New Computer well almost

[gardenmad]

Help please, my son has recently given me his windows XP tower, I have bought a new flat screen monitor and my old computer bought in 89 but updated to windows 98 has been scrapped. Everything should be rosy, but it has only got msn on it - and I want outlook express! What can I do - I hope the reply isn't too technical I'm an old, blonde, woman, three descriptions designed to make me an airhead! Also on my old comoputer, the print was so much bigger (I told you I was old) and the icons on the desk top were much bigger too - can I change these miffy things to a larger type? Thankyou for reading this.

[YvonneM]

to change your dekstop right click choose Properties then the appearance tab then Font size (at the bottom left hand corner) I think outlook express comes with Microsoft Office

[Mac70]

No it's Outlook that comes with Office. I had a shifty round the MS site today but couldnt find an OE download.
Have you thought about Thunderbird?

[YvonneM]

http://www.tucows.com/software_detail.html?id= 194179


Try this

[gardenmad]

Thank you
YvonneM and Mac70 - actually when I was fiddling around with it I found Mail etc and pressed it and up came - Outlook Express! I wished I hadn't been so quick to ask answerbank, but thanks anyway, I still need to make the font bigger and that I am going to do NOW. Again, thank you both very much. I am sure I will pick it all up eventually - I had to the first time, and again after the update.

Gardenmad.

[YvonneM]

Thats OK we have all done things like this in a panic did you get the desktop sorted

[Ethel]

How to make the icons bigger:

http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/1471

To make web pages bigger - there are many options to try.

1. Hold CTRL and wiggle your mouse wheel.

2. Hold CTRL and press +

3. Click View (at the top of the screen) and then Text Size.