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Junk mail my INBOX

For the last week I have been getting junk mail sent to my inbox. My settings are already at exclusive for junk mail. I have read all the other posts here and I am not the only one having this problem. When is Outlook go …

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cannot send email with attachment

cannot attach to email I get message that the instrution at 0000000 referenced memroy 000000000. The memeory oculd not be read....

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I Cannot Download Desktop App

I needed to reset my Skydrive syncing since it was hung up, so I uninstalled Skydrive on my Win 7 64 bit computer. Then I went to apps.live.com to reacquire the skydrive desktop app. I click on the Download the Desktop A …

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unable to recover microsoft account

I'm trying to recover my microsoft account: *** Email address is removed for privacy *** It told me it will send a code to my other email account *** Email address is removed for privacy ***, however, I've tried it a num …

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blocked account please help

*** Email address is removed for privacy *** this account has become blocked because my old security proofs are outdated. my attempts to receive a code resulted in the account becoming blocked. if anyone could help/remov …

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Cant login

"I'm willing to provide all the information needed to investigate this issue." Our moderators will provide you a private message area where you can enter all the account information. Thanks!

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Where did they get my mobile phone number from?

I use hotmail as an anonymous email to avoid getting spammed on my work/personal email. Now, though they want me to provide mobile number for this "security" thing - and to my horror they had my mobile in the drop-down l …

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Shared “Sorry, something went wrong”

I have shared a few of my own skydrive folders with my wife. When she clicks on the links in the original emails telling her of a new shared folder she is able to open my shared folders without issue. IF she goes to her …

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Unable to edit excel after it has been uploaded to Skydrive

Hi I am unable to edit any excel documents from my WP8 that I have up loaded from my PC to Skydrive. they are in the .xlsx format I have followed the instructions from the "how to" by Robert Long (MSFT), but no avail. Ca …

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Ex-/Import of wlm-files

When using the guide to export/import mailo-files, only the first mail in a given folder is copied. Why?, and how to enable all files i a given folder/subfolder to be copied in one go?

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Lately I have problem sending email to hotmail account

Hi, recently I sent 2 emails to my daughter in Australia via her Hotmail account but I received messages from *** Email address is removed for privacy *** as follow: "Delivery has failed to these recipients or Groups: xx …

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Windows 8.1 – SkyDrive broken

I recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 from a Windows 8 OEM installation. Before doing this, I had installed and configured SkyDrive successfully to run on my secondary drive (D, versus C which contains the OS). After upgrad …

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SMTP SSLv3 ?

Hi, I am using Windows Live Domains for a while now. Yesterday, I upgraded my server from Debian 6 to Debian 7. With the system, OpenSSL got updated from 0.9.8o to 1.0.1e. Since 1.0.0, they disabled SSLv2 because of a se …

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Email services

Is Windows email, Outlook.com and Live.net all the same email provider? I seem to find these terms being used interchangeable yet it appears that an account must be created in more than one location. I'm confused! My PC …

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i cannot access my account

i cannot access my hotmail account its telling me that it doesnt exist but my itunes account is telling me to verify my account using the email adress that i cant get access to?

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My filter is set to exclusive and yet spam is entering my inbox!

i keep receiving spam in my inbox, despite having the filter set to exclusive. On the email it says that the email is from someone from my contact list, which is not true! I move the spam to Junk and block them, but it h …

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movie can’t be saved. error 0x80070057

Hi, I'm having trouble with your windows live movie maker (version 2011). I have been trying to save a movie I created, and I keep getting an error stating: "sorry, your movie can't be saved. find any missing files or re …

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Junk Mail and In Box

I have always had a high filter on junk mail so nothing gets into my in box unless I choose. However, over the last week a large number of "junk" mail messages have gone directly into my "In Box". Why has this just start …

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