Windows Live e-mail vs Outlook e-mail

When my OS was XP, and I clicked a contact link on various web sites, I would get an Outlook e-mail screen where I would compose my e-mail and send it. That was good, because I had a history of that in my "Sent" folder.

Now, with Windows 7, I get Windows Live e-mail, even though I have Outlook installed. Is that a default of Windows 7, or is it what the web site is doing?

Can I look at Windows Live e-mails and see what I have sent?

Can I change a setting in Win7 so it will send an Outlook e-mail instead?

Thanks,
Jon

>Control Panel > Programs > Default programs > Set associations
>Look for the .msg extension and change the association to Microsoft Outlook
Thank you. Turns out .msg is already associated with Outlook

>inetcpl.cpl
Thank you very much. I followed your instructions. I'll see what happens.

Thanks again to both of you,
Jon