I use Windows Live mail for email, I have it installed on 3 different machines for the same account. recently, in the past few days the Vista Home Basic laptop it's installed on won't send or receive emails, it keeps timing out.

My work laptop (XP) and my Home PC (Vista) both work fine.

Can anyone think of anything that may need looking at as its clearly specific to this laptop only (typically, the one I use for email the most)

I absolutely HATE using Hotmail on the web, so WLM is a great tool, and I can't use Windows Mail (used to be Outlook Express) as it doesn't support Hotmail account.

Any thoughts guys? Discovery 4 HSE
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1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

I recently upgraded to Windows7 (It was my idea) and it has solved nearly all the Vista issues I had with both my Desktop and my Wife's Laptop. £60 for the upgrade product and its money well spent as Vista is a disaster zone.....

TBH, I have not had any issues really with Vista, what are they? I know people bemoan it but I must have missed something somewhere.... Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Stuff like Windows Mail Live not working


Also, system hanging, 10 minute start ups and close downs, hibernation/sleep malfunctions, and loads more. You will only realise when you upgrade but check the vista forums if your not sure.

Have you changed any settings , I got windows vista taken off my 4 laptops and 2 desktop pc's as there is too much going on with Vista.

Windows Live mail is a version of hotmail plus i use hotmail connector with microsoft outlook , if i can find the e-mail Windows Live sent me informing me of online changes they were doing to there OS

Windows7 Networking is a zillion times better too, Laptop auto-connects to the home network every time and very quickly. On Vista you had to do in manually even though it should have been automatic. Vista was a flawed product and MS almost admit that.

I've never had to manually link it to any network? I have my laptop set up to pick up any one of 3 wireless networks (home, parents, friends house) and it just works.

perhaps I am lucky?

Anyway, back to the thread. Why would one Vista machine work fine, the other not? There has to be something, maybe a registry setting or DLL file that's screwing it up, I just don't know where to look. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

RRUK wrote:

I've never had to manually link it to any network? I have my laptop set up to pick up any one of 3 wireless networks (home, parents, friends house) and it just works.

perhaps I am lucky? .

I musy say mine 95% always auto connects. I must be lucky too as despite people saying VISTA is flawed i havent had too many issues. Although i am a "Computer User Non Technical" according to my brother who works in IT

Fixed:

Deleted the account from windows live mail and then reinstated it. Seems to be working fine now.

Bloody fickle software. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB