Windows Mail Fix

Once again, I am glad that I regularly read Sandi Hardmeier's blog, "Spyware Sucks". I thought that my Windows Mail accounts had become corrupt because outgoing mail was not being sent. However, from Sandi, I learned that yesterday Microsoft released Knowledge Base Article 941090: Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer that is running Windows Vista:

"On a computer that is running Windows Vista, some messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail. You cannot send or delete these messages. Additionally, every time that you close Windows Mail, you are prompted that there are unsent messages in your Outbox."

You will be prompted to restart your computer after installing the update.

Thank you, Sandi!

References:

• Spyware Sucks

• KB Article 941090

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Windows Mail

Although Windows Live Mail will be superseding Windows Mail on Windows Vista, it is still delivered as part of the operating system. Perhaps that will change after Windows Live Mail is out of beta . . . or not. Either way, Vista4Beginners put together a number of help topics for Windows Mail. You can find them bookmarked in Windows Mail & Calendar.

• Migrate from Outlook Express to Windows Mail (Vista4Beginners)
• Windows Contacts (Vista4Beginners)
• Windows Mail (Features & Tutorial) (Vista4Beginners)
• Windows Mail keyboard shortcuts (Vista4Beginners)
  
  

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Windows Vista Help Topics

Although I have been occupied with other things of late, I have continued to both seek new sites with helpful information for Windows Vista users as well as useful tutorials.

The latest additions to the Windows Vista tutorials provided by Vista4Beginners encompass Instant Search and have been bookmarked .

1. Understanding Instant Search
2. How to Improve Instant Search
3. How to Customize the Start Menu Search Box

You can return to those tutorials in the Search section of Features and Tutorials.

A new find is SimpleHelp. I learned about it from a friend at LandzDown Forum. This friend provides remote help for family members and found the Screenshot Simulations at SimpleHelp invaluable. I contacted Ross McKillop, webmaster and tutorial writer at SimpleHelp and suggested several tutorials for Windows Vista. His response was almost immediate and the tutorials have started to appear, beginning with this Windows Vista firewall tutorial, added to Vista Security Features.

• How to allow a program through the Windows Vista Firewall

I think Windows Vista users will also appreciate these screenshot simulations from SimpleHelp, added to Windows Vista Bookmarks Mail, Features & Tutorials and IE7 pages:

• Windows Mail
• Windows Vista TCP/IP Properties
• Internet Explorer 7.0 Options

Watch for more bookmarks coming from these two excellent sites, Vista4Beginners and SimpleHelp.

Remember - "A day without laughter is a day wasted."
May the wind sing to you and the sun rise in your heart...