About upgrading to Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Mail is the successor to Microsoft Outlook Express 6, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail desktop Beta. If you have Microsoft Outlook Express 6, Windows Mail, or Windows Live Mail desktop Beta installed on your computer, when you install Windows Live Mail, all of your existing accounts, settings, and e-mail messages are automatically imported into Windows Live Mail. Any contacts in your Microsoft Windows address book (A list of contacts, that contains the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of each of your contacts. If you're signed in with a Windows Live ID, Windows Live Mail uses the contacts list associated with your Windows Live ID.) are also imported when you install Windows Live Mail.

You can't create Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail identities (A method used in Outlook Express that allows multiple people sharing the same computer to keep their e-mail separate. Identities aren't used in Windows Live Mail.) in Windows Live Mail. Instead, to protect each user's e-mail with a password, create a separate Windows user account and password for each person who wants to use Windows Live Mail on the computer. If you upgrade to Windows Live Mail from an Outlook Express account that contains multiple e-mail identities, you can import the e-mail messages and account information from the identities by clicking Identities on the Windows Live Mail File menu.

When you first open the application, use F1 (Help)

Left click on Tools, select Account(s) and set them the same as in Outlook Express.

Left click on File, select Import Addresses and Messages.

Left click on View, select Layout and set as shown below for your best security. (The other Layout options are OK as set by default)

Test the new application by sending a message to yourself and be sure you can receive it as well

Most of the materiel we have covered for Outlook Express 69 to 137 also apply to Windows Live Mail

1. A free download from M$ called PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. You can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit them.
2. If you have the M$ PowerPoint application (stand alone version - $280.00 or with the M$ Office Home & Student - $150.00), it lets you view, edit and create full-featured presentations.
3. If you have OOo (OpenOffice.org - $00.00), it lets you view, edit and create full-featured presentations.

Note - the logo indicates they were formerly known as PicLens. A number of updates have taken place in the last couple of months

Your first approach should be to review the procedure to create a Startup Hold folder as per 204.

For the sneaky icons appearing and not in the Startup folder, a better option than using msconfig has evolved. Software Explorer built into Windows Defender  makes it much simpler to control your Startup applications.     

WinXP users can download Windows Defender and an icon for Software Explorer will be created and be available when you open the Control Panel.