How can I get the old Windows Live Hotmail back?

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Hi, I'm 74 years old and endorse Linn Barringer's answer fully. Further my workplace started using computers in the late 60's or early 70's even with written messages some subordinates would interpret instructions so differently that I now always send blind copies to myself. Leo gives crystal clear detaild explainations but there will always be a few that have no idea what was explained. From an old cynic that loves to play with to-days technological toys. D.D.

I can't visualize the complete list of my contacts .After clicking on TO 2 or 3 contacts names will appear but I can't scroll down to get access to the others.
On the left of the screen I can't see my folders unless I move my page to the right.I do not have to do that on my monitor except when using HOTMAIL.
I liked the old version better and if there is no changes I will go to GMAIL.J.P.

I had, just recenlty, three web-mail accounts ... Gmail, Yahoo mail, and Hotmail. While nice to have "choice" I got very dissatisfied with Yahoo and Hotmail and, last week, I cancelled my accounts. So, for now, I have Gmail. So far, I'm satisfied with Gmail.

I read through your so called rant in hopes of learning how to get My old edition of hotmail back, with the new version I cannot access all the people in My address book, I guess I need a 24 inch monitor in order to do so. but to lead people on so they think you have a way for them to get back their old hotmail and then near the end you have nothing is a bunch of crap and a total waste of Mine and many others time, I have limited time I use this darm computer as it is and do not care to have it wasted because someone wishes to offer their opinion and not give one bit of help, so thanks for nothing!!!!!!!

Leo, You are WRONG on all hotmail accounts having a forward and reply buttone. They are no where to be found on my hotmail! Not even where you show them. What a pain. And I would leave hotmail but it isn;t that easy to pack up 500+ emails in your box and move on, and, most people contact me through this address (or AT least my real hotmail address. I'll give it a few more weeks -then leave.

I wish you would research peoples complaints before you give answers.

Interesting, your comments on free email services. I usr Verizon-Yahoo that comes with my service. Thay recently announced they will be adding advertisements to email in December. It won't be clear if this is only in-coming, in and out or just the web version until it happens. I use the pop3 services and if it has the adds in it I will not use it as primary. I also use Gmail. It has worked just fine, less spam getting through and provides both web and pop3 services. The only thing I don't like is the web version.

i want my old hotmail back. This version too confusing. Also, cannot print out what I want to send before I send it. If I do print, it only prings half the page because their "contact information etc is on the left side. Done't know how to delete this either. I want my old probram back. edie

as a paid subscriber of hotmail it ticks me off that we(paid members) do not get or have the option to use old or new.yes it started free but soon became a matter of getting/having storage,something yahoo does still provide free as does gmail.having accounts with all of the above it is no stretch of imagination that any of the other will or may get my business as that Is what these accounts are used for.in short it is as easy to pay any of the others as it is msn(microsoft) hotmail.at least yahoo listens to users and still leaves the option open unlike hotmail. hello other accounts that fit a users needs

The biggest complaint I have with live email service is you have to be on line to access your email.

With hotmail you can be off line and read your mail and you can DL all your email easily to your hard drive.

It seems to me all the convenience is lost with live email services.

Can you recommend a "payed" email service that allows you to work off line and store your mail on your hard drive? I will use it!

I can't forward emails on my laptop via hotmail, I cannot write a new email and send it, I cannot reply to an email. This has only started since the new version. Yet I can do all this on my desktop computer with the same hotmail! There must be a hidden setting somewhere. I have looked in options, security etc. But as our laptop is used when we travel and we do have to reply to emails on the road, I need it fixed. Perhaps I will have to look at Gmail,and as for hotmail being a free service and we should accept whatever we get for a free service, I don't agree, I have been with Hotmail since almost its beginning, and therefore one of the millions that helped it get where it got to. Hotmail needs to give some help to those that helped it. I would prefer to stay with hotmail because over 9 years, plenty of my business contacts have that address, no others.

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