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jUST Upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. Took my email acct away. Can not get or send email. How do I get my email accts back. I did have a Cox email acct. I do not have any on computer. No outlook, etc. HELP!!!
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Windows 7 doesn't come with an E-mail program.
If you were using Microsoft Outlook on Windows Vista, install it.
If you were using Windows Mail, download and install Windows Live Mail . Then, see Importing your e-mail messages, contacts, and calendar into Windows Live Mail .l
"yankeeboy" wrote in message news:78d4b6ae-4741-4b16-998b-3ca7e5adaffd...
> jUST Upgraded from Vista to Windows 7. Took my email acct away. Can not
> get or send email. How do I get my email accts back. I did have a Cox
> email acct. I do not have any on computer. No outlook, etc. HELP!!!
Windows 7 did *not* take your e-mail account away. You still have the
account, you just don't have an e-mail *program* you can use.
Windows 7 comes with *no* e-mail or newsgroup program. Although many people
object to this, I think it's a step in the right direction,
since it leaves everyone more free to choose whatever program(s) he likes
best. There are many choices available, both from Microsoft and
from third-parties. Some are free and some are for sale. Microsoft has
Windows Live Mail available for download for free and Outlook (a
different program from outlook express) available for sale, either alone or
as part of Microsoft Office.
Some people will tell you to use Windows Live Mail; others will tell you to
use Thunderbird; still others may have other recommendation. My advice is to
ignore all such recommendations. I personally use Microsoft Outlook for
e-mail and Forte Agent for newsgroups, but you should try several and choose
what *you* like best, rather than make your decision based on what I, or
anyone else, likes best.
--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Ken Blake
I can't get any of my emails. The page opens to it but no mail.
why should I pay to get my mail? I got it free with windows 8.
You should go to the top of the page, click on "Ask the community" and start a new thread with your question(s). As far as "loosing" things, if those things were very important to you, you should have had them backed up. There is no excuse for not doing so. Even if the upgrade hadn't caused a problem, your computer is like any other common household device such as refrigerators, ovens, washing machines, etc., any one of which can fail unexpectedly. You weren't prepared for failure, and that's not anyone's fault but your own.
