Mail Button on ie8

I just started using ie8 and was using hot mail I found out I could use live
instead of live hot mail. My question is when I click the mail button it
stills shows up hot mail.I set live as my default email but it didn't make
any difference

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:59:03 -0800, kln wrote:

> I just started using ie8 and was using hot mail I found out I could use live ...

"Live" what?

> ... instead of live hot mail.

There are:

Windows Live Mail (a desktop client, akin to MS Outlook Express.

Windows Live Hotmail (an online email service, accessible by browser or
client).

Anything else is personal shorthand which tells me exactly nothing, because
neither Microsoft, nor I created, or use it.


> My question is when I click the mail button it stills shows up hot mail.
> I set live as my default email but it didn't make any difference

Some differences in how to set it up, depending upon which OS you are using:

Windows XP (if any Service Pack, please also state).
Windows Vista (if any Service Pack, please also state).
Windows 7

So please state which OS version you are using. And, just for completeness,
reiterate your version of MS Internet Explorer when you post the OS
information.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

I was using windows live hot mail now I switched to windows live. Am using
IE8. In the window live tool bar it had a mail button when I clicked on it
windows live hot mail would come up. Now that I switched to windows live how
can I make the mail button activate windows live. I just got this new laptop
and trying to learn IE8. I did find where I can make windows live my default
email but it didn't make any difference when I clicked the mail button the
windows live hot mail stilled showed up.

"N. Miller" wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:59:03 -0800, kln wrote:
>
> > I just started using ie8 and was using hot mail I found out I could use live ...
>
> "Live" what?
>
> > ... instead of live hot mail.
>
> There are:
>
> Windows Live Mail (a desktop client, akin to MS Outlook Express.
>
> Windows Live Hotmail (an online email service, accessible by browser or
> client).
>
> Anything else is personal shorthand which tells me exactly nothing, because
> neither Microsoft, nor I created, or use it.
>
>
> > My question is when I click the mail button it stills shows up hot mail.
> > I set live as my default email but it didn't make any difference
>
> Some differences in how to set it up, depending upon which OS you are using:
>
> Windows XP (if any Service Pack, please also state).
> Windows Vista (if any Service Pack, please also state).
> Windows 7
>
> So please state which OS version you are using. And, just for completeness,
> reiterate your version of MS Internet Explorer when you post the OS
> information.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
> .
>

Hi, kln.

Norman asked:
> "Live" what?

And you responded with "I switched to windows live." And then, "Now that I
switched to windows live how can I make the mail button activate windows
live."

So, I will ask the same question that Norman asked and you did not answer:
Windows Live WHAT?

Windows Live Mail?
Windows Live Hotmail?
Windows Live Movie Maker?
Windows Live Messenger?
Or...WHAT?

If you MEAN Windows Live MAIL, please SAY Windows Live MAIL!

Sorry to YELL, but Norman used lowercase and that didn't work. :>(

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"kln" <> wrote in message
news:27F1C206-1D28-4595-8D77-...
> I was using windows live hot mail now I switched to windows live. Am using
> IE8. In the window live tool bar it had a mail button when I clicked on it
> windows live hot mail would come up. Now that I switched to windows live
> how
> can I make the mail button activate windows live. I just got this new
> laptop
> and trying to learn IE8. I did find where I can make windows live my
> default
> email but it didn't make any difference when I clicked the mail button the
> windows live hot mail stilled showed up.
>
> "N. Miller" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:59:03 -0800, kln wrote:
>>
>> > I just started using ie8 and was using hot mail I found out I could
>> > use live ...
>>
>> "Live" what?
>>
>> > ... instead of live hot mail.
>>
>> There are:
>>
>> Windows Live Mail (a desktop client, akin to MS Outlook Express.
>>
>> Windows Live Hotmail (an online email service, accessible by browser or
>> client).
>>
>> Anything else is personal shorthand which tells me exactly nothing,
>> because
>> neither Microsoft, nor I created, or use it.
>>
>>
>> > My question is when I click the mail button it stills shows up hot
>> > mail.
>> > I set live as my default email but it didn't make any difference
>>
>> Some differences in how to set it up, depending upon which OS you are
>> using:
>>
>> Windows XP (if any Service Pack, please also state).
>> Windows Vista (if any Service Pack, please also state).
>> Windows 7
>>
>> So please state which OS version you are using. And, just for
>> completeness,
>> reiterate your version of MS Internet Explorer when you post the OS
>> information.
>>
>> --
>> Norman

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:48:01 -0800, kln wrote:

> I was using windows live hot mail now I switched to windows live. Am using
> IE8. In the window live tool bar it had a mail button when I clicked on it
> windows live hot mail would come up. Now that I switched to windows live how
> can I make the mail button activate windows live. I just got this new laptop
> and trying to learn IE8. I did find where I can make windows live my default
> email but it didn't make any difference when I clicked the mail button the
> windows live hot mail stilled showed up.

Let me try this one more time:

"Windows Live" refers to a suite of related products.

"Windows Live Hotmail" refers to a web mail service (it is not, "hot mail"!)

Internet Explorer shows a different Options menu, depending upon whether it
is running under Windows XP, or Windows 7.

I can guess that your "windows live" is actually "Windows Live Mail", and
that your "hot mail" is actually "Windows Live Hotmail". But beyond that, my
directions would depend upon whether you are running Windows XP, or Windows
Vista, or Windows 7. I can't guess; because, if I did I would have a good
chance of getting it wrong.

Now, when you can learn how to disambiguate your installed products and
services, please feel free to continue your plea for assistance. Thank you.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

In IE8 go to, Tools - Internet Options - Programs tab - Set Programs
button - last option, "Set program access and computer defaults"
(W7-specific) - select "Custom" and click the double down arrow at far
right - set all three to the first option, "Use my current . . . " and CHECK
all three checkboxes (well, only the middle one applies to Windows Live
Mail, but it can't hurt to take care of all three while you're doing this).
If you've set Windows Live Mail as your default email client in the normal
"Set your default programs", this will enable the "Send Page" and "Send
Link" features in IE8. There's something more specific in IE8 with that
"Set program access and computer defaults" . . . . . .



"kln" <> wrote in message
news:488E20D9-FEB5-47D4-8D7A-...
> I just started using ie8 and was using hot mail I found out I could use
> live
> instead of live hot mail. My question is when I click the mail button it
> stills shows up hot mail.I set live as my default email but it didn't make
> any difference

The Windows Live Toolbar installs on your browser. The Mail button is applicable to Windows Live Hotmail not Windows Live Mail.

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"kln" <> wrote in message news:27F1C206-1D28-4595-8D77-...
> I was using windows live hot mail now I switched to windows live. Am using
> IE8. In the window live tool bar it had a mail button when I clicked on it
> windows live hot mail would come up. Now that I switched to windows live how
> can I make the mail button activate windows live. I just got this new laptop
> and trying to learn IE8. I did find where I can make windows live my default
> email but it didn't make any difference when I clicked the mail button the
> windows live hot mail stilled showed up.