When you install Windows Live Mail, it will automatically import your old
e-mail files if they are currently under Windows Mail.

Importing the address book takes a little more effort; you have to tell
the contacts section of the program to import the contacts from Windows
Mail.

You may find the following newsgroup more useful for questions about
Windows Live Mail:

microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

You're welcome.
Like Robert said, WLM's installation takes care of importing all your
WM stuff. Sometimes it doesn't see your WM contacts, but that is
easily fixed with a manual import.

For Gary (& Robert),

When I was offered SP1 it would not install and after following MS
on-line suggestions without any success, I made the call to MS support.
After two levels of support attempts from MS outsource I was redirected
to a special MS support group near Dallas, TX, who directed me to try a
re-upgrade of Vista to facilitate a successful SP 1 install.

To cut a long story short, after a number of failed attempts to install
a Vista "Upgrade" over the existing Vista (which is an upgrade over XP
Media Center) plus a lot of turning off offunctions, we eventually got a
successful install of both.

However, I now have a number if issues within Vista of which the
following three are bothering me:

1. Mail

2. Help & support

3. Auto complete passwords

So, whereas I am willing to download Windows Live Mail I would like to
eventually do a clean install of my Vista Ultimate to get rid of all the
other nagging issues.

This leads me into my next question:

If I download WLM and it picks up my e-mail filed and I can get the
address book into WLM - can I then export both from WLM to Outlook
Express on my second drive, in my dual boot, to XP? Then attempt a clean
install of Vista to clean up all of the other current problems?  

Look forward to your resposes,

Thank you.