I added my Gmail to Window Live Mail and successfully imported my Contacts.  The only other email I have is an old Yahoo so it isn't compatible with Windows Live Mail but I rarely use it.

After performing this task, I admit I have no idea why I needed to activate the Window Live Mail.   What is outlook.com? Is it the same as Window Live Mail? Should I create a new email account to have a back up for Gmail? Can you create a new email account in outlook.com?  If not, should I create an account @live.net so I have an email totally in sync with Microsoft Windows?