Re: Can't set Yahoo as my default email client

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In my opinion, anyone who opts for the 64-bit version of Vista when
he could have used the 32-bit version is asking for trouble.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"pdef1949" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3b29eaafff0f48c9b35c221e7168a9e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

After all my experiences with Vista 64 bit, I have concluded it's not
worth the trouble I have had with program and hardware
incompatibilities. I have three Western Digital EIDE HDDs and an HP
Lightscribe DVD drive that are connected via two bridgeboards to
Firewire and the HDDs will not start. For some reason, the MS driver
keeps encountering a problem when trying to run the driver software with
the HDDs, but the DVD drive (also EIDE to Firewire) works perfectly and
uses the same driver as the HDDs.

That means I have about $500-$600 worth of hardware that I must
replace; hope that SP2 finally fixes Firewire with 64 bit versions of
Vista; wait for Windows 7 and hope that isn't just as screwed up with
hardware support and drivers.

I am amazed that after getting XP working so well after SP2, the same
problems are infesting Vista right from its release up to and including
SP1. One would think that Microsoft would have the Lessons Learned
disseminated to all its development teams and avoid so much customer
annoyance and dissatisfaction. No wonder there are so many Mac Heads and
Linux die-hards; and no wonder MS is pushing to get Windows 7 into
stores for the holiday shopping season.

Back to Yahoo.......

If (1) Yahoo Toolbar v7.2 or higher is installed and (2) you've enabled
the
proper option (in an IE x86 window), (3) Windows Mail is NOT configured
as
the default Mail Client, and (4) you open an IE x86 window, does its
Mail
button open Yahoo Mail?

I have the Yahoo toolbar installed, I supposedly have IE 7 configured
to use my regular email (which would be Yahoo) and I have Yahoo opening
as my Home page in IE 7. From there I can go directly into Yahoo Mail
after signing in. I am getting email delivered both to Yahoo and Windows
Mail now.


The other poster on this thread, Gary VanderMolen, has given me a link
to YAttach, a program that is suppose dto force Vista to recognize Yahoo
Mail so it can be selected as tghe default Mail program. I'll let you
know how it works.

Thanks, Gary!


--
pdef1949
.

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