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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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Hi B Looney,
Thank you for your reply.
Windows Live Mail.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs
Hope this helps.
To get assistance with Windows live mail's performance, please post your question “Windows live mail section” from the following link.
I have Windows Essential installed and I can receive emails but I cannot send, How can this be corrected. I am using a POP.
Windows (Live) Essentials is a suite of programs. Windows Live Mail is one of the programs in the suite.
If you want Windows Live Mail on your laptop, then you have to download and install it.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/essentials-other-programs?T1=t2
Like the other poster, I HATE Windows 8.1 and want to use Windows Live Mail, not what MS wants. Your link goes to Essentials.
I have just read all three pages of questions and replies and have not seen my exact situation. I have 8.1, when I tried to download Windows Live Mail the prompt said that essentials is already on my machine and asked if I wanted an older program. So, I looked through all the programs that came with the computer and could not find Windows Live Mail. Now, do I let it download Windows Live Mail ( AKA Windows Essentials) and then sort out the mess after the fact? Thanks for your input.
