The roll out of the new web based Hotmail.com began in mid June and continues to this day. As Mike Schackwitz explained about two weeks after it started this process is not going to be rushed. His estimate at the time was that there were still a few weeks left to finish if everything went smoothly. I imagine with the millions of people who use Hotmail that there are bound to be a few bumps. Even if it was 99% successful that is still a lot of bumps in that 1%.
If your like me and still waiting on your update to the new web interface then here is something you can do in the mean time to get up to speed on all the new features they have added.
This page features 15 second introductions to all the new features so in less than about 10 minutes you should have a great understanding of all the new terms and functions in the Hotmail web interface.
New Windows Live Hotmail Features
It is not unlike picking up that new piece of hardware or software at the store and then breaking out the users manual before you get home. Turns out to be a good way to fill that time until you can use the new item.
My favorite new feature is the Sweep tool. It makes it easy to eliminate unwanted email from my inbox without having to worry about unsubscribing and it lets me organize incoming email based on subject matter, sender, etc. It works similarly to the Rules Wizard in Outlook which I use a lot.
Two questions for you. What is your favorite feature and have you received the update yet? I look forward to hearing from you in the comments.
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wow i dont know what you guys did but it is bad. not only have i not been able to attach anything to my email(wont allow you to click on attach at all), but the help forums are getting no answers to anyone and people are mad. what in the world is going on??
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I am trying to link my two email accounts…I know the old hotmail you could…can you link hotmail accounts with the new hotmail??
Thanks
I am trying to
1. send my timesheet and then my invoice to my agent and the recent changes to hotmail will not let me attach anything.
2. When I try to create a new mail, the addresses dont come up automatically as they used to.
3. The stringing of sent and recieved emails together may seem like a nice feature but it is not what I want.
4. Time is money to me in these cases and I did not ask for these changes to be imposed.
5. As a person working in IT I find this process very poor and
6. I will have to switch very quickly to another email provider.
Alan,
I am sorry to hear your having some issues. I certainly do not recommend you wait for this to resolve or be fixed if it is costing you money.
I am sure Mircosoft will get this sorted out as anything that rolls out to this many people is going to encounter issues simply because of the variety of user systems.
However, like I said, do not wait for a fix to take care of things that cost you money.
I am having a problem with getting the message source – I am using ie and cleared cookies etc – I am getting the same error message – unable to get messagesource.aspx from SN120w.mail.live.com – Why do they impose these changes and make things more difficult? I now cannot find the source of scams. pishing etc
I see this seems to be a common problem are there any remedies or patches? using windows7 ie – all updated very frustrated with this !
Sara – sorry to hear your having problems as well. They certainly do not make these changes to create issues for folks but there is also no doubt that changes like this will cause problems for some.
Let me send a note to my MVP Lead and ask them to take a look at the issue.
Look for more info here later.
Not sure what is causing the view source error, I read a mention in the WL Solutions Center (I didn’t confirm this) that Hotmail now requires the entire email to load before you can view the source (making it somewhat less than useful), have you opened the email in Hotmail?
In general, if you’re having problems with Hotmail (a few are having some quite serious issues, unable to reply to email etc), as a workaround if you can use an offline mail reader such as Windows Live Mail you should be able to get to all your mail (and view source)
Kip – thanks for the update and suggestion on some possible fixes.
I hope everyone gets a chance to check these options out – otherwise I recommend you all use the http://www.windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?productid=1 forum and post directly to Hotmail support engineers the issues you are having to see if they can provide a direct remedy.
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