I HATE Windows Live Mail

[aussie]

I'm only new to Windows Live Mail and find it ok but for one problem,
The incoming mail time is incorrect, outgoing is fine, anyone got any solutions ?

Have you tried sending an email to yourself? What time was shown in the sent items folder and what time was shown in the inbox?

Yes did try that and same happened with those emails , sent items had correct time whereas incoming had the wrong time, I ended up finding out it was a fault with the setting upon my computer, time date , within control panel. Was found to be actually acting on the setting below the one selected. When I went to check , it had listed the correct time zone but it actually wasn't using the right time zone. Re loaded windows and all now going ok , thanks !!
It appears that in live mail at least incoming mail time issues are solely to do with the computers set time zone , whilst the outgoing time zone is selected by the time zone selected in windows live mail ? Makes sense now

 

[roncerr]

...whilst the outgoing time zone is selected by the time zone selected in windows live mail ? Makes sense now

Where do you set the time zone in "windows live mail"?

 

[gudway]

Windows 7 Live Mail

HELP!
I was using Outlook Express with Windows 7 on my HP4900 computer
My Current problem: Suddenly I can see ONLY ONE email
No more the LIST of ALL emails i.e INBOX, OUTBOX, SENT ITEMS, DRAFTS, etc
I cannot see contents of any email folders
I switched to my alternate (Yahoo) email address on the HP4900

I can still receive email at my old address on another computer Compac 6120
I have been having problems with Live Mail from the start, not being able to read
the contents of several kind of graphics in email and some videos

How can I reset everything so I can see the content LIST of the Inbox etc.
Anyone please HELP

Thanks
Michael H

 

[roncerr]

...I was using Outlook Express with Windows 7 on my HP4900 computer...
I can still receive email at my old address on another computer Compac 6120...
...I have been having problems with Live Mail from the start...

...How can I reset everything...

OE only runs on XP, not Vista or Win7.
However the Compac is set up, it's OK.
Are you referring to Windows Live Mail, the downloadable client?

If you want to reset WLM, you can go to the Windows Live Essentials listing in "Programs and Features" and do a "change" and choose "repair". Alternatively, you can upgrade to the latest version by re-running the original downloaded installer file.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

The old woman happily used OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6 on my Windows 2000 Pro computer. Was given a brand new computer with Windows 7, and can no longer use wonderful Outlook Express. MUST use "Windows Live". I absolutely and completely Hate Windows Live!!

With OUTLOOK EXPRESS I had 3 email identities -- one for work, one for pleasure, and one for junk. Easily switched between accounts. Now, with WINDOWS LIVE, they are ALL on one page and I must double check "who I am" before sending out an email. This is ridiculous!

Keep asking peoplel I know who are computer smart: "3 kids in a family have 3 different email accounts, one each. With WINDOWS LIVE each kid would have access to the other 2 accounts. Yes, I understand about using passwords. But I am the ONLY person using this computer and I do not want to keep entering passwords! I liked it that my 3 email accounts (identities?) were separate and distinct. I WANT THAT BACK !!"

What to do? Please note I am not computer savvy!

Oh, also, I do not like it that there is not the word "Address Book", or that this computer can no long insert the email address if I type the first/second letter of the email address. Microsoft had something good before so do not understand why they changed something that wasn't broken!

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Goodness gracious! I'm baffled because one problem leads to another problem. Figured out how to sign onto this forum, and posted something. Now I can't find how to log out! And, to add to my confusion, now I'm not sure if I have Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail. I think it's Windows Mail, but ya never know. I'm too old to learn this new-fangled stuff.

 

[18pcs]

It really sucks

No built in email client and the only program similar to OE being WLM, is the only main reason Seven sucks.
I am very seriously thinking of downgrading to XP or vista for lack of this. I am a business person and the only thing I need is emailing. And microsoft has messed it up with WLM. Apart from all the problems previous posts indicate the main problem is there is no way to backup and restore the storage folders (identical) between computers.

 

[PhreePhly]

OE sucked. It was an absolute security nightmare and it needed to be nuked. Windows Live Mail is better in almost every way. Thank you MS for not having the e-mail program tied to the OS. This means we will get updates (one already and one in beta now) on a faster schedule.

 

[swarfega]

@OP Your point 3 is the same as point 1.

You dont have to sign in in order to use the program. But maybe you use other live services anyway (in which case it wouldnt be a problem).

