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Are windows mail and live mail the same thing?

im about to buy a new pc on vista could you tell me the actual name of the new outlook express e mail service which i will be happy to use,ive never used any of the windows messengers services befor as in instant messaging so can anyone tell me if vista has an instant messaging service whats its now called in vista and is it possibe to switch off so it doesnt run in backgroung when pc starts up and if it is disabled woudl it effect anything on my pc.ie does the new outlook programme depend on it

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  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    edited 17 June 2009 at 3:25PM
    Windows mail comes in built with vista - but its not ready to use with Hotmail.

    Windows Live Mail has to be downloaded and installed - it includes optional things like messenger - you do not need to install messenger if you do not want it.

    Windows Live Mail is recommended and is a replacement for Outlook Express etc.
    You can also get Outlook with Office 2007 to work with Hotmail but its slower than Windows Live.

    Messenger - you can turn it off from starting up simply by signing in once and changing the start up option.
  • sporedude
    sporedude Posts: 1,563 Forumite
    I usually just check my email via hotmail.com, And use Windows Live Messenger to talk to people.
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