Questions tagged [windows-live]
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How can I delete Microsoft Account (formerly Windows Live ID) automatically?
I'm looking for a way to delete accounts I've previously logged in with automatically with a script. I'm having trouble searching for the cache location of them. I've looked in multiple different ...
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How to REQUIRE password for authentication (Microsoft Live Account login)
How do I lock-down my Microsoft account such that a password is required to login?
https://login.microsoftonline.com/
I logged-into my Microsoft Live account for the first time in some years, and I ...
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linking a Microsoft Account to a license?
Just curious about the process for creating and authenticating a Microsoft account in relation to activating a system.
It's basically a requirement to provide your legal name and phone number?
The ...
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Windows 10 Home - Login screen is now asking for password instead of 4 digit pin
My primary desktop is running Windows 10 Home. Normally when I boot the computer up, I am presented with the login screen where I am asked to enter a 4 digit pin in order to login to windows. Last ...
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How do I switch from Windows Live login/password to local without Live password, but with Administrator access?
A friend recently passed away, and his wife asked me to gain access to his Windows laptop for which she doesn't know the password.
When I try to guess the password, I get this error message:
You ...
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Unable to access Outlook mail on Google Chrome
Immediately after logging in to Outlook mail, I get a tool-tip about "Focused and Other inboxes". After clicking on the 'Got It' button, I am unable to open anything. Everything on the page is ...
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Why can't I sign in to OneNote 2016 (64-bit)?
I am trying to get my computer to sign on to 64-bit OneNote 2016 on Win 7.
While the popup window shows up fine, when I input my credentials and although I get no error messages, I get another ...
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How can I prevent Skype from suggesting me to other people?
How can I keep my Skype profile from coming up as suggestions on other people's Skype account, even though I have their phone/email on my phone, or they have my phone/email on theirs?
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Accepted shared outlook.com calendar now what
I've shared my live.com calendar with another outlook.com account following the steps at Share with People You Choose. I clicked on the accept link in the the outlook.com account. It asks me to log ...
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How do I create an account on Windows 10 without internet?
As soon as I got Windows 10, I determined what domains were used for surveillance and/or were major annoyances and blocked them at the local DNS server. Among them was login.live.com, the blocking of ...
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Can a virus/malware spread through windows live id shared settings?
I replaced a harddisk in a computer that was previously filled with viruses and malware and reinstalled windows 10 from scratch. When the owner set up their windows live account some settings like ...
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How do I get windows 10 to read regional languages?
I recently upgraded to windows 10, everything is working fine but I can't read my mother language on windows 10 (Malayalam) and I can't read some languages that are showing in the Google search. I ...
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Can I update BIOS through Windows Live CD? [closed]
I was wondering if it would be possible to do it. I have 5 laptops and 3 desktops and non of them run Windows only Linux. Thanks.
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Windows Showing Access Denied Error to Folders I Own
I logged on to my computer today and wanted to remove a program from my start up folder which I placed there a few months ago. While navigating there, I got an error on the start up folder that stated ...
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Remove Windows Live credentials from Microsoft Word
I have a Windows 7 Professional 32 bits with all service packs and Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 with all service packs.
I use OneDrive to store my docs and I open it from Internet Explorer ...
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How do I unlink OneDrive using settings on Windows 8.1
I log in to my laptop with my gmail account but I cannot unlink the integrated OneDrive to access my existing onedrive account (user ID is an @live.com account). When I right-click the task bar and ...
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Standard user account for Windows 8.1 is created, but cannot login
When creating users accounts I am signed in under my Microsoft Live account, this account is already part of the Administrators group. I can create the new Standard User account but when trying to log ...
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Add Windows 8.1 user: Service unavailable
When I try to add a user with Microsoft Live account via PC-Settings (German Windows 8.1) I get the message "The service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.", for several days now. While ...
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Is Microsoft's Photosynth app blocked in China?
I've been making photosynths for a few years on my travels but in China I can't seem to log in via the Photosynth app. I get this error:
(In fact I hadn't realized until now that it's tied in to ...
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Search mail content in WLM (Windows Live Mail)
I can search the word in mail subject or sender/receiver of a mail easily as:
But, I want to search a word in mail content.
I tried following:
But the "Message" option greyed out!
Why? How to ...
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Can't login into Windows 8.1 - password field limited to 9 characters?
I just bought a new Windows 8 Dell Vostro 5470 laptop. I signed in with my Live account, which I use on my main computer everyday.
I upgraded into Windows 8.1, and set up fingerprint authentication ...
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How to install/upgrade to Windows 8.1 RTM without a Microsoft account
When I installed Windows 8, I deliberately chose not to use a Microsoft account to sign in. I like to keep things separate, and just logon with a traditional local account. Any apps that require me to ...
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How can I transfer all of my contacts from Google to Live.com
I have linked my Google account to Live.com, and now my Google contacts are visible in Live.com. However, I would rather copy all of the contact data into Live.com, so that I can shut down my Google ...
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How to see tasks in Calendar both Windows 8 application and web application calendar.live.com
May be I'm missing something obvious but...
I can't see my tasks neither in Windows 8 Calendar application nor in web version (which is synced with Windows 8).
By the way creation of tasks is ...
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Multiple windows Live versions?
