Outlook Express

[Emrys Davies]

I suspect from its performance that my ten year old PC, which has served
us proudly, will need replacing soon and I want to do some research in
advance of its demise.

I realise that any new computer which I will get will have Windows 7
installed on it.

My wife and I have spent nearly ten years with Outlook Express. We know
of its susceptibility to viruses, but we would like to continue with it,
regardless, because we understand it, it is easy to use and we do not
want much hassle at our stage in life. Is that possible?

If it is possible and bearing in mind that Windows 7 does not include an
email programme would I be able to install Outlook Express onto it. I
realise that my Outlook Express 6 is installed as a component of my
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and those two would be acceptable.

If the above is not feasible I realise that I will probably need to go
for Windows Mail rather than Windows Live Mail, for simplicity. How
similar is Windows Mail to Outlook Express?

Finally, when I need advice on 'Which Computer' where should I go?

[Michael Santovec]

Outlook Express and IE6 will NOT install directly under Win7.

Windows Mail (WM) is part of Vista.

Although there are ways to run either on a Win7 PC, I think it would be
more bother to do that and switch to a new mail program..

Some people moving from Vista to Win7 have successfully copied the WM
program files and data from Vista to Win7 and gotten it to work. Unless
you are planning to first move to a Vista PC and then upgrade to Win7,
that's not an option for you.

It is possible to run Virtual PC (VPC) on Win7 and run XP in that, which
would let you run OE. With suitable hardware (check with the PC
manufacturer), Win7 supports a special XP mode which allows better
integration of XP applications with Win7.

If I had been naming things, I would have call Vista Windows Mail OE7
and Windows Live Mail (WLM) OE8.

Both programs have similar features and capabilities to OE. The menus
are similar although some things have been moved around or renamed.

One of the biggest changes is that both WM and WLM drop the fragile DBX
files and go to EML files where each message is an operating system
file.

If you like to tweak the source code of HTML messages, that feature is
gone in WLM.
--
Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us

Post by Emrys Davies
I suspect from its performance that my ten year old PC, which has served
us proudly, will need replacing soon and I want to do some research in
advance of its demise.
I realise that any new computer which I will get will have Windows 7
installed on it.
My wife and I have spent nearly ten years with Outlook Express. We know
of its susceptibility to viruses, but we would like to continue with it,
regardless, because we understand it, it is easy to use and we do not
want much hassle at our stage in life. Is that possible?
If it is possible and bearing in mind that Windows 7 does not include an
email programme would I be able to install Outlook Express onto it. I
realise that my Outlook Express 6 is installed as a component of my
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and those two would be acceptable.
If the above is not feasible I realise that I will probably need to go
for Windows Mail rather than Windows Live Mail, for simplicity. How
similar is Windows Mail to Outlook Express?
Finally, when I need advice on 'Which Computer' where should I go?

[98 Guy]

Post by Emrys Davies
I suspect from its performance that my ten year old PC, which
has served us proudly, will need replacing soon and I want to
do some research in advance of its demise.
I realise that any new computer which I will get will have
Windows 7 installed on it.

There are motherboards which can be bought even now that have windows-98
drivers for almost all components. It's quite easy to build your own PC
from individual components.

Post by Emrys Davies
My wife and I have spent nearly ten years with Outlook Express.
We know of its susceptibility to viruses, but we would like to
continue with it, regardless, because we understand it,

Windows 98 has always been pretty much invulnerable to most of the
trojans, viruses and other malware that has been in circulation for the
past decade.

Outlook Express isin't really susceptible to viruses as it is
susceptible to users clicking and running attachments that they
shouldn't.

Post by Emrys Davies
Finally, when I need advice on 'Which Computer' where should
I go?

It won't matter, because if you buy a fully-built computer then it will
come with Windows 7 and all windows 7 PC's will look and act the same.

If you want to keep running windows 98, there are ways to do it, on much
faster and better hardware than you probably have now. If you want to
use your win-98 apps on a Vista or Windows 7 PC, you're not likely to
get an answer here. In fact, I doubt there are more than a handful of
people reading this newsgroup.

You are advised to re-post your question to
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (that's where practically all
win-98 conversations happen).