Auto Fill

I'm new to this and so I'm not sure the proper protocol, but I just upgraded
from XP to Vista. Very upset to see I can't get Outlook Express to work on
Vista and Windows mail has been an exercise in frustration since I can't get
my old address book imported into it or all my saved messages. But the worst
thing of all, is that I can't seem to get it to be consistent in auto
filling the address's when I begin to type them in the "to" field.
Sometimes the address will fill in, and then other times it won't and I
can't figure out what is making the difference. Outlook express never did
this. I just can't see how windows mail is an upgrade......but it must be
right? So, what is the trick to making the auto fill work consistently? If
anyone can help, I would sure appreciate hearing from you! So far I'm
really very unhappy with windows mail.

"SueZee" <suezee@sasktel.net> wrote in message
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> I'm new to this and so I'm not sure the proper protocol, but I just
> upgraded from XP to Vista. Very upset to see I can't get Outlook Express
> to work on Vista and Windows mail has been an exercise in frustration
> since I can't get my old address book imported into it or all my saved
> messages. But the worst thing of all, is that I can't seem to get it to be
> consistent in auto filling the address's when I begin to type them in the
> "to" field. Sometimes the address will fill in, and then other times it
> won't and I can't figure out what is making the difference. Outlook
> express never did this. I just can't see how windows mail is an
> upgrade......but it must be right? So, what is the trick to making the
> auto fill work consistently? If anyone can help, I would sure appreciate
> hearing from you! So far I'm really very unhappy with windows mail.
Your old address book is in a .wab file, so try importing that into Windows
Mail.

Windows Mail doesn't use the contacts file (address book) in completing
addresses. It uses a separate list of the last 29 addresses you sent
messages to. This list is very hard to edit; it's easier just to send 29
messages to addresses you want on the list. If you'd rather use the
contacts file, don't type any part of the address. Instead, in the new
message window, click on Tools, then Select Recipients.

Not everyone agrees that Windows Mail is an upgrade from Outlook
Express. Some of them download and install Windows Live Mail,
which handles the contacts list better.

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

When installed, it hides Windows Mail but does not remove it.