Long ago I set up Gmail as my email default, now after purchasing Office 2010 Outlook wants to be set up?

Question

I have had Gmail as my default email until recently. I bought Microsoft Office Bundle for online college work. Each time I try to click a link on a webpage, for example Craigslist to respond to an ad, a pop up wants me to configure the new Outlook as my email client. I never set up Outlook during the trial phase after purchasing my computer new a few years ago. It is an Emachine, running Vista, Windows Version 6.0, Build 6001 with a service pack 1, with IE7. Can anyone help me:
Configure my computer to use Gmail again as the default, or have a pop up that says, which mail client would you like to use, and the steps to set that up after formatting Outlook so it would be ready to use if this is an option of multiple defaults by easy selection pop up.
--> My online college requires Outlook, but I like Google and it seems to scan my email pretty well. I remember when first getting on a computer how everyone complained about Outlook having too many security flaws. So Id like to not use it as the deafult.

I would be fine, having to open the Outlook program, or mail settings each time to make Outlook the default during class as needed, and then resume using Gmail as the default when I am done.

Please help. I am not that computer savy as you can tell. It took a long time to set up Gmail as my email when I first purchased the computer, and it was very hard finding the instructions on Gmail on how to get it all done. Thank you so very very much. I can follow instructions that do not assume I am that great with all the computer related language, simple terms is easier for me to follow if you could please.
In my computer I found an email set up that is totally blank and not set up at all. I do not have mail set up for scanning with my Norton Antivirus, which is up to date and current with registration. :)

Answer 1

GMail is a provider, the "default" is an email program. Set Outlook up - for anything - then set your other email program as the default and forget about Outlook (or remove it).



(If you use your web browser to do your GMail, you have no default email program - a web browser isn't an email program - so every time you click an email link, Outlook is going to run unless you set up another email program, like Thunderbird.)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Simple just do the setup as it asked you to do