MSN Hotmail becomes Windows Live Hotmail

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Peter G — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:22:04 GMT

How do I send email via a web-page, i.e. HTML 'mailto', to work with Windows Live Hotmail?

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Micky Gwilliam — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:58:24 GMT

"Windows Live Mail now can synchronize Windows Mail, Windows Calendar and Windows Contacts (all part of the Windows Vista OS) on the computer and Web."

How? I can't find the button. My Nokia only offers sync with Windows Contacts, not Windows Live Contacts; ergo I need to have the two Windows Contacts clients in sync.

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Judy H — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:25:01 GMT

Just bought a new conmputer with Vista Home Premium-Service Pack 1. Went to Windows Live Mail and set-up my Hotmail acct - received hotmail OK. Then imported outlook express folders and contacts from old computer (running Windows XP) into Windows Live Mail. Now Windows Live Mail cannot receive Hotmail messages. Error ID: 0x8DE00002. HELP!

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Shamilah — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:55:20 GMT

1) I am curious and been hearing that hotmail.com address will be decommissioned and replaced with live.com addresses. Is this true?

2) Yahoo Mail Beta allows me to chat with my contacts directly from the mailbox platform. Will Hotmail or Live Mail allow me to do that too in future? I am a Mac user by the way. I am curious if any of these updates and upgrades come in Mac versions as well. Thanks!

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windows — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:22:25 GMT

I just bought a new laptop with Windows Vista, I cannot even view my hotmail + yahoo emails! I cannot even open MSN website. can you help?

Confused

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anniesuz — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:57:13 GMT

Ever since msn hotmail changed to windows live hotmail, all of my forwarded emails are changed into a clumped mess of text. I tried to find an option to change this, but I can´t seem to find anything. Any help would be appreciated. I can´t forward work information that looks like a disaster! Thanks.

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spaldinr — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:14:31 GMT

Brandon,

This is a great idea by microsoft. Unfortunately the subscription price is a little steep if you just want to be able to sync your calendar. There should be another option. I was seriously considering completely switching from google services, but will wait until you get the pricing correct.

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Brandon LeBlanc — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:36:56 GMT

I should like to note that Microsoft is working on a better calendar sync-up scenario in the future and that the Outlook Connector is currently in beta and things can change between now with the first beta release and the final release of the next version of the Outlook Connector.

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Brandon LeBlanc — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:35:08 GMT

littletinymonkey, yes that website is correct in reporting that "Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid, subscription-only feature". And the paid, subscription service needed to sync your calendar is MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, or Office Live Premium. The current phrasing of the site doesn't really say the opposite of what I said above, rather pretty much the same. In order to sync your calendar up with the Outlook Connector beta you need to be on one of the three paid subscription services (MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, or Office Live Premium) to enable this functionality. Hotmail Plus is not one of the designated paid subscription services designed to enable calendar sync-up unfortunately.

What the phrasing means on the paragraph you quoted is that when you upgrade to the new Windows Live Hotmail - you have the ability to sync up notes, tasks, and calendar. If you are not using one of the three paid services enabling calendar sync-up (MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, or Office Live Premium) you will see an error in the Outlook Connector toolbar (screenshot shown on the page you linked).

- Brandon

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littletinymonkey — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:40:49 GMT

Perhaps what I need to find out is what the differences is between what that article is calling "subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail" and the subscription I purchased that is called "Windows Live Hotmail Plus"

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littletinymonkey — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:31:12 GMT

Perhaps I just need clarification as to what Windows Live Hotmail Plus is vs. what this Microsoft page is calling "subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail"...

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littletinymonkey — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:28:38 GMT

Brandon,

Thanks for responding. I really hope you are not correct on what you are saying there. In fact, here's a microsoft page that states the exact opposite:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102218231033.aspx#7

"Calendar synchronization with Outlook is a paid, subscription-only feature. When you subscribe to Windows Live Hotmail, you get to synchronize notes and tasks as well as your calendar. If you are using the Outlook Connector with a free Windows Live Hotmail account, you will see an alert on the Outlook Connector toolbar."

Hmm...

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Brandon LeBlanc — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:45:12 GMT

littletinymonkey, I actually wrote a follow-up to this post from Nick on the new Outlook Connector Beta. To sync your calendar up with the Outlook Connector beta you need to be a paid subscriber of MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, or Office Live Premium - this does NOT include Hotmail Plus.

You can read my follow-up post here:

http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/archive/2007/06/11/microsoft-office-outlook-connector-beta-now-available.aspx

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littletinymonkey — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 07:19:39 GMT

Brandon (or someone),

I downloaded the latest Outlook Connector beta when it came out a couple weeks ago. About 2 minutes into using it, I realized the benefit in using OC and becomming a Windows Live Hotmail Plus subscriber. At the time I was using Outlook 2003 Pro (have since tried with Office 2007 Ultimate and getting same results)...

What happens is (oh wait, before continuing, yes I can verify that I am a subscriber (4GB storage capacity, no adds in my spaces account or in webmail, etc)) when trying to utilize the calendar feature of OC, I get the popup and resulting error in the logfile: Outlook Connector is available only to subscribers.

I even tried using the non-beta version of OC and upgrading to Outlook 2007... Now I am sad.

I am running Windows XP Pro Sp2 32 bit, by the way.

I've searched and searched and searched for a way to make this work. I thought perhaps just relaxing and waiting a week or so things would work themselves out. No luck yet...

You are welcome to ignore my cry for help or contact me directly at littletinymonkey * hotmail * com !

Thanks.

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Brandon LeBlanc — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:17:55 GMT

Claret, I'm not sure what you mean by "Hotmail Live". Could you elaborate?

In order to sync your calendar in Outlook, you must be a paid subscriber of MSN Premium, Office Live Essentials, and Office Live Premium.

While the Outlook Connector Beta supports Outlook 2003, according to the download page is unfortunately does not support running on Windows 2000.

- Brandon