hotmail problem
 

[Closed] hotmail problem

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Sorry, can't find anything about this on t'interweb.

Normally, when composing a message you can enter the 1st few letters of an email address in the 'To' slot and it finds it quickly. Now I get a little green thing going round & round and rarely does it become an address. All addresses have to be entered in full manually.

Any ideas?


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:39 am
 Drac
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http://ask-leo.com/how_to_i_control_windows_live_hotmails_autocomplete.html

Might help, I don't use hotmail though.


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:41 am
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Thw wife is having a similar issue: when reply to an email, the 'To' slot is empty and can;t be populated from her contacts - has to be entered manually. Can't remember if she's tried it in a new email.... Also came up with nothing from a cursory Google....


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:42 am
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drac - cheers for the suggestion. Tried it and still the same.

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Posted : 24/08/2012 9:54 am
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how are you accessing your hotmail? Using the windows live mail application installed on a pc, through an android app, or through the web interface?

edit: try accesssing your account through "outlook.com" - add an outlook alias for your hotmail address if need be, there are easy steps that you;re guided through. The interface is completely different and much nicer IMHO


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:55 am
 Drac
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Bugger, sorry don't use it so not sure.


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:56 am
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Err.. is it because Hotmail is changeing to Outlook?


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:57 am
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you could try upgrading to outlook, maybe they have broken something in the migration


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 9:57 am
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NBT - thought about that. It's on PC btw.


 
Posted : 24/08/2012 8:05 pm