP

Good news, maybe....I ended up installing Outlook on my new computer and then
went into Windows Mail and tried the below again and no longer received the
error message I noted below. However, I then had to import my .PST backup
file into the Outlook program I just installed (and not into Windows Mail).
Then I went to Windows Mail and started the import process that way. This
long winded process did work in getting my mail imported into Windows Mail.
Good luck.

 

[RobertV]

Can't be done. In order to download Outlook, you have to download IE6.
Attempted that and it would not download, because IE6 is 32 bit, not 64 bit.

 

[Dave]

You seem to be confusing Outlook with Outlook Express...
They're not the same.

 

[RobertV]

Sorry Dave-firstoff, I know the difference between the two. Secondly, the
Windows Compatibilty page shows that Outlook Express and Outlook are not
compatible with the 64 bit Vista program. They may be for the 32 bit, but not
64. Also, I am not running Windows Live either as that is not installed on my
system.

 

[Peter Foldes]

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[Gary VanderMolen]

Why are you blaming Microsoft when Dell obviously supplied you with
the wrong driver for that keyboard/mouse?

 

[DL]

You are talking complete nonsense in respect of both Outlook & Express,
accepting Express cannot be installed on Vista (32 or 64)

 

[Dave]

Outlook Express cannot run on any Vista version.

Office 2003 & 2007 (which contain Outlook) are compatible with both 32 and
64 bit Vista...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/co...ce Suites&v=Microsoft&compat=certified&page=1

I would expect Outlook 2002 to work, but it has some problems. Older
versions may not work.