Install Windows live mail on Windows 8.

Anonymous
2013-03-13T19:01:11+00:00

Original title: windows mail on W8 to windows live mail?

I hate the mail program on my new laptop, Windows 8.  How can I change the email program to Windows Live Mail as I use with Windows 7?

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Anonymous
2013-03-24T01:03:37+00:00

Hi B Looney,

Thank you for your reply.

  1. Are you referring to mail app in Windows 8?
  2. Are you trying to use Windows Live mail instead of mail app?

Windows Live Mail.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-27T11:27:13+00:00

    Well they printed it but I'm not going to bother reading it. As long as it is it needs nice structure and introduction etc so we know whether to invest out time reading it...perhaps write an abstract and then follow it up with your spaghetti code writing.

    I don't know how many people say they want their old XP back...they loose credibility immediately. I went back and got my old XP computer back up and running; nice in its day but Windows 8 is soooo fast, easily configures with the hardware, reliable, does a brilliant job of Sleep, Hibernate, and I love to use the Reading App, Weather App and several of the other Start screen Apps in conjunction with the Desktop environment. I Loveeeeeee  OneNotes.

    Windows 8 has me totally addicted and I have a hard time turning it off....Its a better Windows 7.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-27T21:20:40+00:00

    ....by "Reading" App, I meant the "News" App... and Windows 8 handles multi monitors very well; multi monitors work very well with the Desktop/StartScreen  dichotomy.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-09-27T21:36:38+00:00

    Original title: windows mail on W8 to windows live mail?

    I hate the mail program on my new laptop, Windows 8.  How can I change the email program to Windows Live Mail as I use with Windows 7?

    Click on the following link; when you are given the opportunity to install Essentials you will be able to select to download everything - includes moviemaker, writer, live mail, and some others - or you can choose to specify which of the applications to install, in which case you can just select Live Mail. Once Live Mail is installed, if it didn't put an icon on your desktop or pin Live Mail to the Start Screen, then just do a search for "Windows Live Mail" and it will appear as one of the search results

    • directly below where you typed in "Windows Live Mail". At this point you can right click the icon and Pin to Start and Pin to Taskbar. Or you can just launch Windows Live Mail by left clicking.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-09-28T02:02:25+00:00

    OH DEAR MR. SOMMER, EB76ER, PLEASE FORGIVE MY LONG, ALL CAPS, COMMENT  WHICH UPSET YOU BOTH SO MUCH, CHIDED ME OVER.

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    AS ALL TECHNICALLY ASSTUTE PEOPLE, IT PROFESSIONALS HAVE  LABELED THIS CORRECTLY, AS MY BEING "HACKED",  THIS FEW DAYS AFTER SO CALLED RESET, WINDOWS LIVE DEFAULT ACCOUNT GONE.  NEVER INTENDED TO USE, NEVER USED PERIOD,  BUT TO RECEIVE EMAILS FROM WINDOWS URGING ME TO SET THIS ACCOUNT UP, WHICH ONLY HAD MY YAHOO ACCOUNT ADDRESS, NOT EVEN CORRECT NAME,  AND SURELY NO AGREEMENTS TO SEND CONTACTS TO THIS ACCOUNT, NOR TO SYNC THIS ACCOUNT,  AN EMPTY VOID.    AS I HAVE BEEN WRITING, CALLING, WINDOWS TECH SUPPORT, THE HANDICAPPED DEPARTMENT A JOKE,  TO THESE BLOGS, TO TRY TO FIRST FIND OUT IF THIS WAS WINDOWS, MS,  THEN WHERE TO POSSIBLY FIND MY STOLEN DATA, FORCED TO READ ALL WINDOWS LIVE, OTHER THINGS,  AS I HAD BEEN TRYING TO SWITCH TO GMAIL,  ALL POSTPONED TO TRY TO PAY MY BILLS, (I CANNOT OPEN ENVELOPES, REACH, PULL, PUSH, ETC.),  GET MY YAHOO MAIL RESTORED,  FIND WHO   HACKED MY ACCOUNT,  AND WHERE THIS WINDOWS LIVE LABELED DATA THEFT,  WAS SENT.

    I'M UNABLE TO WRITE ANYMORE, AND BEG YOURFORGIVENESS AGAIN.  AS STATED IN REPLY I WAS UNABLE TO SUBMIT.  I AM SENDING THIS, YOUR RESPONSES TO CAMP PENDELTON JAGS, THE WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT,   AND FINALLY REPORTING ALL TO THE POLICE, FBI.   WHILE MS CLEARLY THINKS IT IS ABIVE THE LAW, PERHAPS THE FBI,  COPS,  STATE, FED GOVERNEMENTS ENRAGED OVER THE CRITICAL SECURITY BREACH OF 8 YEARS NOW,  THAT THEY MAY NOT BE INFLUENCED BY COMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.  WILL AT LEAST PUT TO REST MS'S SUPPOSED CONCERN FOR THE DISABLED,  CAUSING US ALL HUNDREDS OF HOURS, MONTHS, TO UNDO THEIR DELIBERATE DAMAGE,  FOR NOTHING!

    SO SORRY AGAIN

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