Personally I love the new WLM.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Update: I solved my problem. Disconnected new computer (windows 7) and again using old computer (windows 2000 Pro). I was FORCED to upgrade my operating system becuse of pop-ups advising "Your browser is outdated." But couldn't update to IE 8 because I had to update my OS first ! And I quit using Internet Explorer and am happily using Firefox. Have decided to stay clear of anything and everything, to best of my ability, that has to do with Microsoft.

PhreePhly "OE sucked ... absolute security nightmare ... Windows Live Mail is better ... Thank you MS for not having the e-mail program tied to the OS. This means we will get updates (one already and one in beta now) on a faster schedule."

My Reply: Some folks like the color red; I like blue. Some folks swear by Buicks; I luv my Chevy. It's all a matter of choice. Choice, like at Burger King I can have my burger "My Way".

And though I do not understand 'updates' except if there's a security flaw in the software, I say to myself "If they produced the software in perfect order at the beginning, and fixed all the flaws beforehand, updates wouldn't be needed!"

I don't want, nor need, all the whistles and bells that are bundled inside of Microsoft operating systems and software, i.e., Windows Live (or is it Windows Live Mail?) Power Point, etc. I don't want to be obliged to keep on my computer things I don't want or use. I like the MY WAY Burger King attitude!

 

[Tews]

You can always install Windows XP SP3 and use OE.. Windows 7 is not for everyone..Bottom line.. use what you are happy with...

 

[PhreePhly]

Update: I solved my problem. Disconnected new computer (windows 7) and again using old computer (windows 2000 Pro). I was FORCED to upgrade my operating system becuse of pop-ups advising "Your browser is outdated." But couldn't update to IE 8 because I had to update my OS first ! And I quit using Internet Explorer and am happily using Firefox. Have decided to stay clear of anything and everything, to best of my ability, that has to do with Microsoft.

PhreePhly "OE sucked ... absolute security nightmare ... Windows Live Mail is better ... Thank you MS for not having the e-mail program tied to the OS. This means we will get updates (one already and one in beta now) on a faster schedule."

My Reply: Some folks like the color red; I like blue. Some folks swear by Buicks; I luv my Chevy. It's all a matter of choice. Choice, like at Burger King I can have my burger "My Way".

And though I do not understand 'updates' except if there's a security flaw in the software, I say to myself "If they produced the software in perfect order at the beginning, and fixed all the flaws beforehand, updates wouldn't be needed!"

I don't want, nor need, all the whistles and bells that are bundled inside of Microsoft operating systems and software, i.e., Windows Live (or is it Windows Live Mail?) Power Point, etc. I don't want to be obliged to keep on my computer things I don't want or use. I like the MY WAY Burger King attitude!

And when you get hit by malware because you refuse to enter the 21st century, please don't come here complaining about MS operating systems. The color red has nothing to do with security. OE was designed at a time when security was not a top priority. It was insecure by design and needed a complete rewrite.

Sticking to Win2000 (an OS that is completely unsupported and nowhere near secure as Win 7) is frankly stupid given the internet and root kit capabilities available to the bad guys. If you don't plan on getting online at all, fine, use Win95, but if you are planning on going online with Win2000, then just put out a sign that reads "zombie available for free"

Software is not written bug free. There are some almost bug free systems available, but they cost more than the average home in Southern California. If you want bug free OSes, plan on getting a mortgage to run them.

 

[CarlTR6]

Update: I solved my problem. Disconnected new computer (windows 7) and again using old computer (windows 2000 Pro). I was FORCED to upgrade my operating system becuse of pop-ups advising "Your browser is outdated." But couldn't update to IE 8 because I had to update my OS first ! And I quit using Internet Explorer and am happily using Firefox. Have decided to stay clear of anything and everything, to best of my ability, that has to do with Microsoft.

PhreePhly "OE sucked ... absolute security nightmare ... Windows Live Mail is better ... Thank you MS for not having the e-mail program tied to the OS. This means we will get updates (one already and one in beta now) on a faster schedule."

My Reply: Some folks like the color red; I like blue. Some folks swear by Buicks; I luv my Chevy. It's all a matter of choice. Choice, like at Burger King I can have my burger "My Way".

And though I do not understand 'updates' except if there's a security flaw in the software, I say to myself "If they produced the software in perfect order at the beginning, and fixed all the flaws beforehand, updates wouldn't be needed!"

I don't want, nor need, all the whistles and bells that are bundled inside of Microsoft operating systems and software, i.e., Windows Live (or is it Windows Live Mail?) Power Point, etc. I don't want to be obliged to keep on my computer things I don't want or use. I like the MY WAY Burger King attitude!

