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How to connect to wireless on Windows XP

1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.

2) Control Panel window will appear. Double click on Network Connections.

3) Network Connections window will appear. Right click correct Wireless Network Connection by identifying correct wireless network adapter and click View Available Wireless Networks.

View Wireless Network

4) Wireless Network Connection window will appear. Select the network you wish to connect and click Connect.

Available Wireless Network

5) If the network is one that supports Wireless Provisioning Services, such as a public wireless network or a corporate network, you might be asked to download additional files that will allow your computer to connect to the network.

- If the Web site listed in the dialog box is one that you trust to provide you with this information, click Download. Otherwise, click Cancel and choose a different network to connect to.
- Once the files are downloaded (or if they were previously downloaded), follow the instructions in the Wireless Network Registration Wizard.

6) If the network you choose is security-enabled, means require authentication. One of the following will occur:

- If the network key is automatically provided by your network or system administrator (that is, the network supports IEEE 802.1x), the connection will be made automatically.
- If the network key is not automatically provided, type in the key.

7) You will connect to wireless network at last.

Looking for Windows Mail in Windows 7?

You might have noticed that Windows Mail isn't included in Windows 7. However, you can install an e‑mail program from another company or Windows Live Mail—a free program that is part of Windows Live Essentials. Windows Live Mail works with most e‑mail accounts, and you can import your e‑mail, contacts, and calendar from Windows Mail into Windows Live Mail.

Windows Live Mail might already be installed on your computer. To see if it's installed, click the Start button , type Windows Live Mail, and see if it appears in the results.

Connect when you want

You can use Windows Live Mail to manage e‑mail accounts, calendars, contacts, RSS feeds, and more. These are just some of the things that you can do with Windows Live Mail:

Read the important messages you've gotten in Outlook Express 6 and Windows Mail in Windows Live Mail and save messages on your computer so you always have a backup.
Use one program to manage your e‑mail accounts, such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail Plus, and more.

Windows Live Mail makes it easier to check your messages from popular e‑mail services like Gmail and Yahoo! Mail Plus.
Read and reply to e‑mail messages even if you're offline. Then the next time you connect to the Internet, your accounts will send the messages.
Detect phishing scams, block suspicious senders, and filter the junk for your e‑mail accounts—automatically.

If you add your Hotmail account to Windows Live Mail, you can:

Get all your Hotmail messages and no ads.
Send lots of photos without filling up your friends' inboxes. Photo e‑mail sends thumbnails of your photos, which your e‑mail recipients can use to view and download high-resolution versions from Windows Live.

It's easier to send photos in Windows Live Mail.
See when your friends are online and start chatting with them without leaving your inbox.

Use the web

If you use Windows Live Hotmail, your e‑mail messages are always available from any computer that's connected to the Internet, plus there's nothing to install.

These are just some of the things that you can do with Hotmail:

Save as much e‑mail as you want. You get 5 GB of storage that automatically increases as you need it.
Spend less time copying and pasting. Use quick add to search for and add maps, directions, movie times and more to your e‑mail messages with one click.

Quick add makes it easier to find the information you want and add it to your messages.
Sign in to one website, read all your messages. You can send and receive mail from any POP-enabled e‑mail account—like Gmail, Yahoo! Mail Plus, AOL and more.

Importing your e‑mail, contacts, and calendar into Windows Live Mail

Open Windows Live Mail by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Windows Live Mail, and then, in the list of results, click Windows Live Mail.
Press the Alt key.
Click the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
Choose the e‑mail program from which you want to import e‑mail messages, and then click Next.
Click Browse.

Navigate to the folder that contains your e‑mail files.

If you saved your files on an external hard drive and have copied them to your computer, navigate to the folder that you copied them in. If you did a custom installed of Windows 7 from Windows XP or Windows Vista, your files can be found in the following locations:

Outlook Express	Windows Mail
C:\Windows.OLD\Documents and Settings\your user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{your Windows user identity number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\	C:\Windows.OLD\Users\your user name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\

The Windows user identity number is different for every user. It will be inside brackets and look similar to this sample number: {8389CA60-ED34-11DB-95EE-10AE55D89593}.

Click OK, and then click Next.
Leave All Folders selected, and then click Next.
After the import finishes, click Finish.

All imported messages will appear under Storage Folders in Windows Live Mail.

Open Windows Live Mail by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Windows Live Mail, and then, in the list of results, click Windows Live Mail.
In the lower-left corner of the Windows Live Mail window, click Contacts.
Click the File menu, point to Import, and then click the type of address book that you want to import.

If prompted, browse to the file that contains the contact information that you want to import, click it, and then click Open.

Importing calendars into Windows Live Mail

To import a calendar from a program such as Windows Calendar or Outlook Express into Windows Live Mail, you'll first need to sign up for a Windows Live ID. Then, you can import the calendar into Windows Live Calendar on the web. When you use your Windows Live ID to sign in to Windows Live Mail on your PC, your online calendars will automatically sync with your Windows Live Mail calendars.

You have two options when importing a calendar into Windows Live Calendar: create a new calendar and import the information into it, or import the information into an existing calendar.

Save the calendar on your computer as an ICS file (.ics file extension).
Go to the Windows Live Calendar webpage.
Sign in with your Windows Live ID.
On the toolbar above the calendar, click Subscribe.
Select Import from an ICS file, and then click Browse.
Browse to the ICS file, click it, and then click Open.
Select Import into a new calendar.
In the Calendar name box, type a name for the calendar.
Next to Color, select a color for the calendar.
Click Import calendar.
Click Done.

Save the calendar on your computer as an ICS file (.ics file extension).
Go to the Windows Live Calander webpage.
Sign in with your Windows Live ID.
On the toolbar above the calendar, click Subscribe.
Select Import from an ICS file, and then click Browse.
Browse to the ICS file, click it, and then click Open.
Select Import into an existing calendar.
Next to Select which calendar, choose the calendar that you want to use.
Next to Prevent duplicates, select one of the following:
- Only keep the new events. Any events previously imported from the same calendar will be replaced with newer versions of the same events.
- Only keep the original events. Any events previously imported from the same calendar are kept, and only new events will be imported.
Click Import calendar.
Click Done.

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