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My old hotmail account got hacked

So my title says it all. My old hotmail account got hacked a couple years back. The hacker changed my recovery email address, my recovery questions and my password. It seems impossible to fix it and I just want a rep to …

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Signing into hotmail

Why do I have to sign in to my Hotmail address every time I log on despite selecting the option Keep Me Signed On. At one time my logon came up automatically. Now I have to sign on every time.

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Family Safety not recording activity, listing false activity

I have three kids' accounts set up in family safety. One child's PC activity is not being reported. It is not showing facebook activity for another child, but showing facebook and twitter activity for a child who is not …

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IMAP for my hotmail! HOW? So frustrated . . .

I have a hotmail email account, which I use on an IPad, IPhone, and a Windows 8 (right now upgrading to 8.1) laptop. I'm sick of deleting messages three times. I understand that I need to switch to IMAP from POP, but for …

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lock file

i have a lock file on my computer and can not delete it it happened when i down loaded a game to compressed zip folder to send it to a game company to see if it was corrupt. went to upload it to big fish and it would not …

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Installed windows 8.1 Update problems with microsoft account

I recently installed 8.1 update when I try to add an app it prompts me through the micosoft account info. Once I go through the process and get to the point of switching accounts to Microsoft account it informs that I al …

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Can’t retrieve my hotmail account

Just bought this computer and will not let me into Hotmail. Had to sign up for outlook. Says I should be able to get my Hotmail account added, but when I try to get it, it pops into my outlook account and says I already …

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Why is outlook.com not as user friendly as Windows Mail?

I am in the process of changing my provider, so will lose my O2 addresses. So that I can change providers more easily in the future I signed up for a couple of outlook.com & gmail addresses only to find I can't use them …

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EMAIL

Where can I find a list of my Hotmail emails?

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Trouble with multiple member accounts

I have 5 member accounts on outlook.com 4 of 5 work. when I try and access the 5th it says my account is invalid...or try to change the password I get the same Any Ideas?

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No Cell phone

I have no cell phone so cannot receive text message, so how do I forward an email?

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Delivery Status Notification (Failure)‏

I have been receiving Delivery Status Notification (Failure) on and off for about 2 months when sending from either of my hotmail accounts. The email addresses I am sending to are correct as I am successfully able to sen …

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Hotmail account was deleted by me…..can it be retrieved?

Two months ago, I deleted and shut down my Hotmail account. Is it possible to retrieve the messages that were in it? I have restored the account, but all of my folders are empty. Can I get them all back? Thanks.

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outlook email page

when ARCHIVE on top of page is clicked where does message go to ?? most important tho how do I open it up again to read the message

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Cannot send Outlook.com custom domain email using Outlook 2010

just setup a custom domain email address using outlook.com The email looks as *** Email address is removed for privacy *** The status in the Windows Live Admin center says "Active" for my custom domain. All the DNS setti …

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Fraud Detection

Sometimes I have a notice at the top of an email that reads, "Be careful!!! This sender failed our fraud detection checks." I have not been able to find a way to remove it. With it on there I am not able to reply to the …

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Skydrive 8.1 won’t sync – stuk on uploading

Hi there Since updating to Win8.1 on my tablet (Lenovo ThinkPad tablet 2) over 2 weeks ago I've been totally unable to get sky drive sync'd. Sky drive has always worked flawlessly with the old desktop app, but this new s …

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Moving Email from doteasy to outlook.com

I would like to be able to move all of my employee email addresses from doteasy to outlook.com. However, I have read that in the process, I will loose all emails that have been saved in the doteasy accounts. Some of thes …

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moving away from sympatico

I plan to leave Bell and will lose my sympatico email. Will I still have service via an alias that I have set up for outlook/Hotmail?

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import contacts and history form Outlook 2007 to Outlook.com

How do I import my contacts and history from Outlook 2007 to outlook.com? I have stopped my messages going into Outlook 2007 (as otherwise they don't also go into Outlook.com) but I don't have my contacts and history ava …

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contacts

Is there a way to move (copy) my contacts from windows live to my outlook , g-mail addresses/ thanks

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Domain verification

Hi, We are trying to use outlook.com for our domain www.netparcel.com We have created an MX record to verify the domain, but we still see the status of the domain as "Pending DNS configuration" Please let us know what th …

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Groups

How do I create a group in Outlook using just the email addresses from ta particular email message? I sent and email message to over 40 people, many of whom are not in my outlook email contact list. I want to avoid havin …

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