While working on a customers computer this past Sunday afternoon I ran into an issue with Windows Live Essentials while attempting to update all of his programs. The error relates to updating Windows Live Essentials only and can be resolved by either skipping the specified update or really by uninstalling Windows Live Essentials and then reinstalling the components that you use. Below I have noted details about the error followed by how to uninstall Windows Live Essentials 2011.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags:
0x80280008,
build,
flavor,
live mail,
microsoft,
photo gallery,
toolbar,
uninstall,
updates,
waitforcatalog,
windows,
windows live essentials,
windows live mail,
windows messenger,
writer
3 Comments »
Posted by alex in Insights
I don’t typically use Windows Live Mail so even some of the more basic items are foreign to me including the fact that by default Windows Live Mail does not show the typical menu bar as you would expect in Windows XP. The menu bar includes top level menu items such as File, Edit, View, Go, Tools, Actions, and Help. By default Windows Live Mail looks like the below image.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags:
action,
alt,
alt key,
edit,
file,
go,
menu,
menu bar,
tools,
view,
windows,
windows 7,
windows live mail
11 Comments »
Posted by alex in Insights
I had a client over the weekend that had a computer crash which required a new computer to be configured and old data imported. The old computer was Windows XP and the new computer was Windows 7 so one of the things to import was Outlook Express email into the new Windows 7 Windows Live Mail. The directions below will assist in importing the Outlook Express .DBX files into Windows Live Mail.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags:
.dbx,
email,
import,
messages,
Outlook Express,
select folders,
temp folder,
windows,
windows 7,
windows live mail,
windows xp,
xp
56 Comments »
Entries (RSS)