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Cancelling Hotmail Account

I have been trying for the past hour to cancel my Hotmail account. I get to the step about needing to cancel my 'billing services'. I have no idea what this is talking about. I have had this email for 10 years and I simp …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 17, 2013

alias email address that is already used

Hello. I am trying to add my main gmail address to my hotmail windows ID however everytime I put it in it comes up with sorry this email has already been used. I have owned the email for near on 10 years and cannot under …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 17, 2013

Recovery point before last mail compact

I opened Windows Live Mail and found all my folders missing, deleted items before today gone and nothing in the sent items folder. It appears that all the emails I had in my specific folders were moved back to the Inbox …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

locked out of my MS Live account

Can someone please help me??I have been locked out of my LIVE account for 2 days and I'm simply going around in circles trying to have a password reset. You're asking me information about the account that I simply don't …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

Need help

Hello there, I can sign into my account but after that it say's that "it appears there might have been someone else using your account", so then I can't go any further and I have tried to recover it and verify it by fill …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

sending pictures

I get kicked off outlook when trying to send pictures or uploading to skydrive???

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How to unblock microsoft account?

My hotmail account has recently been blocked since Microsoft believes other people may be using it, but I don't know the information I need to unblock it because I haven't used it as my primary email account in years, I' …

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Windows 7 Live Mail 2011

Hello, I received a pop up box in Live Mail 2011 when trying to log in ...saying user name or password is incorrect. I've had no problems up until this point. After several attempts to log in without success, I rebooted …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

Cannot sign-in to Windows 7 Live Mail 2011

Hello, I received a pop up box in Live Mail 2011 when trying to log in ...saying user name or password is incorrect. I've had no problems up until this point. After several attempts to log in without success, I rebooted …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

Need help to recover or verify my account

Hello there, I can sign into my account but after that it say's that "it appears there might have been someone else using your account", so then I can't go any further and I have tried to recover it and verify it by fill …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

Account Change Restriction

How do I change birth date, which restricts me from gaining full access, on Hotmail account back to an original birth date so I am not restricted and do not need validation from a parental consent? At the moment, it will …

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Prohibited Files Download

For the last two and half years I have been using Windows Live Mail and have been able to send and receive file attachments such as Excel; Word; pdf and jpg without any problems. Now, and within the last three days, all …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

Can not sign into windows live mail

I can not sign into my windows live mail. When I click it, it opens. I can see my email account on the side, but then a message pops up. You are working off line, would you like to go on line now? When I click yes, it as …

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Windows Live Mail Blocking Microsoft Word Attachments

My computer has recently automatically updated Windows and I now find that Live Mail is blocking all .doc and .docx attachments as "prohibited file types". I can access them by unticking "Do not allow attachments to be s …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013

Junk box

I cannot empty 141 junk emails. Outlook cannot process my request. Referred to check status and Outlook operating normally. So, I end up here. And to Jen, although another post where the person could not open attachments …

Unanswered Windows Live Mail Archived 0 answers Last activity: Sep 16, 2013