Windows Live Mail and Calendars

Anonymous
2015-11-21T02:05:20+00:00

Windows 10

Started today 11/20/2015 whenever I access Windows Live Mail (2012)  I get an error message 'There was an error when attempting to connect to the Windows Live Calendar service, check to see if there's an upgrade of Windows Live Mail available or contact a service representative.  I saw a reply for this problem dated 12/2014 but it did not address this problem in Win 10.  Please advise.  The PC was a Win 8.1 before the upgrade. 

Thank you!

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications

Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.

0 comments

84 answers

Sort by: Newest
Most helpful Newest Oldest
  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-24T17:18:44+00:00

    Unfortunately MS has not yet replied themselves with a total fix. Their server side issues persist, and some email accounts are not updating properly, or updating at all. Maybe someday MS will actually reply and respond to these issues.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  2. Anonymous
    2015-12-20T18:43:38+00:00

    I have this same issue. I look forward to it being resolved quickly.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-19T16:25:46+00:00

    Thanks Alexander.

    A quick google produces this InfoWorld Woody Leonhard which suggests that the fix only resolves the crash and doesn't make the calendar work. Also, the article still shows the supported platforms as windows 7, 8 and 8.1. Thinking I'll hold off for now as I'm on WIndows 10.

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  4. Anonymous
    2015-12-18T23:16:06+00:00

    Hotfix KB3093594 has been re-released on 12/17/2015. So you may now install the new d-Mail.msp. The calendar synchronization issue is solved and Live Mail 2012 doesn't crash any longer.

    Direct download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49486

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments
  5. Anonymous
    2015-12-16T20:06:00+00:00

    We received the email from Microsoft telling us to run the update in order to keep using Windows Live Mail (2012). The update killed our email. We have two Dell laptops. One with W10 and one with W7. We have 4 email accounts added to the Windows Live Email program. 3 are @Live accounts and 1 is an @Hotmail account. The update killed our ability to update and to receive our email in the various accounts. They just stopped updating and receiving. Sending is questionable. It appears the updates and aps it asked us to use also screwed up the email accounts on our iPhones. They too do not seem to be receiving or updating. Not sure one has to do with the other, but it is a coincidence, as the timing and issue occurred after running the requested update on both of our laptops (W10 and W7). There is no doubt, the update MS insisted we install, killed our Windows Live Mail accounts on the two laptops. Did MS not TEST this first? And what do we all do now that our mail programs are screwed up? Is MS unaware of what they did? Any plans for a solution?

    Was this answer helpful?

    0 comments