charles wrote:

Wasn't that due to the various anti-monolpoly regulations?

Nope.

I'm running Office Outlook - but that came with MS Office.

And it wont do usenet.

Brian Gaff wrote:
Windows 7 has no email client and Outlook express won't run on it.
You need to download Live Mail or Thunderbird. Most files will
copy, but its the software that might need to be fiddled with.
certainly more oproblems with 64 bit. If you really need that access
to address space then fine, but most do not.

Note that only the top of the range Win 7 will allow you to run
what is in effect XP under 7.
Brian