Why doesn't my e-mail names auto complete when composing a new mes

I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still have to
type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC and I was
loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I doing wrong?
--
Jim

Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
then on that contact will auto-complete.

Gary VanderMolen


"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still have to
> type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC and I was
> loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I doing wrong?
> --
> Jim

Thanks for confirming that.

Did you have an upgrade or a clean install? Some are also saying a corrupt
upgrade resulted in failure of the autocomplete? Its hard to get feedback
on stuff like this so thanks for that.

steve

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
news:ubAJwa6VHHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
> then on that contact will auto-complete.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
>>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still have
>>to type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC and I
>>was loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I doing
>>wrong?
>> --
>> Jim

I dual-boot. I did a clean install of Vista to a second partition,
keeping XP intact on the first partition. Then I used Vista's
Easy Transfer to carry over all my mail and settings.
In my case, the autocomplete failure was definitely not a
result of upgrading.

Gary VanderMolen


"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message news:B931136C-5610-490E-9021-6AE37A938079@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for confirming that.
>
> Did you have an upgrade or a clean install? Some are also saying a corrupt
> upgrade resulted in failure of the autocomplete? Its hard to get feedback
> on stuff like this so thanks for that.
>
> steve
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ubAJwa6VHHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
>> then on that contact will auto-complete.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>>
>> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
>>>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still have
>>>to type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC and I
>>>was loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I doing
>>>wrong?
>>> --
>>> Jim
>

Okay, thanks. I did the same as you and Autocomplete is not a problem. <G>

You do have it selected under Tools | Options | Send don't you?

steve

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
news:EB91C93D-E84C-4F5B-ABA3-FEA31D1D6281@microsoft.com...
>I dual-boot. I did a clean install of Vista to a second partition,
> keeping XP intact on the first partition. Then I used Vista's
> Easy Transfer to carry over all my mail and settings.
> In my case, the autocomplete failure was definitely not a result of
> upgrading.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:B931136C-5610-490E-9021-6AE37A938079@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for confirming that.
>>
>> Did you have an upgrade or a clean install? Some are also saying a
>> corrupt upgrade resulted in failure of the autocomplete? Its hard to get
>> feedback on stuff like this so thanks for that.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:ubAJwa6VHHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
>>> then on that contact will auto-complete.
>>>
>>> Gary VanderMolen
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
>>>>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still
>>>>have to type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC
>>>>and I was loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I
>>>>doing wrong?
>>>> --
>>>> Jim
>>

Yes indeed: "Automatically complete e-mail addresses when composing."

Gary VanderMolen


"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message news:713B7A52-2596-4D9D-AD31-0FA1C612B732@microsoft.com...
> Okay, thanks. I did the same as you and Autocomplete is not a problem. <G>
>
> You do have it selected under Tools | Options | Send don't you?
>
> steve
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:EB91C93D-E84C-4F5B-ABA3-FEA31D1D6281@microsoft.com...
>>I dual-boot. I did a clean install of Vista to a second partition,
>> keeping XP intact on the first partition. Then I used Vista's
>> Easy Transfer to carry over all my mail and settings.
>> In my case, the autocomplete failure was definitely not a result of
>> upgrading.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>>
>> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
>> news:B931136C-5610-490E-9021-6AE37A938079@microsoft.com...
>>> Thanks for confirming that.
>>>
>>> Did you have an upgrade or a clean install? Some are also saying a
>>> corrupt upgrade resulted in failure of the autocomplete? Its hard to get
>>> feedback on stuff like this so thanks for that.
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:ubAJwa6VHHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
>>>> then on that contact will auto-complete.
>>>>
>>>> Gary VanderMolen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
>>>>>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still
>>>>>have to type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC
>>>>>and I was loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I
>>>>>doing wrong?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jim
>>>
>

Just checking. <G>

steve

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
news:A36F00FA-ED40-4600-B836-308C5FFACFA4@microsoft.com...
> Yes indeed: "Automatically complete e-mail addresses when composing."
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:713B7A52-2596-4D9D-AD31-0FA1C612B732@microsoft.com...
>> Okay, thanks. I did the same as you and Autocomplete is not a problem.
>> <G>
>>
>> You do have it selected under Tools | Options | Send don't you?
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:EB91C93D-E84C-4F5B-ABA3-FEA31D1D6281@microsoft.com...
>>>I dual-boot. I did a clean install of Vista to a second partition,
>>> keeping XP intact on the first partition. Then I used Vista's
>>> Easy Transfer to carry over all my mail and settings.
>>> In my case, the autocomplete failure was definitely not a result of
>>> upgrading.
>>>
>>> Gary VanderMolen
>>>
>>>
>>> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
>>> news:B931136C-5610-490E-9021-6AE37A938079@microsoft.com...
>>>> Thanks for confirming that.
>>>>
>>>> Did you have an upgrade or a clean install? Some are also saying a
>>>> corrupt upgrade resulted in failure of the autocomplete? Its hard to
>>>> get feedback on stuff like this so thanks for that.
>>>>
>>>> steve
>>>>
>>>> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:ubAJwa6VHHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
>>>>> then on that contact will auto-complete.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary VanderMolen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still
>>>>>>have to type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC
>>>>>>and I was loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am
>>>>>>I doing wrong?
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>

I have the same problem with email completion. The settings are correct but
in most cases I must open the contact list to find emails. However, sometimes
it will do a completion. It seems that if there has been recent activity to a
specific person then it will complete an email to them. Otherwise I have to
go hunt for the name.

The second problem is Windows Mail is inclined to add everyone to my contact
list. I have to periodically go through and delete addresses. The box for
"automatically put people I respond to in my contact list" is NOT checked.



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Thanks for confirming that.
>
> Did you have an upgrade or a clean install? Some are also saying a corrupt
> upgrade resulted in failure of the autocomplete? Its hard to get feedback
> on stuff like this so thanks for that.
>
> steve
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ubAJwa6VHHA.3332@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Known bug. Apparently once you send mail to a contact, from
> > then on that contact will auto-complete.
> >
> > Gary VanderMolen
> >
> >
> > "Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:47A908A1-611F-4B74-ACC3-FAC64B76BDD6@microsoft.com...
> >>I have the box checked in options,send, to auto complete but I still have
> >>to type in everything when I send mail. I just purchased a new PC and I
> >>was loking forward to having Vista, now I'm not so sure. What am I doing
> >>wrong?
> >> --
> >> Jim
>