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How do I switch off mail alerts?

I have a Hotmail account and I am using Windows 8.1 with IE 11. Your advice says to select Tools/Options then Mail Alerts. Unfortunately, when I select Tools the only choice I get is More Mail Settings. This gives me a p …

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Microsoft account won’t accept my Surname

My surname (CHICKEN) can be traced back to the 14th Century in the United Kingdom yet Microsoft will not let me use it. How can I change my Microsoft Account so that my real name is displayed. Error message: "This name c …

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I have not been receiving e-mails

I have not been receiving e-mails in my *** Email address is removed for privacy *** account since last Thursday, 31st October 2013 however, I am able to send e-mails from this account.

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no sound notification on message arrival

Outlook will not give me any sound notification of a new message. My samsung galaxy tablet used to do this with my origional Email while in standby mode IE- not closed down. I used to have a file called microsoft exchang …

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Outlook.com

prox. tree four month when start my outlook pap up bay173.com, second, my oulook acount tool bar is change missing spell check, wy I need to install Sky drive? Thanks

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Unable to receive emails for other accounts

I am only getting emails of sent from another hotmail account , anything from yahoo or iCloud etc is not being received I have checked mobile device and also web based mail and nothing being pushed through ? Any help app …

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Recovery of deleted a/c and/or demerge apps from deleted a/c

Dear's, please help me either to recover my deleted Microsoft a/c ( *** Email address is removed for privacy *** ) or if not possible help t demerge / delink all associated apps so I can now merge/link them to my new Mic …

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Cannot receive mails, only from Outlook itself

I can send mails, but do not receive any. I checked in the junk mail, but it only says that "I've got no mail, and that Microsoft Smart screen is helping to keep junk mail from my inbox"....is this the problem? I've chec …

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Skydrive is uploading files again with new windows 8.1

Hi All, Today I have installed windows 8.1 on my laptop and replaced windows 7. I had formatted my c drive to install the same. Preinstalled skydrive was available in windows 8.1 but was syncing another folder in c: driv …

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Unable to send/attach photos in email

Hello, it is now 10/30/13 and I am unable to send/attach pictures in my email. I keep getting this message: "We're still getting set up. Please try again."...I am using Windows 7 and Firefox 25 (recent update). This prob …

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Forced into Outlook, don’t understand billing

Because of a billing problem, I was apparently forced out of Hotmail Plus into Outlook, and cancelled from Hotmail in September. All my old email is now accessed through Outlook, and today when I finally replaced my acco …

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Hotmail emails GONE!

I just logged back onto Hotmail and all of my messages are gone! I don't have my Hotmail account setup through any 3rd party program so I have no clue where all my messages went. Could they have deleted all my messages b …

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printing off ‘sent’ emails

For the last week or so I have been unable to print any emails that I have sent - the page comes out with no text whatever apart from the 'From' and 'To' details. I am able to print any Inbox Mail but not what I send bac …

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Server 5102 Error

I can't send or receive email from my windows live. I receive this message: Unable to send or receive messages for the Hotmail account. Server Error: 5102 Server: 'https://mail.services.live.com/DeltaSync_v2.0.0/Sync.asp …

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What have you done with my emails?

I have logged into my Hotmail account to discover all of my emails have been wiped and replaced with outlook. I was given no notice of this. How is this possible? I have absolutely no intention of using Outlook after thi …

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Simple Questions?

When I make changes (add delete change) on the desktop Sydrive Folder (on MacOS) does the upload software upload all the files, including the unchanged ones, or just the incremental change? If a folder has changed, in th …

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Change my old cellphone to a new one

How can I change my old cellphone number I haven't had in several years to my new one. And an alias email that i don't even see pops up too.

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Email Address

How can I remove an email address from outlook address bar?

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outlook.scom

How do I find out if I have an old outlook.com account and cannot remember user name or password.

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Can’t see photos saved on Windows phone in Skydrive

Hi there, As I understand it, all images from my phone should be on the Skydrive (I clicked 'save to Skydrive) however I cannot see any of the image on the Skydrive when I log on on my laptop. Can you please advise how t …

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Hotmail account hacking

All of our family members and a friend's @hotmail.com accounts have been hacked. What's going on? How can anybody just hack into our accounts and change the passwords?

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