Achtung! You vill lissen! Games iss Serious Business! Especially the first three editions of Call of Duty, which enables you to shoot Nazis by the score....
Window 8
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You're right. I forgot that one.
Nazis by the score sounds like a song in the making.
I really hate their email client. I loved Outlook, but I have Office 2003 and it wasn't compatible so I downloaded Mozilla Thunderbird.
thunderbird used to be good,, now on my PC with Windows 7, I'm lucky if it can connect properly 1 out of every 4 tries.
So far I'm doing okay with it. I may have to eventually break down and pony up the money for a newer version of Office. It pissed me off that they dumped Outlook Express for that Live Mail garbage program. It was simple, organized. Stupid Microsoft.
I just bought a new computer. As near as I could tell, the old power supply failed and took most of the rest of the old computer with it.
I bought a package from our corner computer store that included a new tower case, a new power supply, a mother board, duel core
CPU, a 500gig hard drive, a DVD player/burner, and I installed a card reader that I just happened to have around. I've been using Windows XP and I saw no reason to change. At the moment everything is working fine.
I bought a package from our corner computer store that included a new tower case, a new power supply, a mother board, duel core
CPU, a 500gig hard drive, a DVD player/burner, and I installed a card reader that I just happened to have around. I've been using Windows XP and I saw no reason to change. At the moment everything is working fine.
Microsoft has a software email program called windows live mail, which is part of windows live essentials. I don't know if its compatible with telus email.
Windows Live Mail
You can add all your email accounts to Windows Live Mail. It's as easy as typing in an email address and password, and then following a few steps. Once your email accounts have been added, organize your conversations. Here's how to do all this in Mail.
Add an email account
In your Mail inbox, click Accounts and then click Email. Type your email address, password, and display name, and then click Next. If you want to add more accounts, click Add another email account.
Note
- You might have to contact your email service provider to finish setting up your email account.
Send lots of photos
Send high-resolution photos to family and friends with Windows Live Mail. They can then easily find, view, and download your photos. Since the photos are stored on Windows Live SkyDrive, nobody's inbox gets overloaded.
In your Windows Live Mail inbox, on the Home tab, click Photo email. Choose the photos you want to add to your email message, and then type a name for your album.
Type the email addresses of the people you want to share your photos with. Click Format, and then click Album privacy to decide who can see your photos. By default, only those people you send the photo email message to will be able to see your pictures. Next, just click Send.
Note
- Microsoft may limit the number of files that each user can upload to a SkyDrive album each month.
Organize conversations
To turn conversation view on or off in Mail, click the View tab, click Conversations, and then click On or Off.
To expand or collapse a conversation, in the message list, select a message that has a triangle next to it. To show or hide all of the messages in a conversation, click the triangle next to the message or click Expand/collapse.
Add events to your calendar from your inbox
You can add reminders for events and other special days to Windows Live Calendar quickly and conveniently right from your Windows Live Mail inbox. Just type your event name in the calendar pane and it will show up immediately. Then, double-click your event to add a location or other details.
Windows Essentials: Other Programs
have you tried the telus webmail address?
https://webmail.telus.net/telusbeta/driver?nimlet=showlogin
That works for getting my e-mail online.... I want my e-mail to go into my e-mail program on my laptop.
In their review of Windows 8 (from a Gamer's perspective), they mentioned the Classic Shell option, particularly for people who like having the Start button at the bottom left of the screen.
If anyone here games at all on their PC, PC Gamer Issue #235(January 2013) has a seven page article on Windows 8 and the (potential) impact it has on gaming. Even if you don't game, it may be a good article to read.
Alright, I'm on night two with windows 8. Got my e-mail issues figured out thanks to some lovely Indian call centre gentlemen from Telus. And I'm figuring out how the windows work. No more tabs, everything's hidden away, so the learning curve is a lot steeper, but I'm finding most things pretty easy. Having the touch screen makes it a lot better.
Right now my main complaint is an inability to copy the image link on pictures. Come on, how do I paste them to Can Con!?
Right now my main complaint is an inability to copy the image link on pictures. Come on, how do I paste them to Can Con!?
I would reccomend remaining with XP as long as possible, then upgrade to wndows seven with a discounted new CPU rather thaN windows eight. Fortunately, you skippedf vista. For you Vista sufferers out there,Micrtosoft was providing the 312.00 refund & the unbugged Vistas version on CD - roms in2008. Not sure if the offer still holds.
I've grown a little bit on Windows 8. I immediately started using Classic Shell so I haven't had to deal with the headaches that most have been speaking of.
I use the metro interface and apps to run Netflix, which is a pretty good official app to watch television and movies. Since my net ultrabook does have a touchscreen, I do find the metro interface somewhat useful for doing unproductive things.
I use the metro interface and apps to run Netflix, which is a pretty good official app to watch television and movies. Since my net ultrabook does have a touchscreen, I do find the metro interface somewhat useful for doing unproductive things.
I had a new desktop/gaming computer built just before Christmas and given a choice of Windows 7 and Windows 8 as the operating system I chose 7. I'm happy with that choice.
I've helped my old friend Harv set up a couple of computers, the most recent one with Windows 8, and it was a learning experience. I taught him (and myself) how to use Windows 8 and it was a bit frustrating for a session or two but once we got used to it, it was OK.
Loading a separate version of Windows Live Mail got the email working fine. WLM is pretty good in that regard.
Once I found Windows Classic Shell and loaded it over top of Windows 8 everything looked much better and easier to find.
The bottom line is that Harv's computer with the Windows 8 operating system is now working fine for him and at 83 yrs old he's not having any trouble with it.
Kudos to the people who developed the (free) Classic Shell add-on.
Some negative points to Microsoft. They could have made Windows 8 easier to use for people used to their older operating systems (XP, Vista, 7).
I've helped my old friend Harv set up a couple of computers, the most recent one with Windows 8, and it was a learning experience. I taught him (and myself) how to use Windows 8 and it was a bit frustrating for a session or two but once we got used to it, it was OK.
Loading a separate version of Windows Live Mail got the email working fine. WLM is pretty good in that regard.
Once I found Windows Classic Shell and loaded it over top of Windows 8 everything looked much better and easier to find.
The bottom line is that Harv's computer with the Windows 8 operating system is now working fine for him and at 83 yrs old he's not having any trouble with it.
Kudos to the people who developed the (free) Classic Shell add-on.
Some negative points to Microsoft. They could have made Windows 8 easier to use for people used to their older operating systems (XP, Vista, 7).
My rather limited use of windows 8 has not been that good. Seems complicated. They put these things in the internet cafe in camp and there are no operating instruction. But I am an Apple guy and not all that computer literate.