Question about Outlook Express

For days now, the SkyDrive icon shows two clouds with a moving green line underneath. On hovering over the cloud, it states Processing Changes. There has been no other error message when I right or left click. About a week ago, I unsynched my desktop SkyDrive, uninstalled it, reinstalled it, and then resynched it. Missing files on my desktop SkyDrive appeared to be added from my online SkyDrive. The SkyDrive online had more folders and files than the desktop version. Because I use SkyDrive as a form of backup, I need to SkyDrive to do its job dependably. I hoped this would fix the problem.

 

That problem seemed fixed, but a new one has emerged. There is no clear error message other than the fact that Skydrive is "processing changes". 

 

I use SkyDrive as a way to keep my devices synched with my data and thus backed up. It is my main form of backup. I stopped using both Carbonite and Google Docs when I switched back to Office 365, Outlook Desktop, and Outlook.com. However, SkyDrive is proving unstable and inaccurate. Error messages when they do appear as so vague and cryptic that they are useless. When the new Office 365 came out with promised seamless integration of Outlook and outlook.com, automatic file synching on all my devices, I was ecstatic. MS Office products are much more powerful than the Google stuff I had switched to because Outlook never did synch well with anything but Exchange Server, a pricey luxury that I could not justify using. So, now both my wife and I are experiencing many problems with SkyDrive. It seems impossible that a company with the size and reach of Microsoft would put out major software that is so unstable.  I feel stuck because I want to use MS products as I have for decades now. But I need to know it will work. And it does not so far.

 

I hope there is a simple, elegant, and thorough solution.

 

I am using Windows 7 64 Bit on a PC. I am up to date with all of the recommended fixes from MS.