I choose to suggest mrpostman over Hotmail popper because mrpostman can receive Hotmail/Gmail/Yahoo Mail as one application, so there is not need to install more then one.
Ok now to explain how to install mrpostman in an easy way, let me know if you get stuck.
Download the mrpostman application installer from
here t your desktop (make sure its to your desktop only) then run this command from Start bar>Run, c:\program files\java\j2re1.4.2_05\bin\java -jar c:\
(path to desktop)\install-mrpostman-20041031.jar.)
Make sure you install it to c:\program files\mrpostman
Then make sure you're logged in as an Administrator and run c:\program files\mrpostman\install-ntservice.bat
Hopefully then the MrPostman GUI will show up. Uncheck the "show GUI on startup" option (if you don't want it loading at boot time) and close the window.
You should then be able to receive your Hotmail
--lee