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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
1. How would I go about installing OE6 on a clean install of Vista or
Windows 7 (assuming it is even possible)? 2. If I install Vista or Windows 7 on an XP machine with OE6 already installled, will the program continue to work? Clair |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
1: Can't be done. OE was a part of IE6, (both part of the OS), and cannot be
installed as a stand-alone program. 2: OE will work as a part of XP, but not Vista or Win7. You would need to keep XP on the machine and boot to that OS to use OE. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Clair Da Loon" wrote in message ... 1. How would I go about installing OE6 on a clean install of Vista or Windows 7 (assuming it is even possible)? 2. If I install Vista or Windows 7 on an XP machine with OE6 already installled, will the program continue to work? Clair |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
Thanks Bruce,
[Begin Rant] It is as I feared. So far, OE6 is the only mail client that I don't have significant usage issues with, and Dragon Naturally Speaking has full support for OE. I have tried Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail and they are both difficult to operate with voice recognition software. I spent a great deal of time creating macros to overcome these deficiencies, but neither piece of software is really designed with voice recognition in mind, and the macros frequently do not work or produce unexpected results (this is not a problem I have seen in other major software). With Windows Live Mail, it and DNS crash every time I issue a command to send or post a message, it loses messages and entire message archives, and has an exceedingly complex interface with way too much stuff it's trying to do. I just want to read and send news posts and emails, thank you. Just a buggy mess IMHO. Don't like how the interface looks when run under XP, but that would change for the better under Vista/Win7. Thunderbird is not fully supported in DNS either. It has a rather complex filtering interface which I definitely do not like. And the complexity is magnified by the fact that you have to set up a separate set of filters for each account. I have allot of email accounts, each for various purposes, and my current filtering system moves messages from these into a large number of local folders. I'm constantly having to scroll up and scroll down to see all of my accounts and local folders. After a while your jaw aches and your voice cracks. Guess I'll just have to stick with XP for a while longer so I can continue using my favorite email client. [End Rant] Clair "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 1: Can't be done. OE was a part of IE6, (both part of the OS), and cannot be installed as a stand-alone program. 2: OE will work as a part of XP, but not Vista or Win7. You would need to keep XP on the machine and boot to that OS to use OE. |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
YW. MS doesn't listen to us either.
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Clair Da Loon" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce, [Begin Rant] It is as I feared. So far, OE6 is the only mail client that I don't have significant usage issues with, and Dragon Naturally Speaking has full support for OE. I have tried Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail and they are both difficult to operate with voice recognition software. I spent a great deal of time creating macros to overcome these deficiencies, but neither piece of software is really designed with voice recognition in mind, and the macros frequently do not work or produce unexpected results (this is not a problem I have seen in other major software). With Windows Live Mail, it and DNS crash every time I issue a command to send or post a message, it loses messages and entire message archives, and has an exceedingly complex interface with way too much stuff it's trying to do. I just want to read and send news posts and emails, thank you. Just a buggy mess IMHO. Don't like how the interface looks when run under XP, but that would change for the better under Vista/Win7. Thunderbird is not fully supported in DNS either. It has a rather complex filtering interface which I definitely do not like. And the complexity is magnified by the fact that you have to set up a separate set of filters for each account. I have allot of email accounts, each for various purposes, and my current filtering system moves messages from these into a large number of local folders. I'm constantly having to scroll up and scroll down to see all of my accounts and local folders. After a while your jaw aches and your voice cracks. Guess I'll just have to stick with XP for a while longer so I can continue using my favorite email client. [End Rant] Clair "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 1: Can't be done. OE was a part of IE6, (both part of the OS), and cannot be installed as a stand-alone program. 2: OE will work as a part of XP, but not Vista or Win7. You would need to keep XP on the machine and boot to that OS to use OE. |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
There may be an option with Win7 to install XP in a Virtual machine window
which would allow for the use of OE from the hosted OS. Since Win7 isn't out yet, its not clear if that will work well, and it probably will require updating the machine you are using. Otherwise, MS is being consistent in terms of its concern for OE users. steve "Clair Da Loon" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce, [Begin Rant] It is as I feared. So far, OE6 is the only mail client that I don't have significant usage issues with, and Dragon Naturally Speaking has full support for OE. I have tried Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail and they are both difficult to operate with voice recognition software. I spent a great deal of time creating macros to overcome these deficiencies, but neither piece of software is really designed with voice recognition in mind, and the macros frequently do not work or produce unexpected results (this is not a problem I have seen in other major software). With Windows Live Mail, it and DNS crash every time I issue a command to send or post a message, it loses messages and entire message archives, and has an exceedingly complex interface with way too much stuff it's trying to do. I just want to read and send news posts and emails, thank you. Just a buggy mess IMHO. Don't like how the interface looks when run under XP, but that would change for the better under Vista/Win7. Thunderbird is not fully supported in DNS either. It has a rather complex filtering interface which I definitely do not like. And the complexity is magnified by the fact that you have to set up a separate set of filters for each account. I have allot of email accounts, each for various purposes, and my current filtering system moves messages from these into a large number of local folders. I'm constantly having to scroll up and scroll down to see all of my accounts and local folders. After a while your jaw aches and your voice cracks. Guess I'll just have to stick with XP for a while longer so I can continue using my favorite email client. [End Rant] Clair "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 1: Can't be done. OE was a part of IE6, (both part of the OS), and cannot be installed as a stand-alone program. 2: OE will work as a part of XP, but not Vista or Win7. You would need to keep XP on the machine and boot to that OS to use OE. |
