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I just upgraded to Vista. Is there a way to view my contacts under Inbox,
Outbox, like in Outlook Express? When I create mail and start to type the
email address it used to fill in for me. Now nothing happens when I start to
type in the To: box. Can I fix that too? Thanks
 
onemulligan said:
I just upgraded to Vista. Is there a way to view my contacts under Inbox,
Outbox, like in Outlook Express?
No.

When I create mail and start to type the
email address it used to fill in for me. Now nothing happens when I start to
type in the To: box. Can I fix that too? Thanks
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Auto-complete doesn't work as well as it did with Outlook Express.
Once you have sent to an address, the next time you send to the same
address it should auto-complete. Also, some people are able to
type the first three letters, then press Tab, and it auto-completes
the rest.
 
Is there a way to go back to Outlook Express?

Gary VanderMolen said:
Auto-complete doesn't work as well as it did with Outlook Express.
Once you have sent to an address, the next time you send to the same
address it should auto-complete. Also, some people are able to
type the first three letters, then press Tab, and it auto-completes
the rest.
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You can't go back to OE unless you install Windows XP.
Some people dual-boot between XP and Vista.

Gary VanderMolen
 
I have come to the conclusion that installing Vista is one of the biggest
mistakes I have made. Why did Microsoft ruin a good program like Outlook
Express? So many other things are not working either. Thanks for your reply.
 
onemulligan said:
I just upgraded to Vista. Is there a way to view my contacts under Inbox,
Outbox, like in Outlook Express? When I create mail and start to type the
email address it used to fill in for me. Now nothing happens when I start
to
type in the To: box. Can I fix that too? Thanks
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re: Is there a way to view my contacts under Inbox"
No

re: and start to type the email address it used to fill in for me"
Is that option selected? Tools > Options > Send
"Automatically complete email addresses when composing"

Mike Burgess
Microsoft MVP - Internet Explorer - 1999-2007
"There's no place like 127.0.0.1"
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
 
You can install VPC and XP that way and then use OE. A few have done that.

steve
 
Yes, I do have a check mark in automatically complete address when composing
but I guess that does not work. I can't imagine anyone wanting to boot to
two different operating systems, especially to use a different email program.
If I wanted that I would buy a Mac and boot to XP if I had to for some
reason. Just wish I would have known about the change in the email before
making the upgrade (or downgrade the way I see it).
 
Put your 'Contacts' folder in the sidebar as a gadget.

Then scroll down and click the one you want to send an email to.
 
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