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Microsoft is their own worst enemy. My wife can't transition fully from XP to the Windows 7 PC I built for her, because it doesn't have Outlook Express or any r
by mark-r 10y ago
Microsoft is their own worst enemy. My wife can't transition fully from XP to the Windows 7 PC I built for her, because it doesn't have Outlook Express or any reasonable substitute. We can't upgrade the living room PC because Windows 10 doesn't include Media Center.
I'm also not fond of the way Windows 10 updates are so aggressive, you'll essentially be replacing your OS every so often without any say-so. If I had any faith that this would be painless I might be tempted to try it, but see above. Windows 7 is darn near perfect, you can pry it from my cold dead hands.
- jimmaswell 10y agoYou can disable the Windows Update service.
- boznz 10y agoI'm sure theres a hack but this is not possible in Windows 10 home.
- Filligree 10y agoAnd a good thing, too. I'm tired of fighting botnets.
- jimmaswell 10y agoAre you sure it doesn't let you just turn the service off in services.msc? I can't find any references online to the Home edition having that behavior.
- boznz 10y agoLove to be corrected on this, but everything I have seen involves a registry hack
- ZeroClickOk 10y agoMedia Center? Why dont you use Kodi (former XBMC)?
- mark-r 10y agoBecause it already came with Windows and was exactly what we needed. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If the PC dies someday and needs to be replaced, I might look into avoiding Windows altogether.
- wvenable 10y agoMedia center was pretty good when it was released but it's kind of "meh" these days. I understand "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." but sometimes it's actually nice to have something new.
- ac29 10y agoWindows Live Mail was the replacement for Outlook Express. Microsoft ended support last month and pulled the download links, but I found a direct link here: http://wl.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/C/1/B/C1BA42D6-6A50-4A4A-90E5-FA9347E9360C/en/wlsetup-all.exe?f2ICLGTvUQrvXvpDNLqgjmeK_sM&cuid=808513 http://wl.dlservice.microsoft.com/download/C/1/B/C1BA42D6-6A...
- WorldMaker 10y agoOutlook Mail and Calendar is the replacement for Windows Live Mail. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/mail-and-calendar/9wzdncrfhvqm https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/mail-and-calendar/9w...
- mark-r 10y agoBut apparently you need Windows 10 to use it. Not gonna happen, see above.
- WorldMaker 10y agoThere was a version of it for Windows 8 as well. I was completing the chain for anyone curious about application lineage that wasn't opposed to Windows 8+.
- mark-r 10y agoYes, there were substitutes available, but didn't meet one requirement or another. And Windows 7 appears to fall into a gap where Microsoft was changing email strategies and left it completely uncovered.
- math0ne 10y agoYou can pretty easily install media center on windows 10 manually: http://www.windowscentral.com/install-media-center-windows-10 http://www.windowscentral.com/install-media-center-windows-1...
- wvenable 10y ago> I'm also not fond of the way Windows 10 updates are so aggressive, you'll essentially be replacing your OS every so often without any say-so. If you have the pro version, you can control this. I don't even have regular updates install automatically.
- fnordsensei 10y agoIt's a paid option, but I've found Postbox to be the least annoying those rare instances when I need to check my email on my gaming PC. https://www.postbox-inc.com https://www.postbox-inc.com
- insulanian 10y ago> My wife can't transition fully from XP to the Windows 7 PC I built for her, because it doesn't have Outlook Express or any reasonable substitute. Did you try with Mozilla Thunderbird?