New Tips Vista Tips Discuss New Tips in the Windows Vista forums; Proberbly not the best place to post this, but does anyone have a tip on how to get windows mail to tell me if when have email without the Windows ...

[ProCookie]

Proberbly not the best place to post this, but does anyone have a tip on how to get windows mail to tell me if when have email without the Windows mail application beeing open, it would make sense to do that but its weather Windows Mail can do it?

[felix8406]

Don't even believe that's possible, but I could be wrong.

[Snuffy]

1. control panel
2. personalize
3. color and appearance
4. classic
5. advanced
6. scrowl down to icons vertical
change to -17 apply ok
back out then refresh your desktop
when you check back it will still be at 0 so if the spacing is too small for you add some back. PS: you still have control over icon size with cntrl and up or down arrow or mouse wheel..

[felix8406]

You can make changes to the way a page will print when using IE7. Here's how:

1. Press the Alt key to bring up the “classic” menu.
2. Go to File, then Page Setup
3. In the dialog box you can select Portrait or Landscape, change the margins and even print specific information by typing a variable into the header or footer boxes. For example, typing &w&bPage &p of &P in the header box denotes printing the Window title, right-aligned text and current page of blank number of pages. (See below for different variables that you can use).

1. Window title = &W
2. Page address (URL) = &u
3. Date in short format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel) = &d
4. Date in long format (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel) = &D
5. Time (as specified by Regional and Language Options in Control Panel) = &t
6. Time in 24-hour format = &T
7. Current page number = &p
8. Total number of pages = &P
9. Right-aligned text (following &b) = &b
10. Centered text (between &b&b) = &b&b
11. A single ampersand (&) = &&

[felix8406]

Originally Posted by AnthonyCook

Proberbly not the best place to post this, but does anyone have a tip on how to get windows mail to tell me if when have email without the Windows mail application beeing open, it would make sense to do that but its weather Windows Mail can do it?

Maybe this will work: http://www.poptray.org/

[Snuffy]

Have you tried "Windows Live Mail Desktop" it takes care of all my emails..
changes and tells me I have Email.. by sound... really is neet..it also changes color
white= no new yellow = you have new

[felix8406]

IE7 shortcut. Use Ctrl+Enter keys of your keboard to add the "www." and ".com" in the address bar. For example, if you type "home" in the addres bar and then press Ctrl+Enter keys, you get "http://www.home.com/".

[felix8406]

Originally Posted by Snuffy

Have you tried "Windows Live Mail Desktop" it takes care of all my emails..
changes and tells me I have Email.. by sound... really is neet..it also changes color
white= no new yellow = you have new

I like and use Windows Live Mail Desktop, the only thing I have yet to figure out is how to keep copies of emails in the server. I been using my Hotmail account with Windows Live Mail since MS began the beta program many "moons" back. Now when I use Live Mail Desktop, it downloads all the emails, but do not keep a copy in the server. I like keeping a copy in the server just in case something happens to my PC, or if I need to access the same file from another PC. With Windows Live I get 2GB of space, so there's no need to delete emails.

By the way, those who have a Hotmail or MSN email account should use it with Windows Live Mail. It's the perfect companion alongside Vista.

[Snuffy]

Prior to Installing Live Mail. I set all my emails to use a total different place to save other than default...in Live Email --> right corner --> show menu -->
Tools --> options--> advanced --> maintenance --> storefolder -- change to a different HD\folder\subfolder "G:\email\vista_mail" works for me... find the .dbx and open with your email default...reader..

[felix8406]

You can choose or change the applications that you would like to run with IE7, e.g. e-mail, play music, CD-burning, etc.
This is how:

1. Open IE7
2. Click the Tools > Internet Options > Programs tab
3. Under Internet programs, click Set programs
4. Choose one of the four categories: Set your default programs; Associate a file type or protocol with a program; Change AutoPlay settings; Set programs access and computer defaults.
5. Click OK when finished.