For the past few days I have been getting emails from various people that have .eml attachments instead of the graphics in the body of the email as has been the case in the past. On Nov. 18th, I downloaded a large Window's update file from Microsoft that included Windows Live Essentials. It really is a pain to have to download these files instead of just opening the email and seeing the graphics displayed. I've gone into my Uninstall or Change Program File and found that Windows Live Essentials 2011 and Windows Live Mesh ActiveX Control for Remote CONNECTIONS were among the files downloaded on the 18th. My question is: Would it be advisable to uninstall Windows Live Email 2011 to stop getting emails with these .eml attachments? A Bing toolbar was also downloaded at the same time. Can I uninstall that without causing any problems. I use Firefox as my browser if that makes a difference. Thank You,Some points in your post do not make sense. How were you doing email before installing Windows Live Essentials? After installing Windows Live Essentials, did you then start using the mail component of Windows Live Essentials, Windows Live Mail. for email? If so, why did you switch to it from your previous method of doing email?

When you say the Bing toolbar was installed, do you mean a toolbar or do you simply mean that Bing was set as the default search engine? To change the default search engine, just CLICK on the drop-down arrow next to the Bing icon and select a different default search engine. Soybean, I guess my problem with clarity in my prior question is that I don't have any idea how email programs work. The extent of my knowledge is that I use Firefox as my browser and Yahoo for email. Where Windows Live Essentials comes into the equation is a mystery to me. I was just assuming that the new .eml attachments in some of the emails I receive are related to the Windows Live Essentials 2011 file that I downloaded on Nov. 18th, as I had never seen these attachments previously. This is what the attachment looked like:
Fwd: Hummingbird Birth.eml (7KB)

Instead of having the message or graphic in the body of the email, the message/graphic is replaced by this:

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> HAPPY Thanksgiving!  Sharon and Dave
 

<font size="4" face="Book Antiqua"></font>

You have got to see this!  Fascinating! <font color="black" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-STYLE:italic;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;">Keep in mind the egg is smaller than a tic tac and a quarter fits the opening of the nest!</span></font><font color="black" size="4"><span style="FONT-STYLE:italic;COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></font> <font color="black" size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="COLOR:black;FONT-SIZE:13.5pt;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">Be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom of each page; there are 5 pages &nbsp;in all. &nbsp;&nbsp; A lady found a hummingbird nest and got pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. &nbsp;&nbsp; It took 24 days from birth to flight. &nbsp;&nbsp; Because you&#39;ll probably never in your lifetime see this again, enjoy; and please share. </span></font>                                        <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">CLICK ON BLUE LINK BELOW! &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/" target="_blank" href="http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/"><font size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt;FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">http://Http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/</span></font>[/url]

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The extent of my knowledge is that I use Firefox as my browser and Yahoo for email.

For the past few days I have been getting emails from various people that have .eml attachments instead of the graphics in the body of the email as has been the case in the past.