Windows Mail Errors! Can I get Outlook Express?

[Guest]

I just bought a laptop with windows vista and this windows mail is not
working! I have peoplepc on my pc and it uses outlook express which I like. I
have downloaded my peoplepc to this laptop but the only email was windows
mail. Can I get my outlook express on my laptop or has windows mail taken the
place of outlook express? I could get emails at first but not send any, now I
can't get windows mail to start without an error saying something about pop3
and error 0x800 ccc90 and 0x800 ccc18. Basically my question is how do I get
rid of this windows mail that won't work and get my outlook express on here?
Or will that mess up my whole system (I am computer illiterate!).

 

[Michael]

Outlook Express is part of previous Windows system (e.g. XP).
Windows Mail is part of Vista.
You cannot have Outlook express on a Vista.

Michael

 

[Dave]

Outlook Express has been replaced with Windows Mail.
OE cannot be installed on Vista.

You need to enter your correct email settings in Windows Mail.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

I don't know what you mean by "downloaded my peoplepc."

You can just copy your mail account settings from Outlook Express
to Windows Mail. Or you can use your ISP's directions:
http://home.peoplepc.com/helpinfo/emailsettings/default.asp

Those directions are for Outlook Express, but the same settings
will work fine with Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

Sorry, I mean I put the people pc disk in to load it on my new laptop since I
subscribe to peoplepc. I said I was computer illiterate, smile. I saw
another post on here saying that someone's problem could be because they
have McAfee. This came already loaded on my laptop and I hate it so on
another day (before I posted my help message today) I went to control panel
and then uninstall programs and thought I removed it but it's still coming on
and it's still listed in programs along with that stupid pink M icon in the
bar at the bottom (task bar?). Could this also be my problem with windows
mail? If so then how do I uninstall it? Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Here's a tool for removing McAfee:
http://ts.mcafeehelp.com/displaydoc.asp?docid=408302&CategoryId=120919

If you still have a computer with your account in Outlook Express, then in
OE go to Tools | Accounts and select the account and click Export. It will
export the information ro an IAF file. In Vista go to Windows Mail, Tools |
Accounts and import that IAF file.