I have a hotmail email account, which I use on an IPad, IPhone, and a Windows 8 (right now upgrading to 8.1) laptop.  I'm sick of deleting messages three times.  I understand that I need to switch to IMAP from POP, but for the love of heaven, how do I do this?  I got to account settings on the computer and don't get an option that permits this change.   Please help this non-techie!  Thanks . . .