What Happened To Windows Mail And Outlook Express

If you recently purchased Microsoft Windows 7 you may have noticed that outlook express and windows mail have vanished. Windows mail and outlook express have been discontinued. I say it is about time Microsoft abandoned these products, there are better solutions available. If you need an email program you can install Microsoft Office and use Outlook, by far the best email program on the planet. However most of us can’t afford the price tag. There are other alternatives which you can use for example; you could get a free email account at Hotmail or windows live. Windows Live may already be installed on your system, to find out if it is try the following:

Click on Start in the search box type in Windows Live Mail. If the program doesn’t appear in the results you can download a free copy from Microsoft.