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Outlook.com contacts do not sync

Since the 27th of June my outlook.com account will not sync contacts with my phones. I say phones because I have an iPhone and a Windows phone (Nokia Lumia 920). On the 27th all my contacts disappeared off the Windows ph …

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Skydrive files missing

My wife was having trouble with her Windows based phone and the knuckleheads at the Verizon store said they would back it up and reset it. They backed it up supposedly to the SkyDrive, reset the phone, but when you go to …

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Lost my linked hotmail account

I had two linked hotmail accounts and now one is not accessible. How can I access it? I know the passwords for both but keep on being told the second one is incorrect. Please help. Thanks!

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Problems to initilize skydrive in my MacBook with Mac OS 10.8.4

When I try to initialize skydrive in my Mac, a get a windows with this message: It is necessary update Skydrive, to follow using Skydrive, you should to install an update. an two bottoms, Exit to SkyDrive and Get the App …

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outlook messenger doesn’t work

hi first time to post here but because of this wired problem the chat which is connected to Facebook was working well but two days and till now it just keep on sign in nothing more i checked the service and it's working …

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My account has stopped receiving emails

It was my boss who told me that important messages he was trying to send were being bounced back. I've had this account for 15 years. This issue is seriously affecting my personal and business dealings. Completely unacce …

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how to stop spam inwindows live

I keep getting,(usually 6 or more per day) , spam in my windows live inbox, for selling a certain kind of pill. There are many different senders listed and, in fact, once it even gave my name as the sender. I've blocked …

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Getting out of font changes to plain text, rich text and html

I wanted to copy an e-mail to a file. I asked the option list for a solution. I had three choices, html, plain text and rich text. However, after I successfully downloaded the content into a Word document and printed it, …

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Junk mail filters

Where are the filters that we used to have, that would keep **** emails out of your junk box altogether.? We used to be able to indicate certain words that would filter stuff from even getting into your junk mail.

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How to report hotmail hacking.

Spam emails have been sent from my email account. Within 20 minutes of them being sent, I had changed my password and ran an antivirus- is there anything else I should do and how do I report this?

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does outlook access imap

The host 'smtp' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the server name correctly. Account: 'imap', Server: 'smtp', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D …

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my account got deactivated

I need to talk with someone regarding a specific email account associated with a Windows Live account. I recently purchased a computer and while I was setting up the Windows 8 features, my account got deactivated and now …

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Harrassing emailer

This person "*** Email address is removed for privacy ***" keeps sending me emails even tho I unsubscribed the company he represents over a hundred times. I've blocked him and the company but still receive their emails. …

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HOTMAIL HACKED, ACCESS BLOCKED, RECOVERY DENIED

My hotmail account had a virus or was hacked. My account was blocked. I made several attempts to recover my account by fillling out the questionnaire, however i was denied recovery and not allowed to make any more attemp …

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emails blocked with the word credit

It seems that any email sent to me with the word 'credit' in the subject line is blocked. When did this start, and how can I change it? I failed to receive an email from a client, which isn't good! --ami

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Direct Links to images on Skydrive

Hi! I need to directly link to images stored on SkyDrive via a URL. The standard options to share files don't work (I just need a URL that points directly to an image, no embedding etc.) and option to download the file a …

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