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(SOLVED) All contacts in Windows Live Mail are gone or not syncing

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Windows Live Mail

Consider this scenario: You have been using Windows Live Mail for quite a long time. Everything is working fine and you just loved it. After several months or even years of using it, you have accumulated a lot of email addresses or contacts in your Windows Live Mail.  Then suddenly a disaster happened. You opened Windows Live Mail one day and all your contacts are gone. You accessed your email account on the web and all contacts are intact there. But not in Windows Live Mail. Then you start blaming… Read More

(SOLVED) Outlook 2013 or 2016 stopped working with error code 0x80004005

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Outlook Error Fix

This very annoying error has been reported several times from people who upgraded their version of Windows to the latest Windows 10, or to those who upgraded their MS Office to the latest 2013 or 2016 versions. In most cases, Outlook is able to send and receive emails just fine but the annoying error pops up every now and then. In other cases, Outlook is unable to send and/or receive due to the error. Other solutions include the following: Repairing the MS Office installation through Control Panel Downloading and installing… Read More

(SOLVED) Microsoft Outlook can receive emails but cannot send after Windows 10 upgrade

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Since Microsoft’s release of Windows 10 to the public for free, several million of users a over the world upgraded to Windows 10. Wile others hesitated due to possible unwanted incompatibility issues. The later were right since one of the most annoying side-effects of the upgrade to Windows 10 is that MS Outlook is able to receive emails, but cannot send any emails out. Frustrating, right?  If you are unable to send an email in your MS Outlook 2007 or later program, then most likely, the very first thing that… Read More

[SOLVED] Cannot open any emails in Windows Live Mail 2012. Cannot reply to emails as well

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Windows Live Mail 2012

Millions of Microsoft Windows users are also using its free email client called Windows Live Mail 2012, the new email client after Outlook Express in Windows XP was discontinued. Also, this Windows Live Mail 2012 is only one of the programs in the free software suite called Windows Essentials 2012.  After installing Windows Live Mail or Windows Essentials 2012, launching the email client and setting up your email account is easy and straightforward. Most of the times, no immediate problems will show up.   However, as you use Windows Live Mail… Read More

5 Tips on How to Use Emails Safely

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5 Tips on How to Use Emails Safely

Electronic mail (e-mail) is the fastest and widely used mode of communication in this digital age. It is used for both business and personal communication. However, as an internet-driven communication medium, emails are never secure. Therefore, caution and best practices must be observed at all times in order to use and manage your emails safely. This article shares 5 fundamental tips on how to use your email safely. 1. Do not download and open unsolicited attachments Most hackers easily distribute their hacking tools as attachments to unsolicited emails. These hacking… Read More

Better Things Comping Up: Outlook.com Just Turned 1

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Microsoft celebrated the first year anniversary of its email-defining moment in history: Outlook.com. Though this email service is packed with lots of features, there are still thousands of people out there who are not happy about the interface change. Besides the new look-and-feel of your old classic Hotmail account, what else do you notice in Outlook.com? Do you still want to revert back to the classic interface? Unfortunately, as of this time of writing, Microsoft no longer provides a permanent link to revert back to the classic Hotmail interface. Things You… Read More

5 Practical Ways to Spot an Email Scam

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The most valid reason why email scammers are still out there is because their tricks still fool thousands or even millions of people around the world. So as long as there are possible victims, the scammers thrive. This article shares five (5) practical tips on how to detect and avoid email scams. The Common Purpose of an Email Scam Why are hackers or the bad guys engaging in email scams? The main of the reason is to extort money. Others send out scam emails to distribute malwares that will make… Read More

All emails that I sent are NOT saved in Sent Folder of my Outlook.com (Hotmail)! Help!

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From Hotmail to New Outlook

Have you experienced in your Hotmail (Outlook.com) that your sent emails are not saved automatically to your Sent folder upon sending the message? If you are using a web browser to send and receive emails from your Hotmail account, there is a way to resolve the problem. The default behavior of emails like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, is that every time an email is sent, a copy of the email is stored in the Sent folder. In email programs like MS Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, etc. the same behavior… Read More