Detailed articles on Microsoft Windows Live Mail - Help and support

Microsoft's Windows Live Mail for Vista and XP operating systems is a free email client that is a successor of Windows Mail and Outlook Express. It’s available for free download and installation from the Live.com web site. The pages in this section provide help and support for this program so that you can use it properly to not only send and receive emails but also for several other tasks that this software is built for.

These help and support pages for Windows Live Mail have been written for beginners – people who are new to the internet- as well as experienced folk who have been using Outlook Express or Windows Mail for some time and want to shift to the new email client. Trust me, this program gives its predecessors a run for their money and is terribly simple to use.

What is Windows Live Mail?
An brief introduction to Windows Live Mail, its features and functions and how you can use it to send and receive emails from your computer.

Download free Windows Live Mail email client from Microsoft
Instructions on how to download the latest free email client - Windows Live Mail - available from Microsoft.

Install Windows Live Mail
Step by step instructions on how to install Windows Live Mail email program on computers running Vista or XP operating systems.

Windows Live Mail review and evaluation
A quick though detailed evaluation of Windows Live Mail email client with a rundown of its various features and functionality.

Windows Live Mail features
Windows Live Mail is far superior than Outlook Express and Windows Mail Vista. This page lists important features found in the new email client with special emphasis on some of the most useful ones.

Windows Live Mail setup
Step by step instructions with screenshots on how to setup Windows Live Mail email client and add new email accounts in the program.

Windows Live Mail settings for Hotmail accounts
Learn the Windows Live Mail settings in order to add and configure a Hotmail account and store emails of this online service on your computer.

Gmail on Windows Live Mail
Instructions with screenshots on how to add, setup and configure a Gmail account on Windows Live mail email client.

Use Windows Live Mail
A brief on how to use Windows Live Mail, the latest email client from Microsoft that replaces the popular Outlook Express and Windows Mail Vista.

Change Windows Live Mail font size
How to change the font size in Windows Live Mail if the text appears very large or small. Quick and easy instructions for Windows Live Mail beginners.

Send receive button missing on Windows Live Mail
Send/Receive button missing in Windows Live Mail program. I don't have Send/Receive button on Windows Live Mail, have I lost it?

Windows Live Mail email attachments - open and save
Learn how to open and save files attached to email messages in Windows Live Mail.

How to attach files to email
Instructions on how to attach various types of files to an email messages using Windows Live Mail email program.

How to send photos using email
A detailed discussion on the Photo e-mail feature of Windows Live Mail program and why is it to useful in sending photos and pictures over email - as attached files, ofcourse.

Outlook Express vs. Windows Live Mail
Comparision of the popular Outlook Express with the latest email client from Microsoft - Windows Live Mail.

Send email in Windows Live Mail
So you cannot find your sent email in Windows Live Mail? They seem to be missing from the Sent items folder - problem and solution.

Copy of email on server with Windows Live Mail
Configuring Windows Live Mail program to leave a copy of the email on the server once it downloads the messages.