Using Hotmail With Windows Vista

[canasta]

I am trying to set up my laptop (Vista) with a programme which will allow me to send, receive my email and for it to be accessible when offline.

I think I've used 'Windows Live Mail' before but it doesn't seem compatible now.

[EDDIE51]

Vista is a nightmare upgrade to Windows 7

[Buenchico]

Thunderbird is an excellent email client (out of the same stable as the Firefox web browser), which should fully meet your needs:
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/all.html

[Alex_Higham]

Nothing wrong with Windows Vista. Anyone who has Vista can set-up an E/mail account with Windows Mail.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/windows-mail-setting-up-an-account-from-start-to-finish

[canasta]

I downloaded Thunderbird but when it downloaded my messages they were all in one Inbox and my folders and contacts had disappeared. I couldn't see ow to get them back so I uninstalled it.

As far as Windows 7 is concerned I had a look to see if the laptop is compatible and it seems there would be several issues with uninstalling and reinstalling elements of my system which I'm nervous about.

I can't see how much it would cost me to upgrade to Windows 7 either, or is it free?

Does anyone know?

[canasta]

Windows Live Mail is part of Windows Essentials, alas no longer available for Vista :(

[galeck1947]

Time to upgrade to Windows 7 .You can upgrade from Vista but it is almost impossible so a clean install would be the way to go you can still buy OEM copies of Windows 7 from EBAY or your local computer store may have some. Just make sure that you have at least 4 GB of RAM installed should you decide to go this way.

[Alex_Higham]

There is Not any need to install Windows 7 when one has Vista. At the moment I am using Vista on my Desktop PC and have W7 in a Laptop.

Incidentally, canasta...There is a difference between Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail......Are you sure that you Do Not have Windows Mail in your laptop.? It would have been an integral part of Vista.

[canasta]

Yes, Windows Mail is where I started but it doesn't support Hotmail ;(

In the past I've used Windows Live Mail but that is now not obtainable outside of Windows Essentials which again I cannot download to use with Vista!!

It's all very annoying but I checked and my laptop would be ok to use with Windows 7 with some tweaking of the system ;(. I didn't feel competent to 'tweak' myself so have taken it into a local laptop repair shop for them to sort it out. Cross fingers!!

[canasta]

Windows Essentials (Live Mail) can be used with Windows 7!