No. You cannot use OE in Win7. You can use Windows Live Mail, (What MS
considers the upgrade for OE), or a third party app such as Thunderbird,
Forte Agent, Gravity, etc.

Windows Live Mail (Overview & Features):
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

This will run on XP if you want to test it out.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"abc" wrote in message
...
Yes that's right, I am currently using OE / XP Professional for posting
to newsgroups, but this is my old machine and I am transferring to a new
one. I had forgotton that it came with IE6. I wanted to know how to get
a copy of OE 6 and install it on Windows 7. Is this possible? Thank
you.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You just posted this using Outlook Express, and it is part and parcel
of all XP operating systems, not Office.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"abc" wrote in message
...
Do you know if it's possible to install only OE6 software from MS
Office XP? I still want to use the OE front end for newsgroup access.

Thank you.

Aha, there's the rub. No supposedly you can't install OE on win7. You can
however use livemail and I think winmail, both searchable for download; I'm
pretty sure I read one of them comes with win7 so check that first!

Twayne



In ,
abc typed:
Yes that's right, I am currently using OE / XP Professional for
posting to newsgroups, but this is my old machine and I am
transferring to a new one. I had forgotton that it came with IE6. I
wanted to know how to get a copy of OE 6 and install it on Windows 7.
Is this possible? Thank you.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You just posted this using Outlook Express, and it is part and
parcel of all XP operating systems, not Office.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"abc" wrote in message
...
Do you know if it's possible to install only OE6 software from MS
Office XP? I still want to use the OE front end for newsgroup
access. Thank you.



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Cats land on their feet.
but Toast lands PB side down;
A cat glued to some jelly toast will
hover in quantum indecision forever.

Yes that's right, I am currently using OE / XP Professional for posting to
newsgroups, but this is my old machine and I am transferring to a new one. I
had forgotton that it came with IE6. I wanted to know how to get a copy of
OE 6 and install it on Windows 7. Is this possible? Thank you.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You just posted this using Outlook Express, and it is part and parcel of
all XP operating systems, not Office.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"abc" wrote in message
...
Do you know if it's possible to install only OE6 software from MS Office
XP? I still want to use the OE front end for newsgroup access.

Thank you.

In ,
abc typed:
Do you know if it's possible to install only OE6 software from MS
Office XP? I still want to use the OE front end for newsgroup access.

Thank you.

Yes, it is. One of these should help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307295

http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

http://ask-leo.com/from_where_can_i_...express_6.html
Questionable article IMO, but ...

http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_r...e_and_oe_6.htm


Twayne

--
--
Cats land on their feet.
but Toast lands PB side down;
A cat glued to some jelly toast will
hover in quantum indecision forever.

Thank you for the information.

I'm now trying out and sending this message from Thunderbird. Hopefully
this works as OE.

On 30/12/2009 19:55, Twayne wrote:
In ,
abc typed:
Do you know if it's possible to install only OE6 software from MS
Office XP? I still want to use the OE front end for newsgroup access.

Thank you.

Yes, it is. One of these should help.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307295

http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

http://ask-leo.com/from_where_can_i_...express_6.html
Questionable article IMO, but ...
http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_r...e_and_oe_6.htm


Twayne

It worked.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"abc" wrote in message
...
Thank you for the information.

I'm now trying out and sending this message from Thunderbird. Hopefully
this works as OE.

On 30/12/2009 19:55, Twayne wrote:
In ,
abc typed:
Do you know if it's possible to install only OE6 software from MS
Office XP? I still want to use the OE front end for newsgroup access.

Thank you.

Yes, it is. One of these should help.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307295

http://www.tucows.com/preview/194179

http://ask-leo.com/from_where_can_i_...express_6.html
Questionable article IMO, but ...
http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_r...e_and_oe_6.htm


Twayne

On 30/12/2009 20:50, Bruce Hagen wrote:
It worked.
In OE, when I hit Reply button, it automatically defaults my cursor to
the top of the reply message, allowing me to put text at the top above
the Reply message. With Thunderbird it puts the cursor at the end of
the message by default. Should the cursor be at the top, as if so, do I
have to manually put it there, or is there a setting?

On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:38:55 +0000, abc wrote:

On 30/12/2009 20:50, Bruce Hagen wrote:

It worked.

In OE, when I hit Reply button, it automatically defaults my cursor to
the top of the reply message, allowing me to put text at the top above
the Reply message. With Thunderbird it puts the cursor at the end of
the message by default. Should the cursor be at the top, as if so, do I
have to manually put it there, or is there a setting?

The behavior you describe is for "top posting", the preferred method for
replies in this group. The Mozilla behavior is for "bottom posting", the
preferred method for replies in most of the rest of Usenet.

You will need, at the least, XP SP2 (I think) to modify the behavior in MSOE
using a registry hack. I don't know the key to change; I've not been using
MSOE a lot since upgrading my main computer to Windows 7.

Or you could try OE-QuoteFix:

http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

OE-QuoteFix also cures some other lapses in the programming of MS Outlook
Express.

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

Thunderbird Forums:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewfo...c1a13b6 3c73b
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"abc" wrote in message
...
On 30/12/2009 20:50, Bruce Hagen wrote:
It worked.
In OE, when I hit Reply button, it automatically defaults my cursor to
the top of the reply message, allowing me to put text at the top above
the Reply message. With Thunderbird it puts the cursor at the end of
the message by default. Should the cursor be at the top, as if so, do I
have to manually put it there, or is there a setting?

In ,
abc typed:
On 30/12/2009 20:50, Bruce Hagen wrote:
It worked.
In OE, when I hit Reply button, it automatically defaults my cursor to
the top of the reply message, allowing me to put text at the top above
the Reply message. With Thunderbird it puts the cursor at the end of
the message by default. Should the cursor be at the top, as if so,
do I have to manually put it there, or is there a setting?

For most newsgroups including this one you want to bottom-post or inline
post with appropriate trimming. This pretty well covers the possibilities
but always assume bottom posting unless otherwise advised.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style

Myself, I usually look at a few posts to see what kind of quoting is going
on and follow suit. When I open a post with responses already made, then
I'll follow whatever method was used there to keep the flow of the
information going.

Twayne

--
--
Cats land on their feet.
but Toast lands PB side down;
A cat glued to some jelly toast will
hover in quantum indecision forever.