Today Steam asked me to do a little hardware and software survey and I thought, why not. After the survey you see the results. Most of it was pretty obvious except for this part:
Συλλογή φωτογραφιών ...
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Adding domain alias for already running account @ domains.live.com
I'm really having some problems to get straight answer from Microsoft Community:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/admin-signin/adding-domain-alias-for-already-running-account/...
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Download Office 2013 without Windows Live
I need to install Office 2013 on an end user's PC but am being asked to log into Windows Live to retrieve the install. Is there any workaround for this as I don't want the install associated with my ...
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Where is skydrive in outlook.com [closed]
I used to use Skydrive in live/hotmail.com. The step is login my account then click skydrive tab. But now when I login live/hotmail, it is redirected to outlook.com, I can't find skydrive anymore.
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My account gets locked out of the Windows domain
I work in a BYOD environment and my laptop still have Windows 7.
Every so often I get locked out of the domain at our company and have to phone the IS helpdesk and ask them to unlock my account. ...
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Storage location of video tags in Windows Live Photo Gallery
I know that Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 stores people tags and other metadata like ratings in the photos themselves (see a very similar question about photos here).
I'd like to know if the ...
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What user activity does Microsoft monitor on a Windows 8 machine? [closed]
With Windows 8 requiring a Microsoft Live account for login does that mean Microsoft is monitoring user activity?
If so, what? Is the need for a Live account primarily for Metro apps and usage, or ...
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Windows 8 / Live ID / Service logon credentials
Which logon credentials can one use to run a windows service with different permissions than "Local System" when the user is logged in using his Windows Live ID?
I have developed a windows service ...
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Should I create a new Windows Live ID for Windows 8?
Currently I'm using a local account to log into Windows 8. Back when I was setting up my Windows Phone for the first time I used my existing WL ID and it imported all my MSN Messenger contacts (which ...
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Windows 8 PC added to trusted list but still thinks it's untrusted
I just upgraded both my PCs to Windows 8 x64 and I went through the process to add my PCs to the trusted list on Windows Live. Both computers appear on the list in my account settings online, but ...
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Windows 8 live account while disconnected
I assumed that a connection was needed in order to login with a live ID, but I discovered that windows 8 allows me to log in even without internet.
This is convenient as I wouldn't want to be locked ...
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How do I change the Windows Live account that my OneNote Syncs with?
I am using OneNote 2010 and I want to change the account it syncs with but I can't find it anywhere. Anyone know how?
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Having a personal AND school-vended skydrive account with Windows 8
I'm running into a bit of trouble trying to solve this problem. When I first set up Windows 8, I made my own personal Windows live account - with a sensible user name that I desired and my own ...
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Change Windows 8 login from Live id to local account
Windows 8 asks for my Live login details when I login - I'd prefer to use a local password separate from my Live password. Is it possible to use a local password?
What do I lose out on if I don't use ...
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Reset Windows Live account for Windows 8
I have used the German release preview of Windows 8 and after installing the RTM available via MSDN my apps which were synced got automatically installed. However I have the English version of Win 8 ...
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Is there any way to change computer names on SkyDrive?
I've wiped my hard drive a few times I have a couple things called "Computer-Name, Computer-Name-1" and it's extremely annoying. I could just uninstall SkyDrive, but I have 19GB of files I don't want ...
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how to turn off Windows Live automatic updating?
I'm running Win 7 home edition. I have turned off automatic updates. But today I just opened Windows Movie Maker and after sometime I got a message saying windows live updates are ready to be ...
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Windows 8 login with Live ID without local account
We have just got Windows 8 Release Preview installed in our offices. We wanted to open it up for viewing to the public and I'd like to know if there is a way to let people log in with their Windows ...
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Is this my Windows Live account spamming, or just a spoofed sender?
Recently a friend told me he had been sent spam from one of my email addresses, and today I got bounced spam which had that email address as recipient. This email address was connected to MSN ...
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WP7 Contact sync with live does not work without "touching" the contact
I connected my WP7 with my Live account, in order to Sync the contacts. By the way these contacts comes from a GMail account, but I don't think it is strictly a problem. Apparently none of the ...
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How do I remove my SkyDrive information from Office?
I store my OneNote notebooks on SkyDrive. On my work computers, Office 2010 retains my SkyDrive info (I installed the sign in assistant as suggested; I don't know what effect this has).
I'm now ...
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Sync hotmail calendar with outlook (Without Outlook Connector!)
I have a slightly weird request, but will explain why I need this below.
I want to sync my Hotmail Calendar and Contacts with an Outlook account, without using Outlook Connector and without syncing e-...
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How recover account and emails from Windows Live Mail?
First I change the path of the C:\Users\Valter\Documents to D:\Document\Windows (in Windows 7 Professional) and when I enter in the my Windows Live Mail, my account and emails gone.
How do I recover ...
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How to publish from iPhoto to windows live?
Is it possible to publish photos in iPhoto to Windows Live Photos? Is there a plugin to iPhoto that will enable this?
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Remove dead computer from Live Mesh
I have Windows Live Mesh set up on a few machines I use frequently. I previously had it set up on a work machine at a company I'm no longer at--but didn't think to uninstall it from that computer ...
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All Windows Live Messenger chat being emailed to me
So for some reason I'm receiving emails from the person I'm chatting with containing the chat log of the last several lines of the conversation. This has happened with 2 different people only since I ...
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