I have just gone from XP to 7 and as I like things simple I have have found it such a big jump.
However I am getting used to it and due to the lack of info from Microsoft, or I could'nt find it, I spent time looking for Outlook Express
I did finally find info on Windows Live which does contain an updated version of Express and I find it quite simple to use.
RB
November 22, 2009 2:06 AM
Leo, have you heard of Zinstall? (http://www.zinstall.com)
It's what XP Mode should have been... Runs on any Windows, no hardware virtualization required, and it actually transfers all your applications from XP to 7 by itself!
So you can work with no hassle at all.
Would love to hear your review on that.
I'm not going to go deep, but it looks like an interesting combination of a virtual machine technology like XP Mode or Parallels Desktop, plus a migration tool like Laplink's PC-Mover. My question is if you're simply going to move everything over an simply use it as Windows XP, why install Windows 7 at all?
22-Nov-2009
Joe
November 24, 2009 5:21 AM
I just installed but when I tried to open it I got some crap about my BIOS not being configured for this. HELP do I have to fiddle around with the BIOS now???? Coudn't MS make it a bit simpler?
Not Microsoft's fault - some computers have hardware virtualization turned off in the BIOS and it's not something that MS can turn on for you. You'll need to turn it on, assuming your PC supports it.
24-Nov-2009
Joe
November 24, 2009 6:56 AM
OK I just looked it up on the MS site and configured. It's quite simple after all. The problem is I still can't open any of the DOS programs that I wanted to. I thought that the XP mode will allow me to use the old DOS programs but.... Anyone got any ideas?
If they worked in XP I would expect them to work in XP Mode. To know why it's not working we'd need a lot more information about what happens when you try, and how you're going about trying.
26-Nov-2009
chris
November 24, 2009 9:07 AM
Hi
I have Windows 7 Home Premium with virtual XP Home installed & don't have to worry about hardware virtualisation. How? - installed Sun's VirtualBox software & run XP Home inside this.
This saves the expense of having to buy Windows 7 Enterprise, Business etc necessary to run "Windows XP Mode"
Sun's VirtualBox is also not limited to running Windows but can run other operating systems as well; & its free
Marianne Rankin
November 24, 2009 9:10 AM
I don't have Outlook Express on my current Windows XP system; I have regular Oulook and like it just fine. If at some point I have to change to Windows 7, will I be able to keep regular Outlook? From everything I've heard, it's better than Outlook Express. It is certainly better than webmail via Comcast.
My feeling has always been, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I see no reason to change for the sake of change. But my son and I have been talking about getting a laptop, and it seems they all come now either with Vista (which we definitely don't want) or Windows 7, not with XP.
Outlook and Outlook express are unrelated to each other. Outlook will continue to work on Windows 7.
26-Nov-2009
Richard Joseph
November 24, 2009 9:34 AM
When Outlook Express fell of its perch a few months ago I switched to Windows Live Mail, (which is, confusingly, not the same thing as Windows Live Hotmail)which looks and feels just like Outlook Express, but seems to work better. I haven't yet found any aspect of Outlook Express that isn't there in Windows Live Mail. It picks up my Hotmail account fine, and seems a perfect replacement for the late lamented Outlook Express. This is working under XP at the moment, so would I presume it would work under Vista or Windows 7 also?
Don Taber
November 24, 2009 10:49 AM
Outlook Express is one, although not the primary, reason I chose Win XP for the OS in my current, custom-built computer (by JNCS in Fairport, NY). A MAJOR...REALLY MAJOR feature of OE vs. Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail is that OE supports identities (if that's wrong, will someone please tell me). In all the comments about this issue, I never see any that mention this feature. I have a home business, so have 2 e-mail addresses. I do NOT want to have to set up 2 user IDs and switch between them to work on separate business and personal e-mails.
I have heard, but have not tried, that using "profiles" in Thunderbird can be as useful, if not more so, that Outlook Express identities. Would love confirmation on that.
26-Nov-2009
Ravi Agrawal
November 24, 2009 11:33 AM
Just for giggles! Seems Microsoft is giving an XP virtual machine license free to users of Windows 7. Did I read a free download of around 500 MB?
Comments
Read the article that everyone's commenting on.
November 21, 2009 3:07 PM
I have just gone from XP to 7 and as I like things simple I have have found it such a big jump.
However I am getting used to it and due to the lack of info from Microsoft, or I could'nt find it, I spent time looking for Outlook Express
I did finally find info on Windows Live which does contain an updated version of Express and I find it quite simple to use.
November 22, 2009 2:06 AM
Leo, have you heard of Zinstall? (http://www.zinstall.com)
It's what XP Mode should have been... Runs on any Windows, no hardware virtualization required, and it actually transfers all your applications from XP to 7 by itself!
So you can work with no hassle at all.
Would love to hear your review on that.
22-Nov-2009
November 24, 2009 5:21 AM
I just installed but when I tried to open it I got some crap about my BIOS not being configured for this. HELP do I have to fiddle around with the BIOS now???? Coudn't MS make it a bit simpler?
24-Nov-2009
November 24, 2009 6:56 AM
OK I just looked it up on the MS site and configured. It's quite simple after all. The problem is I still can't open any of the DOS programs that I wanted to. I thought that the XP mode will allow me to use the old DOS programs but.... Anyone got any ideas?
26-Nov-2009
November 24, 2009 9:07 AM
Hi
I have Windows 7 Home Premium with virtual XP Home installed & don't have to worry about hardware virtualisation. How? - installed Sun's VirtualBox software & run XP Home inside this.
This saves the expense of having to buy Windows 7 Enterprise, Business etc necessary to run "Windows XP Mode"
Sun's VirtualBox is also not limited to running Windows but can run other operating systems as well; & its free
November 24, 2009 9:10 AM
I don't have Outlook Express on my current Windows XP system; I have regular Oulook and like it just fine. If at some point I have to change to Windows 7, will I be able to keep regular Outlook? From everything I've heard, it's better than Outlook Express. It is certainly better than webmail via Comcast.
My feeling has always been, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." I see no reason to change for the sake of change. But my son and I have been talking about getting a laptop, and it seems they all come now either with Vista (which we definitely don't want) or Windows 7, not with XP.
26-Nov-2009
November 24, 2009 9:34 AM
When Outlook Express fell of its perch a few months ago I switched to Windows Live Mail, (which is, confusingly, not the same thing as Windows Live Hotmail)which looks and feels just like Outlook Express, but seems to work better. I haven't yet found any aspect of Outlook Express that isn't there in Windows Live Mail. It picks up my Hotmail account fine, and seems a perfect replacement for the late lamented Outlook Express. This is working under XP at the moment, so would I presume it would work under Vista or Windows 7 also?
November 24, 2009 10:49 AM
Outlook Express is one, although not the primary, reason I chose Win XP for the OS in my current, custom-built computer (by JNCS in Fairport, NY). A MAJOR...REALLY MAJOR feature of OE vs. Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail is that OE supports identities (if that's wrong, will someone please tell me). In all the comments about this issue, I never see any that mention this feature. I have a home business, so have 2 e-mail addresses. I do NOT want to have to set up 2 user IDs and switch between them to work on separate business and personal e-mails.
26-Nov-2009
November 24, 2009 11:33 AM
Just for giggles! Seems Microsoft is giving an XP virtual machine license free to users of Windows 7. Did I read a free download of around 500 MB?
Ravi.
November 24, 2009 12:59 PM
Just use Thunderbird. [SOLVED]
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