About the question of whether Windows Live Mail is/was once being bundled with Windows 7, recklessmaverick wrote: >Your computer manufacturer probably put it on there because MS has not >shipped Win 7 with an email client from the beginning. Thanks for the clarification on this, Don. Could also have been installed by the dealer because I bought the Windows 7 laptop last fall pre-opened/pre-set-up by the dealer that included a set of system restore disks prepared by the dealer's own geek squad, since I was informed by them--and this might be news to some who haven't yet gone to Windows 7--that manufacturers generally no longer include restore disks with a new computer (or at least PCs; don't know if that applies to Macs). I guess I could add that, along with the general lack of printed documentation, to my list of reasons to grouse about the state of the industry, but you guys might get the idea that I'm One Big Whiner (or growler)!! Also, for what it's worth, from what I've been able to pick up from discussions on the Web, Outlook Express will not work with Windows 7 (which I consider malevolent on the part of MS), which is really too bad 'cuz I agree with a lot of folks that it was generally a pretty good program. Thanks again! Jo-ski --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------