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I do not think that MS wishes for people to purchase Outlook. Here is my very recent experience.

I bit the bullet and purchased a new computer. It has a Windows 7 Professional operating system. We also installed the XP software so that I can have a virtual XP system. I asked for Outlook Express and got Outlook 2002. (I hired the items installed, and they got it wrong, but I accepted that.)

Right away, the Outlook had problems. The AutoComplete Does Not Save Username and Password. It was necessary to repeatedly enter the password in order to log into the Outlook. It was annoying, and I searched the internet for solutions. MS has a solution, involving changing many things, including (eventually) the registry. I did it all, and nothing worked.

To make a quite long story shorter, eventually I discovered that MS has no real solution, and does not intend to create a solution. All versions of Outlook and Outlook Express have incompatibilities with newer versions of MS operating systems. Sometimes people can get it to work, sometimes not. What I read was that MicroSoft wishes for people to use some other mail system of theirs (on the net, maybe?)

I ended up purchasing (for $16 US dollars), a program written by a German company that intercepts the password, and logs on Outlook for me. It was worth the cost.

I also had problems with the virtual XP operating system. (Thats another story that I will tell if anybody is interested.)

After while, I have it all working. The Outlook, the Virtual XP, and even IIS. I do like it a whole lot.

I pray that you haven't just paid for the "privilege" of installing spyware that allows the guy who made it to hijack your account. IMO, if you're not trying to import emails from a past Outlook® account\setup, you're MUCH better off going with something like Thunderbird (link in prev post); nowhere near as many bugs, most features work like they're supposed to, and if you wanted to you could even see what makes it tick (unlike MS garbage).

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I also hope I have not installed spyware. I did check the executable out with Malwarebytes, and it checked out ok. Here is a link to the website where I found the software:
http://www.mgsware.de/index.php/OLAutoPW/138/0/#403

I will appreciate comments. Thanks.