Vista - No Contacts and No Auto-Complete

So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts in the
lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the box
saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just doesn't
auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my address
book. I am really upset at this bull...
Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using the
new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO ALREADY
HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two problems
above. How about some answers Microsoft??

They deliberately removed the contacts pane and it won't be returning. You
can add a contacts window to the sidebar as a gadget.

steve

"MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:074B25CD-04F2-44C5-B82F-2D0C0F1AD01C@microsoft.com...
> So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
> enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts in
> the
> lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the box
> saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just
> doesn't
> auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my address
> book. I am really upset at this bull...
> Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using the
> new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO
> ALREADY
> HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two problems
> above. How about some answers Microsoft??
>

Thanks Steve, what about the auto-complete question?

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> They deliberately removed the contacts pane and it won't be returning. You
> can add a contacts window to the sidebar as a gadget.
>
> steve
>
> "MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:074B25CD-04F2-44C5-B82F-2D0C0F1AD01C@microsoft.com...
> > So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
> > enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts in
> > the
> > lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the box
> > saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just
> > doesn't
> > auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my address
> > book. I am really upset at this bull...
> > Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using the
> > new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO
> > ALREADY
> > HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two problems
> > above. How about some answers Microsoft??
> >
>

Autocomplete is working for me. I think someone indicated it only works
once you receive a message from someone, but I don't know.

steve

"MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8A6A5790-992B-41BE-9295-B3549D30CFF1@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Steve, what about the auto-complete question?
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> They deliberately removed the contacts pane and it won't be returning.
>> You
>> can add a contacts window to the sidebar as a gadget.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:074B25CD-04F2-44C5-B82F-2D0C0F1AD01C@microsoft.com...
>> > So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
>> > enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts
>> > in
>> > the
>> > lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the
>> > box
>> > saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just
>> > doesn't
>> > auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my
>> > address
>> > book. I am really upset at this bull...
>> > Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using
>> > the
>> > new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO
>> > ALREADY
>> > HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two
>> > problems
>> > above. How about some answers Microsoft??
>> >
>>

If that's the case it's certainly a step backward! I can't understand why
they're removing good features that worked for years! This is rediculous !!!!
It sure looks like a ploy to get people to buy Office 2007 and use Outlook,
one of the worst pieces of software ever written IMHO.

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Autocomplete is working for me. I think someone indicated it only works
> once you receive a message from someone, but I don't know.
>
> steve
>
> "MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8A6A5790-992B-41BE-9295-B3549D30CFF1@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks Steve, what about the auto-complete question?
> >
> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
> >
> >> They deliberately removed the contacts pane and it won't be returning.
> >> You
> >> can add a contacts window to the sidebar as a gadget.
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >> "MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:074B25CD-04F2-44C5-B82F-2D0C0F1AD01C@microsoft.com...
> >> > So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
> >> > enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts
> >> > in
> >> > the
> >> > lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the
> >> > box
> >> > saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just
> >> > doesn't
> >> > auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my
> >> > address
> >> > book. I am really upset at this bull...
> >> > Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using
> >> > the
> >> > new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO
> >> > ALREADY
> >> > HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two
> >> > problems
> >> > above. How about some answers Microsoft??
> >> >
> >>
>

might be the difference on how you imported your contact list.
I had problems after importing the WAB file.
but after deleting all and importing CSV all is well.



mikeyhsd@sport.rr.com



"MisterDK" <MisterDK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:074B25CD-04F2-44C5-B82F-2D0C0F1AD01C@microsoft.com...
So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts in the
lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the box
saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just doesn't
auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my address
book. I am really upset at this bull...
Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using the
new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO ALREADY
HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two problems
above. How about some answers Microsoft??

Long time Microsoft user, first time blogster. Help! I am having the same
problem with my contacts as well. It is defaulting to address book when it
needs to be contacts. I dont know how to solve this problem and it is very
frustrating. Also, the thing that it the most challanging for me is the way
outlook looks, it looks so different from 2003, its smaller and seems to be
brighter and all of my settings are the same. I have only used Vista for 2
hours but it left me frazzled. If anyone has some insight to how to fix
either of these problems, that would make my day.
--
Sandra


"MisterDK" wrote:

> So....so far I seem to have lost 2 functions in Windows Mail that I've
> enjoyed in Outlook Express for years. Why can't I display my contacts in the
> lower left corner of my Mail window? Even though I have checked the box
> saying "auto complete email addresses when typing, etc....." it just doesn't
> auto-complete. OE would auto-complete addresses by looking in my address
> book. I am really upset at this bull...
> Is this Microsofts way of making people pay for Office 2007 and using the
> new Outlook? Not a way to make friends. GIVE ME BACK WHAT I USED TO ALREADY
> HAVE!! I've spent too long online looking for answers to the two problems
> above. How about some answers Microsoft??
>