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Hotmail Plus mailbox size

I have had Windows Live Hotmail Plus for several years. After searching online Help and 4 phone calls to customer support, they referred me to you. How do I determine the current size of my mailbox? I pay for 20GB, but u …

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need help

My name is Osama, I have a problem in coming in to my Hotmail account. Am very much in need of the documents in that account which is now blocked by Microsoft. Please please help me

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Skype add takes over hotmail account

For the past week or so I cannot stay in my hotmail account when I use Mozzilla. The screen will go to a skype premium ad after about 20 seconds after I'm in my account. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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Compromised Outlook Inbox

My inbox cannot receive emails. For the past couple of weeks all incoming emails have been diverted to another folder 'Loyalty Pays'. Does this mean that my account has been compromised? Are other people reading my email …

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Outlook.com mail folders not syncing to Ipad2

My e-mail is not syncing correctly to my ipad2. I already tried removing and adding the account. This did not help. Mail worked correctly for the last 2 years on this same Ipad and so are accounts from my wife and daught …

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Email blocking

Lately I have been getting junk/spam on a daily basis from a domain that ends in .blah blah blah (not the real name) but every day what precedes that changes. in other words it's like today it will be *** Email address i …

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My account was blocked and I can’t sign in?

My account was blocked (for no reason, mind you), and I can't sign in. The only way I can do it is either by filling out the form (which claims i have insufficient information) or by calling a temporary phone I'd used fo …

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Can’t sign out of Windows Live Essentials

When I go to sign out of Windows Live Essentials email, I cannot find any log out button, anywhere. I tried clicking on profile, at the top right, but there is no option to sign out, only sign into another account. At fi …

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Lost Emails in Sign-in Glitch

Hello On the 30th August I deactivated an account which I opened just days ago for a university club. Upon logging into my own personal email I was met immediately with exactly the same deactivation screen. I clicked 'ca …

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Lost 13 years of emails

I logged in my hotmail account after few months and come to know it has been changed to outlook and all my emails are gone, only one email was there from outlook. I lost my 13 years of emails. I tried all the suggestions …

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Re-sign up for a Microsoft account after closing it?

I just recently closed my Microsoft account so that I could start fresh, but I would like to use the same name as before. While going through the setup process, I get an error stating that the address is unavailable. Wil …

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access issue

My husband's account seems to have been hacked - and the security question has been changed. Who can we talk to to regain control of his account?

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Importing Contacts from Hotmail email account

Hi, All advice appreciated. Microsoft have suspended the use of my original Hotmail email account as they suggested that it has been hacked and advised me to open a new account which I have done. They also advised that i …

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photo gallery : how do I get it to work with Windows again?

The program used to open with a far left column displaying all my picture folders - just like I see when I open My Pictures directly. It disappeared. How do I get that far left column back? HELP!!!!!!!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW …

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Photo Gallery & WINDOWS

I am NOT a techie -- obvious: Over a couple years of using Photo Gallery, part of Microsoft Essentials> At the far left, there was a column that listed all my Picture files - just the same as what I see when I simply ope …

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Emailing photos

When I first started using Hotmail I could email photos to my daughter. I have been unable to do this for years as it wants me to send them via Skydrive which never works. It is not straightforward to use, but when she c …

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bl178w.blu178.maillive.com/default.com

When trying to access my Outlook.com Email Account in MSN.com, the Bing Search Site (http://www.bing.com/search) comes up with "bl178w.blu178.mail.live.com/default.com in the Bing Search Window. This happens no matter ho …

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what is outlooks server name and domain

I'm tring to set up my email app on new android phone from boost mobile. I enter email address and password. Keeps asking for outlooks server name and domain

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