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Install Windows live mail on Windows 8.

Original title: windows mail on W8 to windows live mail? I hate the mail program on my new laptop, Windows 8.  How can I change the email program to Windows Live Mail as I use with Windows 7? ***Post moved by the moderator to the appropriate forum…

Windows for home | Other | Email and communications
asked 2013-03-13T19:01:11+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows 8 - Hitachi Touro Pro

Can anyone help me out with this. I have 4 x 2TB Hitachi Touro Pro external hard drives. All work 100% in Windows 7. However, they do not work under Windows 8. When connected you will hear the sound notifying you a USB device was attached but not…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Devices and drivers
asked 2012-10-29T18:44:53+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to Install .net framework 1.1 in Windows 7 64-bit?

Net framework 1.1 incompatible and will not run in Windows 7 64-bit. I desperately need the program to work, and it is dependent on 1.1 being installed.

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Apps
asked 2009-11-25T19:40:06+00:00
Anonymous
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Sys Tray icon discussion on 22572 +

Split from this thread. 22572.100 ni_release one issue so far Won't let me move my system tray icons where I want anymore. Other than that, installed fine on both laptops.

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Personalization and accessibility
asked 2022-03-13T21:01:33+00:00
Anonymous
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Snipping Tool issues with Build 25295

Split from this thread. Sure did. Tried also repair and reset. It didn't help. Would be nice to be able to install older versions in cases like this. Hi Sibro, I solved the Snipping Tool problem by restoring 25284 and then upgrading to 25295…

Windows Insider program | Windows Insider preview | Desktop environment and Start menu
asked 2023-02-11T14:14:11+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers

Why did the robux option disappear in Microsoft rewards?

I spent almost a year building up my points to get robux and now the option has disappeared! I am really sad about this.

Bing | Microsoft Rewards
Bing | Microsoft Rewards

A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.

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asked 2024-11-06T23:53:41+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers

Surface Pro 3 short battery life

Split from this thread. I was wondering if I have a defective unit. I have an i5 surface pro 3 and I only get about 4 hours of battery life playing YouTube videos at about 40 % brightness and about 5 hours of web browsing.  The computer shuts off when…

Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery
asked 2016-08-15T19:41:38+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers

Surface Pro 4, annoying noise from the back!

Can someone explain why the back of my surface pro 4 (only when the brightness isn't 0% or 100%) makes a noise? For example, when it is on 25% of brightness it starts making a strange noise slight like a whistling... Can someone help me?

Surface | Surface Pro | Power and battery
asked 2015-11-27T23:44:34+00:00
Anonymous
85 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

LPD Service stops after CVE-2024-38027

I've already 3 different servers (Win2016-Win2022-Win11) that have LPD Service stopping/crashing after applying July Updates with CVE-2024-38027  Anybody else with same problem? Removing Updates solved the problem but it's not the ideal solution.

Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | System management components
asked 2024-07-11T09:18:26+00:00
Anonymous
answered 2024-07-18T07:48:11+00:00
Anonymous
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MS Word Read Aloud voice changes tone

I'm using the Read Aloud feature, and the "female" voice changed its tone when it hit this one paragraph. I don't think there's anything special about the text, but the voice changed to sound emotionally elated. Why is it doing this, when I…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2024-03-20T11:04:45+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers

Force sync in OneDrive

Is there any way of forcing OneDrive to sync? Let's say a user uploads a document on one client, and user 2 wants to access that document immediately on his client, but onedrive haven't synced that folder yet. Is there a way to force a manual sync?…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | Other | Windows
asked 2024-02-13T08:24:30+00:00
Anonymous
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Hi, using Exchange 365 and GMAIL is bouncing all emails -- unsolicited email from your IP address

I did all the domain checks and everything is checking out fine. SPF and reverse DNS are all correct. "Remote server returned '550 5.4.300 Message expired -> 421 4.7.28 [2a01:111:f403:7052::701 15] Our system has detected an unusual;rate of…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For business | Other
asked 2023-09-09T15:18:02+00:00
Anonymous
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How Can I Reduce Size of Ribbon Icons & Text in Office 365 / 2016?

Since MS Office was updated earlier in 2019 (for me) I have had this stupidly sized ribbon that takes up about double the screen area compared to previous iterations of Office.  I want to reduce it, so do many other people it seems but there seems to be …

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Other
asked 2019-09-26T00:38:24+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Disk Utility warnings in OS X Mojave and OneDrive for mac

OneDrive for Mac (v 18.222.1104.0007) is causing error in OS X Disk Utility (OS X Mojave 10.14.2 and 10.14.1): warning: inode_val: object (oid 0xcb5b5): invalid bsd_flags (0x10) Found this being OneDrive by re-installing the operating system and also by…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
asked 2018-12-26T09:46:26+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers

Excel 2013 High CPU Usage

We work on a product that uses Excel, we are now testing all aspects of Excel 2013. During these tests, we seem to have encountered a problem where excel suddenly causes high CPU usage by only drawing some shapes. We have been able to minimize the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
asked 2013-10-21T13:21:14+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers

How to change the installation language of Office 2013

Hi, I bought the boxed version of Office 2013 Home and Business English edition at a local store. I come home, open the box and there's no disc (!??) I go to office.com/setup as per instructions, enter my key and then forced to created a microsoft…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2013-02-02T23:38:44+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Mac Office 2011 Update 14.2.4: "Error encountered installation failed".

I have tried installing the latest update of Mac Office 2011 which is version 14.2.4, however, at the end of the installation I get a message "error encountered installation failed".

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Other
asked 2012-09-20T03:41:05+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Insert the date an Excel Workbook was last modified.

Is there a way to insert, into a cell, the date that a workbook was last modified? Perhaps by getting the modified date from the file's properties into a cell. Thanks in advance.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
asked 2010-11-17T00:13:29+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do I download the "Classic" version of Outlook to my computer?

How do I download the "Classic" version of Outlook to my computer? My web hosting service who also supports my email address does not support Microsoft's New cloud-based Outlook app and therefore I need to use the Classic version. I have…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
asked 2024-08-17T23:38:36+00:00
Anonymous
84 answers

"We don't support that country code. Use an email instead."

hey ive been facing this problem "We don't support that country code. Use an email instead." whenever i try to add a number and i cant redeem my rewards

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2024-08-11T04:36:23+00:00
Anonymous