Windows 7: Query re WLM

Have had to reinstall my entire machine - hard drive failure.

Have got it all set up with most of the stuff I had before except the WLM.

Have downloaded Live Essentials signed in etc etc - is there a tutorial on how to set it up - Ive had a quick look but cannot find what I want.

The damn application seems to have a mind of it's own and I am seriously thinking of buying either MS Office Mail or going gmail as this constant problem happens all the time on all my machines in fact not just this one really getting on my nerves.

Is this of any help

Email setup: Windows Live Mail 2011

Ok Bright Blessings will give it a go again before they come and lock me up for being potty(er) lolzzzz You see what I mean your email has for reply to thread come through no problem where I've been trying for two hours to get something happening - very frustrating eh??

By the way how come you get two green dots for being a senior or is it just cos you're cleevereererrerr than me lolzzzzzz!!

Now I do have an account but it lets me send but not receive but I think I have got the gist of it now it's just a matter of finding what password I have on my other two machines.


That ref you gave me was so nice and simple - has to be for me I am afraid these days!!lol

Buggered if I know

Hope you get it sorted
Stay sane

Have got it sending but not receiving.

Even tried setting up a second account - same thing it's got to be something to do with those accounts settings eh??

But I'm determined not to let the little bugga beat me!! lolzzzzz Oh sane whats that??

Open your WLM > send a test message to yourself .
Click Sync to receive your test message > if you are unable to receive, you will get an error message.
Post the error message in its entirety...... verbatim. No paraphrasing please.
If the error message contains your e-mail address, change it to something esle so no one will know it. That is the only info you can conceal. Otherwise, the error message must be " as is ".

Ok mate will try that but as I will have to send via this machine it might take a while to type out what it says but I'll try.

Now I am going to sound like a real no brainer but where the heck do I find "sync" in WLM - I have Googled to see and it refers to the drop down box with New Save etc in it but cannot find the sync reference you speak of.

Strange thing is that I get a MS Office Mail box with all the messages in pop up at times (cmae bundled with my Toshiba and want me to put in my activation code and I am getting so tempted to just go and buy this product to save all of you others and myself non stop hassle with WLM Its go to worth the $200??

Mate I have just tried another account again and deleted the original one and used my ISP providers password and it works on that machine now.

The other machines are working to and from the new install so maybe after all that I just needed to set the second account as the first one had been disrupted or something. The only two things I have to do now is ad my contacts to the new account and switch off the WLM and back on again before it will download messages - but it's always done that!

Look everyone I am sorry for taking up so much of your time but it was and is always a problem area for me when I've had to do rebuilds etc

All help so very much appreciated you are all such a great bunch of people and this id a great forum.