Question about Outlook Express

The question says it all.... i,m doing things on my good ol microsoft windows hotmail and out of no where , comes this yellow header at the top of my pg. telling me hotmail is shutting down or cant connect to hotmail right now try later, then the next thing i know, outlook express is on my screen along with  my hotmail life....this putter is on xp-2000 hm addi. i like my hotmail and i,m not a big fan of outlook express any help ???, thx ...

The question says it all.... i,m doing things on my good ol microsoft windows hotmail and out of no where , comes this yellow header at the top of my pg. telling me hotmail is shutting down or cant connect to hotmail right now try later, then the next thing i know, outlook express is on my screen along with  my hotmail life....this putter is on xp-2000 hm addi. i like my hotmail and i,m not a big fan of outlook express any help ???, thx ...