I have exactly the same issue. Windows Mail does not support hotmail.
Windows Mail cannot utilize my Outlook Contacts. On my XP/Office 2000
machine I could do both. I just bought a brand new Dell with Vista Business.
I'm going to look into returning it and getting a machine with XP Pro. I
thought I was supposed to be able to do more, not less, with Vista/Office
2007!

"Steve Cochran" wrote:
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> No, because WinMail now uses Windows Contacts and not the wab file anymore.
> You can ask in an Outlook forum. Maybe someone there knows how to do it.
>
> steve
>
> "David Wess" <dwess@wess.com> wrote in message
> news:2AF1270D-314A-4435-8A02-9319D0270C45@microsoft.com...[color=green]
> > Sure, but every time I update my Outlook file, I have to reimport them
> > into Windows Mail. with XP, there was a well-known registry hack to use
> > OL2003 contacts in Outlook Express. Is there such a thing for Vista?
> >
> > "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> > news:541B72B1-3B59-449E-8030-F69C3E369988@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
> >> You can export those as a csv file from Outlook and then import them into
> >> WinMail.
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >> "David Wess" <dwess@wess.com> wrote in message
> >> news:338A63C0-9E30-4603-A5AD-CD3500B645E1@microsoft.com...
> >>>I have about 2,700 contacts stored in Microsoft Outlook 2007. When I
> >>>write mail in Windows Mail, I would like to be able to use these
> >>>contacts. Can this be done? If so, how?
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