Windows live mail - upgrade help

Jatin kompelli · May 1, 2006

Hi Guys,
I have upgraded my account to windows live mail but only my account space has increased to 2Gb but the looks has not changed as mention by live mail.
If any other TE members has got live mail & also changed the looks then plz let me know how to do it.

Thanks in advance!!!

EnigmatriX · May 1, 2006

well sometimes it takes some time to get the new look....it will change after sometime

Jatin kompelli · May 1, 2006

after how many days

Jatin kompelli · May 1, 2006

Do we need to change some setting in the options.

EnigmatriX · May 1, 2006

ya by the way what is your country setting

Jatin kompelli · May 1, 2006

I have set it to U.s

Jatin kompelli · May 1, 2006

My storage space has increased it means that the country setting is right

EnigmatriX · May 1, 2006

not necessarily dude my country setting is india and it still increased to 2GB

Jatin kompelli · May 1, 2006

Has the looks changed

EnigmatriX · May 1, 2006

no dude actually i signed up for a new account and i got the invite and upgraded only recently and looks havent changed. But for my other hotmail id it changed instantly

hunt3r · May 2, 2006

u have to set the look in the options, u can choose from classic hotmail look and livemail look. Note u need IE 6 for the live view.

Mohit · May 2, 2006

same problem with me .. i had received the invitation on 2 ids around 1 month back but only my storage space has been increased and the look is the same old crappy look till now.

hunt3r said:
u have to set the look in the options, u can choose from classic hotmail look and livemail look. Note u need IE 6 for the live view.

i cant see any option for this .. can u please be a little more specific and help with some screenies maybe ?

Jatin kompelli · May 2, 2006

I am also facing the same prob mohit

hunt3r · May 3, 2006

Heres the screenie, select options and you should see the following. Ive circled the relevant choice

Indyan · May 3, 2006

Anyway, i hate the new interface. There is a huge banner at the top ( along with a lot of blank space).
Very little of the screen is available for reading the actual mail.
Also it doesnt support Opera.

Jatin kompelli · May 3, 2006

Hi Hunt
The option u have showed only comes when ur looks has changed to live mail

Mohit · May 3, 2006

Jatin kompelli said:
Hi Hunt
The option u have showed only comes when ur looks has changed to live mail

yup ..i too cant see any option to change the look

Spy king · May 3, 2006

Umm. correct me if I am wrong.. .but IMHO.. it seems that you ppl are seeing the space upgrade.... not the windows live mail upgrade..

U need to enter your name and wait....

just my 2 cents..

-Ashwin

Mohit · May 3, 2006

enter our names where ??? and ya we are just having the space upgrade .. and its been more than a month for me already

scarezebra · May 4, 2006

Buddy ..trust me u r not gonna want the new look...It is the worst thing that has happened to E-mail...Its like microsoft wanted more screen space to show ads...Even I was all excited about getting the new look, but once I got it I realised how bad ( I mean really-really bad ) it is!!! The drag and drop thingy is so unresponsive. Except for the increase in mailbox size..there is nothing u wud want from hotmail...Try Yahoo Mail Beta...it is much better compared to LIVE MAIL...