Hi, Tony.
We old goats can never stop learning new tricks, though, can we? Seems to
me that will be the definition of my death, because I don't plan to step off
the learning curve until then. ;^}
The "live" part of the Windows Live name has never felt "right" or very
informative to me. So I resisted everything with "Live" in its name - until
Windows Live Mail. I did like Vista, even when it was still Longhorn, so I
happily participated in the Vista beta, including the bundled Windows Mail.
I used WM until May 2007, when I jumped to the Windows Live Mail Desktop
beta - just as they were renaming things and dropping the word "Desktop"
from the name of Windows Live Mail. I've since downloaded and installed
just about all of the Windows Live Essentials, but seldom use anything
except Mail - and just enough of Messenger to Sign In.
To me, WLMail's features can be divided into about 3 groups:
1. Some parts are just like OE and feel as comfy as an old shoe.
2. Some parts are ALMOST like OE but take some getting used to; some I
like better, some not so much.
3. Some parts are entirely different from OE; again, some are better and
some need a lot of improving. (This pastel GUI has generated the most
angst; the hidden-by-default icon-less Menu Bar is close behind.)
I use only POP3 and NNTP, no Hotmail or IMAP or any such exotica. I can't
stand the web-based interface to newsgroups. I have Outlook, but seldom use
it. A decade or more ago, I tried many interfaces, starting with CompuServe
back in 1979, and progressing through The Source, GEnie, AOL, Pegasus...and
more others than I can remember. I used the original Netscape, but I
haven't even looked at the current offerings (Firefox, Thunderbird,
Mozilla - I barely know their names). I used OE from its beginning through
its final OE6.
Overall, after using WLMail for just over 2 years now, I'm pretty happy with
it.
RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8064.0206) in Win7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100
"Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
news:#...
> Oh - nothing much wrong really. It's just that I noticed the disappearance
> of OE generating mixed feelings and that old goats often don't like having
> multiple new ideas being stacked on top of each other. Well, I generally
> like to think I am intruiged by new ideas, as long as they don't replace
> something barely functioning with something worse. I didn't like Vista so
> being on Win7 is a new (and intruiging) experience, and the 'live' thing
> is completely fresh to me, so I will pick up the challenge and try it
> out - thanks RC!
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
> "R. C. White" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi, Tony.
>>
>>> Now I need a Newsreader
>>
>> What (from your point of view) is wrong with the free and ubiquitous
>> Windows Live Mail?
>>
>> www.download.live.com
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Right - the wireless is up and working. Windows and Avast has updated
>>> and Electricsheep is happily bouncing away!
>>>
>>> That Blog, had it, spot on!
>>>
>>> Now I need a Newsreader - I understand Thunderbird will do the job, but
>>> since I will probably want the browser, will there be any benefit to get
>>> the all-in-one (perhaps overloaded?) Seamonkey, or should I just make do
>>> with the separate modules?
>>>
>>>
>>> Tony. . .
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> Oh! I happened onto [Roadwolf's] blogpost:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.roadwolf.ca/blog/?p=94
>>>>
>>>> this is close to what I had expected and I will try fiddling with the
>>>> concept today, and report back.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony. . .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Tony Sperling" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> Hi, all!
>>>>>
>>>>> Before making another investment, I tried a somewhat newer driver and
>>>>> tried a driver update routine in Device Manager. The process quickly
>>>>> aborts with a message:
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a problem installing Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g
>>>>> 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter.
>>>>>
>>>>> The name is already in use as either a service name or a service
>>>>> display name.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anybody have any idea what this means, or what I can do about
>>>>> removing the conflict? Is this referring to information in the reg.
>>>>> that can be deleted?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Tony. . .
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