I have a question about Windows Live mail and hotmail

I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I could
click on which one I wanted to check.

I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed Windows
Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of the 2
accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and under it is
says change to a different account.

This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account appeared
on my hotmail page.

It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.

Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it changes
anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id not it's
not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some how related
in a way??

Thanks

Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your Hotmail page.
Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or
mail.live.com) will provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and passwords for signon with one of those respective Live
ID's to the web interface.

Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop client) does have the option to Link accounts
- Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???

--
....winston
MS-MVP[Mail]

"Shep" <> wrote in message news:OO$...
> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I
> have and I could click on which one I wanted to check.
>
> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed Windows Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page
> instead of the 2 accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and under it is says change to a different account.
>
> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my
> hotmail account appeared on my hotmail page.
>
> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>
> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it changes anything as to how hotmail website appears? the
> reason I ask id not it's not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some how related in a way??
>
> Thanks
>

From your message headers, I see that you are using an unpatched version of
Outlook Express. This indicates that your OS is XP and possibly IE6.
You need to go to Windows update.
What version of IE were you using? Could you have been using MSN Explorer?

WLMail list your email accounts in the Folder pane and checks all accounts
when you start the program. There is no need to go to www.hotmail.com. It
sounds like you were using MSN Explorer.
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Shep" <> wrote in message
news:OO$...
> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
> www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I could
> click on which one I wanted to check.
>
> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed Windows
> Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of the 2
> accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and under it
> is says change to a different account.
>
> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
> mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account appeared
> on my hotmail page.
>
> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>
> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it changes
> anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id not it's
> not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some how
> related in a way??
>
> Thanks
>

Thank you I do NOT want to use WindowsLive Mail because I think the themes
suck ( sorry only word I have to decsribe them ) that is why I still use
hotmail.
"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> From your message headers, I see that you are using an unpatched version
> of Outlook Express. This indicates that your OS is XP and possibly IE6.
> You need to go to Windows update.
> What version of IE were you using? Could you have been using MSN
> Explorer?
>
> WLMail list your email accounts in the Folder pane and checks all accounts
> when you start the program. There is no need to go to www.hotmail.com.
> It sounds like you were using MSN Explorer.
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "Shep" <> wrote in message
> news:OO$...
>> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
>> www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I
>> could click on which one I wanted to check.
>>
>> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed
>> Windows Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of
>> the 2 accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and
>> under it is says change to a different account.
>>
>> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
>> mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account
>> appeared on my hotmail page.
>>
>> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it
>> changes anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id
>> not it's not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some
>> how related in a way??
>>
>> Thanks
>>

What he meant by "2 different accounts" is that the mail login page will
list multiple Windows Live IDs and lets you click whichever one you want to
deal with. (I have 4 Live IDs and they're all listed.)

"...winston" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your
> Hotmail page.
> Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which
> when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or mail.live.com) will
> provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and passwords for signon
> with one of those respective Live ID's to the web interface.
>
> Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop client)
> does have the option to Link accounts
> - Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???

No I have 2 hotmail account one for me and one for business and before my
fresh install of XP the other day I went to hotmail.com and there were both
email address' listed and I could click on which one I wanted to check, in
the past I never linked mu accounts that is why I thought maybe WLM has
something to do with it since I did have it installed in my system before,
now I don't and my hotmail.com site acts different......lol

It was so much easier to see both email address' listed and I could click on
either one but now I have to go through several steps to get the same
results.

maybe I
ll install WLM and see if that does anything.. Since Microsoft created such
confusion by naming WLM windowns Live mail and Hotmail Windows Mail who
knows what they did.........lol


"...winston" <> wrote in message
news:...
Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your
Hotmail page.
Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which
when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or
mail.live.com) will provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and
passwords for signon with one of those respective Live
ID's to the web interface.

Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop client)
does have the option to Link accounts
- Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???

