Live Mail comes per-installed with Microsoft Windows 7 comes. There will be a Live Mail or Essential icon in your Programs
list. Else, check the Startup menu and you will see the Windows Live icon.
Click on it and point to Windows Live Mail. When in the window, create and
configure your email account as described in the next steps.
If Live Mail did not come bundled
with your computer, visit the Microsoft website and look for the program. Since
it's a free email client, you need not pay for it. Click the Download Now
button. Click the Save File button when prompted. When done, exit the browser
window. Look for the wlsetup.exe file and open it. Click the Run button to
execute the installation.
Wait for the Installing microsoft email toextract
the files. When prompted to make a selection, click the box next to Mail. If
you want to install other features like Messenger, check them too. When done,
hit the Install button. Wait for the installer to install your chosen
utilities. It will take some time. When done, Win Live will prompt you to sign
up. If you already have a Hotmail account click the Close
button as you need not sign up for another account.
Now click the Start menu, All
Programs, Win Live, and then Windows Mail. Since you are using Windows Mail for
the first time, it will prompt you to configure your email account. In the Add
an E-mail Account window, enter your email address and password in the relevant
fields. Click to check the Remember Password box as you would do in Outlook.
Enter your name in the Display Name field and click to check the box beside manually
configure server settings for e-mail account.
If you notice, the email settings support displayed in this window are almost same as they were in Outlook Exp. Hit the
Next button to continue. Enter the incoming server address and the
port number also in the intended field. This window is slightly different from
the window in Outlook. You had to navigate to different sections to enter port
numbers and server addresses. However, here you can enter all the information
in one window. Thus, you can say that it is more organized than Outlook.
Enter rest of the information as
desired. Do not forget to check the box beside My outgoing server requires
authentication. Hit the Next button to continue. If your email account is a Windows account, the program will prompt you to let it download your
folders, messages etc. When done, finish the wizard and you will see all your
emails and attachments etc. in your inbox.
