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Windows Live Mail error 0x80048849

Recently installed latest Win Live mail from Microsoft site on new Win7Sp1 laptop. Fails quite often (error 0x80048849) on two Hotmail accounts (sometimes is ok) but is ok on a Bigpond & a GMail account. Also have anothe …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 27, 2013

Windows live Mail lost sent messages

Good day, I have Windows 8 and have loaded Windows Essential 2012, many times, in order to use Windows Live Mail. Have two accounts on it. Both of which do not retain any sent messages....have tried reinstalling, but no …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 27, 2013

Windows Live Mail will not open

I have had a Dell XPS 14Z PC for a year. It was preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system which included Windows Live Mail. I imported my Telstra Bigpond and Hotmail email accounts onto WLM. Until thi …

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Windows live invalid accojnt

My son used an invalided email account when he signed up for Xbox live and now I can't the parent log into accept the new terms and he tried using the wrong information to many times the account is closed.... He has an e …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 27, 2013

WLM does not start after upgrade to W8.1

I recently updated my PC from Windows 8 to 8.1. I was running 2 accounts on that PC, each having his/her own Windows Live Mail individually. After the update WLM started in one account. In the other account it sort of fr …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

I can’t find the email I need to delete.

Hi, I had tried to send an email with photos yesterday, and it didn't work. Now I get this message: Delete the photo email, create a new one, and try to send it again. Server: 'smtp.gmail.com' Windows Live Mail Error ID: …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Windows Live Mail

All of a sudden when I go on to Windows Live Mail I'm receiving the message that the TCP/IP connection was unexpectedly terminated by the server. What should I do?

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Windows Live Mail search operators

I can successfully search my WLM messages by specifying specific words or phrases contained in the body of the message. However I must specify the words exactly as contained in the message. For example, I can successfull …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Live Mail — sync on 2 computers

I have Live Mail installed on a desktop w/ Win 8.1. I plan to install Live Mail on a tablet w/ Win 8.1? HOW DO I SYNC LIVE MAIL ON THESE 2 COMPUTERS? Thanks for any help you can provide.

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Old e-mails downloading using Windows 7 and Live Mail

I have had a problem this morning with receiving old e-mails. First of all I was receiving old e-mails. This happened a few times and each time I stopped the download by closing the program. Now, when I click Send and Re …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Windows live mail

I would like to eliminate the sign in page which comes up every time I go to live mail, but I forgot to do it. I would appreciate any help. Helmut

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Windows 8.1 RT — is Live Mail supported?

MY desktop has Windows 8.1 and I use Live Mail. It works well. My table has Windows 8.1 RT with Outlook.com. It does not provide the same look and feel as Live Mail. How do I get Live Mail for my tablet --- again, Window …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Windows 8.1 RT — is Live Mail supported?

MY desktop has Windows 8.1 and I use Live Mail. It works well. My table has Windows 8.1 RT with Outlook.com. It does not provide the same look and feel as Live Mail. How do I get Live Mail for my tablet --- again, Window …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Transfer files/folders from WLM Win 7 to WLM Win 8

I want to transfer my WLM files from my old PC running Win 7 to new PC running Win 8. I have downloaded Win Essentials 2012 on the new PC. I also have installed Worm Hole Switch to assist in file transfer from old to new …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Transfer files/folders from WLM Win 7 to WLM Win 8

I want to transfer my WLM files from my old PC running Win 7 to new PC running Win 8. I have downloaded Win Essentials 2012 on the new PC. I also have installed Worm Hole Switch to assist in file transfer from old to new …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

Windows live mail

All of a sudden everytime I start my Windows Live Mail I am asked to "sign in." Even if I check the keep my password it still asks everytime??? How to fix? I have windows XP, IE8. JIm

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 26, 2013

I get around 50 SPAM messages daily

how can this be stopped? my settings are set to EXCLUSIVE but even like that getting them in the junk folder are a serious problem because even I send myself SPAM and can not do anything about it can not report it can no …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Nov 25, 2013