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HELP I can not stand Windows Vista, give me back Outlook Express email
again! Help what can I do?
Tam
 
T&S Enterprises said:
HELP I can not stand Windows Vista, give me back Outlook Express email
again! Help what can I do?
Tam
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Outlook Express won't run under Vista. You might check how much
you like Windows Live Mail:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

You could also go back to XP, if your hardware is old enough that
XP drivers were written for it.
 
I think there are thousands of us who would LOVE TO GO BACK OE I DON'T CARE
IF THE GUY WHO CAME UP W/THIS IDEA WAS THE HEAD OF THE CLASS...HE FORGOT THE
LITTLE GUYS WHO USE IT EVERYDAY..... WE NEED SIMPLE STUFF TO USE.... PLEASE,
FELLA'S HELP US OUT HERE....
 
People who post mostly in CAPITAL LETTERS are likely to be treated as
shouting
and therefore receive fewer answers.

Outlook Express won't run under Vista.

People who don't like Windows Mail under Vista should try out Windows Live
Mail and see if they like it better:

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
 
Please, no preaching, venting, or vague generalities.
If you want help with a specific issue, give us the details, and we'll
do our best to help you.
 
I purchased a new Dell Inspiron last September. Running Vista, using Outlook
Express with absolutely no problems. Can't understand why people say they
aren't compatible.
 
It's because some small inconsequential feature to us is a real issue and
key feature to them. Perfectly understandable and a sensitivity all
manufacturers have to watch closely. Some people can cope and compensate,
others get completely lost and lose the whole picture. Seems to track how
people cope in general society.
 
Thanks for the response. I guess I may be more patient than most. I've been
using Windows since the 80s when Bill Gates first came into the picture.
 
You are running Outlook Express on Vista?
If so, you are the first person in this world to manage that feat!
What is the secret?
 
guymaine said:
I purchased a new Dell Inspiron last September. Running Vista, using
Outlook
Express with absolutely no problems. Can't understand why people say they
aren't compatible.
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Nope.
 
It was a rhetorical question from me to the OP, hopefully
forcing him to look more closely at the name of the email program
he was using.

As most of us know, OE won't install or run on Vista.
 
I have several email accounts that were set up as identities in Outlook
Express, but alas, no more identities in Windows Mail. They say it's more
secure this way, but my question is more secure for who.... and at what cost
in terms of convenience. It certainly isn't convenient to switch users just
to check email, not to mention all the permissions baloney.

In my opinion, Microsoft was out to lunch on this and ought to consider what
we want instead of what's convenient for them. Windows Mail is just a
useless, scaled down version of Outlook, which I never liked either. Most
people who have multiple email addresses that were easily handled with
identities, are not very happy with Microsoft. They've made it abundantly
clear that their software belongs to them, even though we pay for it. How
arrogant can they be?

Regards,
Gary
 
You may prefer Windows Live Mail, Microsoft's newer email program.
It doesn't use identities either, but does use a separate set of local
folders for each email account you have entered. It can take over
any accounts Windows Mail can handle, in addition to being able to
add some types of accounts Windows Mail can't handle.

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

Windows Mail can also handle more than one email account, but has
trouble importing all the messages from more than one Outlook
Express identity. It puts the mail from all the email accounts into
a single set of Local Folders.
 
You're missing the whole point Dave... there was nothing wrong with the
identities function of Outlook Express. Why fix something that ain't broke?
I use Thunderbird by reason of necessity, not because I want to. The other
options you noted are just plain unecessary.

As far as your lease goes... open source is making great strides. There's a
lot of vendor support for open source (especially Linux) these days and it's
growing. MS has taken piracy prevention to a whole new level and sooner or
later, customers will rebel.
 
Wouldn't it be nice if nothing ever changed?
Nothing new to learn, no adaptations to be made, etc.

Sorry, but conditions in this world are not static. What was good
in the OE days may not be good for today's world.

There are sound reasons why MS dropped the Identities feature.
It is related to Vista's increased security posture.
It has nothing to do with convenience for Microsoft.

P.S. Have you ever looked up the definition for Luddite?
 
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