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Calendar workaround for ending a recurring/repeating event

I have an event in my Outlook.com calendar that has been repeating every week for the past 3 years. This week, my schedule is about to change, and I need to change the day of the week on which it occurs. I've noticed tha …

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Skydrive doesn’t upload with Family Safety Enabled

Hi - I have family safety enabled on one of my accounts. Prior to upgrading to Win 8.1, skydrive upload worked great from my PC. After Win 8.1 install, skydrive upload no longer works. What I've found is that when I disa …

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Hotmail not functioning properly since “upgrade”

Since the "upgrade" I am no longer able to delete, forward, reply, or even open emails. I have confirmed I am using a compatible browser (firefox 24.0) and only have this problem with hotmail, no other programs. I have w …

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Other email recipients are on my email

Hi, something very strange has happened with outlook/hotmail; My boss at work wrote me an email and under her email there was an email from my girlfriend. I have no idea how both emails got attached together, can my boss …

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Does Skydrive work with the new Mac Os X Maverick?

I had a problem with Skydrive when I used OsX Mountain Lion but someone gave me a fix, now Apple has come out with Maverick will it work or will I have to install another fix later?

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Duplicate SkyDrive Folders in C:\users\[username]

When I upgraded from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, a second SkyDrive file was created in c:\users\[username]. The folders have the same path, same name and sync to the same SkyDrive account. I have tried to remove the duplic …

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Where is Outlook’s scam button?

Does anyone know how to mark an e-mail as a scam? Since I was switched from hotmail, the button has gone. Today I discovered an e-mail asking for money, and it had apparently been screened as junk, but I found it. The me …

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Delete Outlook.com Account and Reuse Email Address Immediately

I have a current microsoft account which is my main account. When Outlook.com was launched I created a new @outlook.com email address and didn't realize it created a brand new microsoft account. What I would prefer to do …

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SD stuck at uploading files

I'm having the same problem - before the update from 8 to 8.1 I had purchased extra storage & uploaded 78 GBs onto Skydrive and it was working like a dream until 48 hours ago. Now the progress is stuck at 'Uploading 17,0 …

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can’t redeem “3gb of SkyDrive bonus storage”

I bought two Surface machines yesterday, a Surface Pro and a Surface 2. When I try to redeem the bonus 3gb of storage with the code in my "Welcome to Windows 8" pamphlet I get and error telling me that "this type of code …

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Being prompted to update Windows Essentials

I don't want to risk any deletion of any system which Concerns my Windows 7. I've been prompted to download an upgrade of Windows Live over and over. Also my Skype account I want no changes in. Right now I have no one to …

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sent emails in outlook.com disappeared

all sent email messages in outlook.com have disappeared prior to 10/11/2013....i have about 8 months of sent emails that are critical to me in managing a not for profit organization... i really appreciate the help to rec …

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skydrive sync issue

Hi I am having a problem with SkyDrive. I have successfully uploaded about 16gb of data (c8000 files) but in the progress section of the modern SkyDrive app it is showing 3 files as completed and will not remove them fro …

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How do I block **** sites in Family Safety?

I can see that the child has been viewing "suspectible" sites but they are not blocked. Do I have to do something to block every one separately? Thank you [Moved from feedback]

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That Microsoft account doesn’t exist

I downloaded 8.1 the other day. I went to download an app and it said I needed to verify my e-mail address -- I hit resend e-mail and I got an error. The reason for the error is the wrong e-mail address is listed. It was …

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Sd not uploading

Hi! Two Win8.1 Pro PCs; the first one (updated from windows store) sync all files correctly The second one can't upload any file! (installed from the win8.1 MSDN ISO file) I already have all files in the skydrive folder …

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Please send IP login history

Hi, My account was recently compromised and used to spam viruses to everyone I know, but I finally have control of my account again and it's secure with a new password and phone number authentication. Could you please se …

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SkyDrive synchronization – will not log in or sync

I have SkyDrive applications installed on two machines -- a Windows 7 laptop and a Windows Surface Pro (8.0). Historically, synchronization between the two has worked without issue, and I have not changed anything on my …

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