I think that someone else went through the same thing recently. I believe that she finally gave up and registered again. I think she had to change her name slightly. Maybe you could just drop the "s" off the end of your sign in name, and use the new email. Good luck! Aggie

If you are using outlook express, and have that much mail build up that it is causing problems at your server end, you can change the setting. Just uncheck leave copy of email on server. That way, once it comes into one computer, it wont come in to the other, and it will only be on your pc, not the server. To do this, open outlook express, go to tools, and accounts. Click on the Mail tab, highlight YourAccount and click on the Properties button. Click on the Advanced tab. In the delivery section, uncheck leave copy of messages on server. Unless you really want another email address, this will take care of the problem so you dont have to change it. Good Luck

Some others: gmx.com (not the greatest reputation, though) zoho.com (yes, they do have "@zoho.com" accounts, not just free domain hosting) yandex.com (Russia's answer to Yahoo & Gmail, very popular) I would suggest myopera.com, but Opera announced just a few days ago on their blog that they would be discontinuing their email service by March 1, 2014 ! :-( Personal Observation: It's interesting to me that many people know only about Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail/Outlook and AOL. It's also odd (to me) that people (esp. but not only heavy email users) will, on the one hand, have innumerable devices/toys for accessing their email accounts and performing all their other internet/communication needs ($$$), while, simultaneously trusting in FREE providers for their email !! I wonder much is spent by these people each year on all their devices/services ? Yet they seem genuinely surprised to discover that many people spend a few bucks on what is essentially the key to their online identities: their email address/account. For anywhere from $12/yr. (PolarisMail basic account) to $16/yr (EuMX.net account) to $20/yr. (FastMail Full account or Runbox Micro Account) one can have reliable email with top-notch, personal customer service, in case one needs tech support or even account recovery. For less than the cost of eating out once or getting a home-delivered pizza -- and a lot less than all the computer toys (and service plans) some folks have -- you can have a year's worth of peace of mind and prompt tech support if/when necessary. As one of the EMD members recently and somewhat sarcastically remarked to someone changing (free) email providers, "Good luck on your new life as somebody's product and nobody's customer. Either you pay, or you're paid for." *Ouch* :-) If you're content with using free email, that's perfectly fine. To each his/her own. Different people have different priorities in these matters. In my case, I abandoned free accounts some months ago and have never regretted it. (Btw, check out the emaildiscussions forum site to see how well-respected the above providers are and for a lot of threads about various providers !) Here is a link that might be useful: EMD Forums

Wonderful! I did get a notification from your posts above. I had to click on Preferences way down at the bottom, which I found after I had started this thread. I could have swore that I followed that same path about a month ago and changed me email address and couldn't for the life of me figure out how I got there to verify that it was changed and I wasn't getting any notifications! Thanks to the both of you. Finally! Got it corrected. @ grandms, Posted how to do a Repair Install in your Blue Screen thread. You will not lose anything.