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On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:54:14 +0100 Neil Winchurst wrote: > My wife has her own laptop and insists on using XP because that was on > the machine when she bought it. Oh well, what can I do? If she's unsure about removing Windows completely, and doesn't want to go down the normal dual-boot route through fear of 'what will the supplier say if they find it doesn't have their supplied OS on it should I need to send it back for repairs, etc', then you could always discuss the WUBI route for a *buntu installation. > She gets a lot of spam mail, of course, and I want to get it sorted > for her. However I just cannot get on with Outlook Express ( what a > terrible program). Yep, fully agree here. OE is awful. Windows Mail is just as bad. > I know that Thunderbird is available for Windows, and I am used to > that program. I would like to suggest installing the Windows version > of TB for her and then helping with the spam. > > Is this a good idea? Is it easy to download and install on XP. I > haven't used Windows for years, so I am a bit worried about messing > things up. Would any particular version be best? Unless your wife has played with any previous versions and is particularly tied to that version's interface, I would go for the latest version you can. It is easy to install and quite easy to configure (personally I don't like it, but that's just my opinion). Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html