unable to email - server is not properly installed

My home ed win7 64 bit OS will not allow me to email using supplied addresses in various pages. How do I "properly instal" the default server????
ian

ianjefferys said:

My home ed win7 64 bit OS will not allow me to email using supplied addresses in various pages. How do I "properly instal" the default server????
ian

What email client? what default server? what addresses?

Thankyou for your succinct answer!
The best answer (as a newbie) is that when I click on a supplied email address (usually in blue) supplied by a firm on their home page or elswhere (in this case Disktrix support) I am told that my "default mail client is not properly installed" and that's it - no email is available! This occurs every time with all such supplied addresses. I use both Gmail and Hotmail.
I cannot find (in my new win 7 home edition 64bit OS any way of correcting that problem.
please help.
thankyou.(at 77 yo I need a little help from time to time)
ian J

Thanks smitty,
at last someone who knows his stuff!
Worked perfectly first time.
Ta,
Ian J