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Most PCs Can't Run Windows 7 'XP Mode'
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346719,00.asp Furthermore, XP Mode will only be available in Win7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...-28Win7QA.mspx Steve Cochran wrote: There may be an option with Win7 to install XP in a Virtual machine window which would allow for the use of OE from the hosted OS. Since Win7 isn't out yet, its not clear if that will work well, and it probably will require updating the machine you are using. Otherwise, MS is being consistent in terms of its concern for OE users. steve "Clair Da Loon" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce, [Begin Rant] It is as I feared. So far, OE6 is the only mail client that I don't have significant usage issues with, and Dragon Naturally Speaking has full support for OE. I have tried Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail and they are both difficult to operate with voice recognition software. I spent a great deal of time creating macros to overcome these deficiencies, but neither piece of software is really designed with voice recognition in mind, and the macros frequently do not work or produce unexpected results (this is not a problem I have seen in other major software). With Windows Live Mail, it and DNS crash every time I issue a command to send or post a message, it loses messages and entire message archives, and has an exceedingly complex interface with way too much stuff it's trying to do. I just want to read and send news posts and emails, thank you. Just a buggy mess IMHO. Don't like how the interface looks when run under XP, but that would change for the better under Vista/Win7. Thunderbird is not fully supported in DNS either. It has a rather complex filtering interface which I definitely do not like. And the complexity is magnified by the fact that you have to set up a separate set of filters for each account. I have allot of email accounts, each for various purposes, and my current filtering system moves messages from these into a large number of local folders. I'm constantly having to scroll up and scroll down to see all of my accounts and local folders. After a while your jaw aches and your voice cracks. Guess I'll just have to stick with XP for a while longer so I can continue using my favorite email client. [End Rant] Clair "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 1: Can't be done. OE was a part of IE6, (both part of the OS), and cannot be installed as a stand-alone program. 2: OE will work as a part of XP, but not Vista or Win7. You would need to keep XP on the machine and boot to that OS to use OE. |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
That doesn't mean one can't install VPC and XP on a Win7 machine (regardless
of fancy hardware or OS version) and then run OE from the Win7 machine without using "XP mode". If they have an old XP machine, then they have a licensed version and that would let them install it in a VPC or VMWare environment so they could use OE if they wanted to that way. steve "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message ... Most PCs Can't Run Windows 7 'XP Mode' http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346719,00.asp Furthermore, XP Mode will only be available in Win7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f...-28Win7QA.mspx Steve Cochran wrote: There may be an option with Win7 to install XP in a Virtual machine window which would allow for the use of OE from the hosted OS. Since Win7 isn't out yet, its not clear if that will work well, and it probably will require updating the machine you are using. Otherwise, MS is being consistent in terms of its concern for OE users. steve "Clair Da Loon" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce, [Begin Rant] It is as I feared. So far, OE6 is the only mail client that I don't have significant usage issues with, and Dragon Naturally Speaking has full support for OE. I have tried Thunderbird and Windows Live Mail and they are both difficult to operate with voice recognition software. I spent a great deal of time creating macros to overcome these deficiencies, but neither piece of software is really designed with voice recognition in mind, and the macros frequently do not work or produce unexpected results (this is not a problem I have seen in other major software). With Windows Live Mail, it and DNS crash every time I issue a command to send or post a message, it loses messages and entire message archives, and has an exceedingly complex interface with way too much stuff it's trying to do. I just want to read and send news posts and emails, thank you. Just a buggy mess IMHO. Don't like how the interface looks when run under XP, but that would change for the better under Vista/Win7. Thunderbird is not fully supported in DNS either. It has a rather complex filtering interface which I definitely do not like. And the complexity is magnified by the fact that you have to set up a separate set of filters for each account. I have allot of email accounts, each for various purposes, and my current filtering system moves messages from these into a large number of local folders. I'm constantly having to scroll up and scroll down to see all of my accounts and local folders. After a while your jaw aches and your voice cracks. Guess I'll just have to stick with XP for a while longer so I can continue using my favorite email client. [End Rant] Clair "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 1: Can't be done. OE was a part of IE6, (both part of the OS), and cannot be installed as a stand-alone program. 2: OE will work as a part of XP, but not Vista or Win7. You would need to keep XP on the machine and boot to that OS to use OE. |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
A1. Can't be done.
A2. No. Clair Da Loon wrote: 1. How would I go about installing OE6 on a clean install of Vista or Windows 7 (assuming it is even possible)? 2. If I install Vista or Windows 7 on an XP machine with OE6 already installled, will the program continue to work? Clair |
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OE6 and Vista/WIndows7
"Clair Da Loon" wrote in message ... 1. How would I go about installing OE6 on a clean install of Vista or Windows 7 (assuming it is even possible)? 2. If I install Vista or Windows 7 on an XP machine with OE6 already installled, will the program continue to work? Clair |
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