I use Windows Home Premium Vista (service pack 1) on a Dell Inspiron bought about 18 months ago, and much prefer using Windows Live Mail to Hotmail.
However a few weeks ago, after starting up Live Mail the password at the second Live Mail screen where the user password is demanded, I get the following error warning:

Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail (*********) account. Windows 
Live Mail can't connect to the Hotmail server. To send or receive messages in your 
Hotmail account, go to http://hotmail.live.com on the web, or try again later.

Server Error: 5102
Server Response: Xfs request 'SyncBinary' failed. Response code: 'Undefined'
Server: 'http://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.aspx'
Windows Live mail Error ID: 0x8DE00002

Since talk of server errors makes my eyes glaze over, I decide to try to fix the
problem by deinstalling Live Mail and then downloading it later last week onto
my PC, but I still get the same problem.

Now I can only use Hotmaill which I find too basic after Live Mail.



Regards,
Barry