I am a senior citizen and I ditched XP for Win 7 in November 2009. I have have learned it and I like it. I share your feelings about Windows Live Mail; that I do not like at all.

I use Outlook which is part of Microsoft Office. It works very similar to Outlook Express and is a whole lot more secure. I have three email identities plus a fourth in Hotmail. All download fine into Outlook and go the separate folders in the inbox set up for each account. The Hotmail account has its own inbox separately from the other accounts and synchronizes with the online Hotmail account. I can send from any of the accounts I choose.

 

[18pcs]

That is exactly my point. Windows 7 is not for everyone, if it was then Microsoft themselves wouldnt have introduced Virtual XP on seven. After years and years of using OE suddenly to be deprived of it, is what is driving me mad !. I am very happy otherwise with Seven, except for the email and WLM particularly.

 

[Dobian]

For those of you who hate Windows Live Mail and can't figure out how to get Windows Mail to work on Windows 7, this is what I did, and it is pretty simple. This assumes, of course, that you have all your Windows Mail .eml files archived off someplace, and still have your POP and SMTP settings from Windows Mail saved. Download Mozilla Thunderbird (which pretty much looks the same as Windows Mail), and go into your account settings to set up your mail server the same as it was on Windows Mail. Download emlbridge, which you can find on download.com. Run eml bridge. Where it says "Location of your email files", browse to the directory where your Windows Mail files are kept. Then on the "Special Transfers" tab in the top menu, click on "1 Quick Thunderbird Restore". It will find the Thunderbird email directory and display it, then you will be prompted to continue. Click the button, and the files will be converted and transferred over. Close and re-open Thunderbird, and there they are in a folder called emlbridge. You can then move the files from this folder into your inbox, delete the emlbridge folder, and you are done. If you have multiple Windows Mail folders for your archived emails, of course, you can move them over individually, and there will be an incremented emlbridge folder on Thunderbird for each folder you copy from (emlbridge-1, emlbridge-2, etc.). It's a piece of cake.

 

[roncerr]

Interesting Dobian; that's almost the same procedure one would use to get your emails on to WLM. Except that in WLM you don't have download and run emlbridge. Just use "Import" from the file menu.

 

[wysiwyg]

That is exactly my point. Windows 7 is not for everyone, if it was then Microsoft themselves wouldnt have introduced Virtual XP on seven. After years and years of using OE suddenly to be deprived of it, is what is driving me mad !. I am very happy otherwise with Seven, except for the email and WLM particularly.

MS is keeping the stick-in-muds happy with VXP, using all that crappy old software.

I enjoyed learning LIVEMAIL its a great system, you can do far more with it than previous systems, OE was the pits, Win Mail was an improvement, but LM is smooth.

Just got Office 2007 so I'm starting to look at Outlook to see if its any better than Live, but so far its not looking very promising.

 

[Barman58]

That is exactly my point. Windows 7 is not for everyone, if it was then Microsoft themselves wouldnt have introduced Virtual XP on seven. After years and years of using OE suddenly to be deprived of it, is what is driving me mad !. I am very happy otherwise with Seven, except for the email and WLM particularly.

MS is keeping the stick-in-muds happy with VXP, using all that crappy old software.

I enjoyed learning LIVEMAIL its a great system, you can do far more with it than previous systems, OE was the pits, Win Mail was an improvement, but LM is smooth.

Just got Office 2007 so I'm starting to look at Outlook to see if its any better than Live, but so far its not looking very promising.

Come on now, Don't be a stick-in-the-mud, you need to look at office 2010

 

[MWRed]

I either must be really lucky, or I missed something somewhere.
I've set up WLM(client) twice on this PC(reformatted earlier this month).
There was no signing into Live or anything like that. It was really no different than setting up TBird when I used to use that. I don't understand how there can be so many problems when it' is as simple as it is. Even setting up 4 email accounts,passwords, and being able to view the 4 accts. separately was easy.

I'm glad there isn't a mail client tied to the OS anymore too. I didn't like Windows Mail, only for the fact that the email accounts can't be separated, which is why WLM is perfect.

 

[wysiwyg]

Just got Office 2007 so I'm starting to look at Outlook to see if its any better than Live, but so far its not looking very promising.

Come on now, Don't be a stick-in-the-mud, you need to look at office 2010

At £49 who's complaining.

PS. I've already looked and I can't see a lot of difference.