--
....winston
MS-MVP[Mail]

"Shep" <> wrote in message
news:OO$...
> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
> www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I could
> click on which one I wanted to check.
>
> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed Windows
> Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of the 2
> accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and under it
> is says change to a different account.
>
> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
> mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account appeared
> on my hotmail page.
>
> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>
> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it changes
> anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id not it's
> not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some how
> related in a way??
>
> Thanks
>

Yes Windows Live ID's and hotmail ID's are the same So if I install WLM they
will be listed???
"Patrick Palczewski" <> wrote in message
news:6D46BAA4-D4B4-4F4B-9915-...
> What he meant by "2 different accounts" is that the mail login page will
> list multiple Windows Live IDs and lets you click whichever one you want
> to deal with. (I have 4 Live IDs and they're all listed.)
>
> "...winston" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your
>> Hotmail page.
>> Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which
>> when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or mail.live.com) will
>> provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and passwords for
>> signon with one of those respective Live ID's to the web interface.
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop
>> client) does have the option to Link accounts
>> - Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???
>
>

FYI

When installing WLM it does have a effrect on how www.hotmail.com handles
your WLM ID's or Hotmail email addresses which are one in the same. I just
installed WLM and now my hotmial email addresses are listed as they were
before.

"...winston" <> wrote in message
news:...
Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your
Hotmail page.
Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which
when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or
mail.live.com) will provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and
passwords for signon with one of those respective Live
ID's to the web interface.

Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop client)
does have the option to Link accounts
- Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???

--
....winston
MS-MVP[Mail]

"Shep" <> wrote in message
news:OO$...
> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
> www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I could
> click on which one I wanted to check.
>
> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed Windows
> Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of the 2
> accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and under it
> is says change to a different account.
>
> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
> mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account appeared
> on my hotmail page.
>
> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>
> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it changes
> anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id not it's
> not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some how
> related in a way??
>
> Thanks
>

As Winston said, you have also installed Windows Live Sign In Assistant. It
is an add-on to IE.
It is listed in Add/Remove programs.
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Shep" <> wrote in message
news:...
> FYI
>
> When installing WLM it does have a effrect on how www.hotmail.com handles
> your WLM ID's or Hotmail email addresses which are one in the same. I just
> installed WLM and now my hotmial email addresses are listed as they were
> before.
>
> "...winston" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your
> Hotmail page.
> Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which
> when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or
> mail.live.com) will provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and
> passwords for signon with one of those respective Live
> ID's to the web interface.
>
> Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop client)
> does have the option to Link accounts
> - Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???
>
> --
> ...winston
> MS-MVP[Mail]
>
> "Shep" <> wrote in message
> news:OO$...
>> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
>> www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I
>> could click on which one I wanted to check.
>>
>> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed
>> Windows Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of
>> the 2 accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and
>> under it is says change to a different account.
>>
>> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
>> mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account
>> appeared on my hotmail page.
>>
>> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it
>> changes anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id
>> not it's not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they some
>> how related in a way??
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>

Which comes with WLM right?
"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> As Winston said, you have also installed Windows Live Sign In Assistant.
> It is an add-on to IE.
> It is listed in Add/Remove programs.
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "Shep" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> FYI
>>
>> When installing WLM it does have a effrect on how www.hotmail.com handles
>> your WLM ID's or Hotmail email addresses which are one in the same. I
>> just installed WLM and now my hotmial email addresses are listed as they
>> were before.
>>
>> "...winston" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> Installing Windows Live Mail does not impact what accounts appear on your
>> Hotmail page.
>> Windows Live Mail does install the Windows Live Sign In Assistant, which
>> when using IE to logon to Hotmail(hotmail.com or
>> mail.live.com) will provide the ability to retain Live ID's usernames and
>> passwords for signon with one of those respective Live
>> ID's to the web interface.
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail(the web UI) not Windows Live Mail(the desktop
>> client) does have the option to Link accounts
>> - Might this be what you meant by 'listed 2 different accounts' ???
>>
>> --
>> ...winston
>> MS-MVP[Mail]
>>
>> "Shep" <> wrote in message
>> news:OO$...
>>> I have Windows Live mail installed on my desktop and when I went to my
>>> www.hotmail.com page it listed the 2 different accounts I have and I
>>> could click on which one I wanted to check.
>>>
>>> I just had to do a fresh install of my OS and I have not installed
>>> Windows Live mail yet and now when I got to my hotmail page instead of
>>> the 2 accounts being listed only the last one I accessed is listed and
>>> under it is says change to a different account.
>>>
>>> This isn't really a hotmail question I wonder if installing windows live
>>> mail on my desktop had anything to do with how my hotmail account
>>> appeared on my hotmail page.
>>>
>>> It doesn't make any sense why they are different now.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any idea if once you install windows live mail it
>>> changes anything as to how hotmail website appears? the reason I ask id
>>> not it's not hotmail anymore and you have a window live ID are they
>>> some how related in a way??
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>
>>