Deleting Sign-In?

I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as a
standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But Windows
Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and identities?

"Export" all contacts and messages to a CSV file and store on your hard
drive before taking any such action to ensure you are backed up. WLM
doesn't support "identities".


"Art" <> wrote in message
news:7A1F5258-4ABE-49E0-B638-...
> I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as a
> standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But
> Windows
> Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
> delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and
> identities?

Why do you need to delete?
Alt, Tools, Options, Connection, Stop signing in.
Messages are not a part of a Live ID. They are stored under each email
account.

Login to contacts.live.com and export your contacts.
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Art" <> wrote in message
news:7A1F5258-4ABE-49E0-B638-...
> I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as a
> standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But
> Windows
> Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
> delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and
> identities?

There are no identities in WLM

When using a Windows Live ID to sign in to Windows Live in WLM, the contacts created when using the Live ID are stored in a local
database for that specific Live ID. Each Live ID used to sign in to Windows Live has its own unique contacts database. All Live ID
contacts are also stored on the web. The web and local database sync with each Live ID sign on to ensure changes made in either
location are common.

If you stop signing in with the Live ID you will operate WLM in the default account(the Live ID contacts will not be available in
WLM)...you will have to import contacts or create them manually.
- Note: Deleting a Live ID account in WLM does not delete the contacts for that Live ID from the web UI(contacts.live.com).



--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"Art" <> wrote in message news:7A1F5258-4ABE-49E0-B638-...
> I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as a
> standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But Windows
> Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
> delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and identities?

Sorry--I meant "email accounts" instead of "identities." Still not sure if
deleting my Sign-In Live account registration will erase these accounts and
all their contacts, messages, and settings in the standalone Windows Live
Mail that I started out with.

For those who wonder why any sane person would wish to terminate a Windows
Live account, I don't make use of any Windows Live services/features except
email client, so there's no reason to store all my personal information
on-line. I'm an Outlook Express "orphan" now using Windows 7 and I miss the
functionality and predictability of OE. Thanks to all who replied.

Opting out of he sign-in process does absolutely nothing to your
mail accounts or emails.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Art" <> wrote in message news:B7D2E515-7F9E-45F9-9C7E-...
> Sorry--I meant "email accounts" instead of "identities." Still not sure if
> deleting my Sign-In Live account registration will erase these accounts and
> all their contacts, messages, and settings in the standalone Windows Live
> Mail that I started out with.
>
> For those who wonder why any sane person would wish to terminate a Windows
> Live account, I don't make use of any Windows Live services/features except
> email client, so there's no reason to store all my personal information
> on-line. I'm an Outlook Express "orphan" now using Windows 7 and I miss the
> functionality and predictability of OE. Thanks to all who replied.

If you were using that Live ID to sign on to WLM, see the prior post about Contacts...

The sign on with a Live ID does not have any significance regarding email accounts setup in WLM, the account settings, or the
messages(sent/received past, present, or future).


--
....winston
MS-MVP[Mail]

"Art" <> wrote in message news:B7D2E515-7F9E-45F9-9C7E-...
> Sorry--I meant "email accounts" instead of "identities." Still not sure if
> deleting my Sign-In Live account registration will erase these accounts and
> all their contacts, messages, and settings in the standalone Windows Live
> Mail that I started out with.
>
> For those who wonder why any sane person would wish to terminate a Windows
> Live account, I don't make use of any Windows Live services/features except
> email client, so there's no reason to store all my personal information
> on-line. I'm an Outlook Express "orphan" now using Windows 7 and I miss the
> functionality and predictability of OE. Thanks to all who replied.

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:29:01 -0800, Art wrote:

> I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as a
> standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But Windows
> Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
> delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and identities?

Um, no. It does not say anything about "losing" stuff. It just says, "If you
stop signing in, you'll stop synchronizing contacts and caledar events for
{%%}." Where {%%} is whatever Windows Live
ID you used in the first place.

To stop synchronizing is not to "lose" anything. Everything related to your
Windows Live ID remains on the Windows Live servers, whether you
synchronize, or not. But you won't have access to your Windows Live ID
contacts, because you won't be synchronizing with the online database.
Unless you export your Contacts from the online databases to a .csv file,
and import them into Windows Live Mail, which will create a local Contacts
database. But your online Contacts, and your local Contacts can become "out
of synch" if they are not synchronized by using a Windows Live ID to sign
in.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Adding or deleting an email account in WLM has nothing to do with signing in
to Live services (contacts, calendar, photo upload).
If you remove the account from WLM, you will not send or receive emails from
that account. Removing the account from WLM does not remove the account
from the server.

In WLM, Alt + T, Options, Connection, Stop signing in.


"trojans 94" wrote in message
news:840BCD5F-F430-4A9F-9582-...

how do you get into alt, tools, options, stop signing in. Do I need to sign
into WLM? I couldn't find it once I logged in.

thank,


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> Why do you need to delete?
> Alt, Tools, Options, Connection, Stop signing in.
> Messages are not a part of a Live ID. They are stored under each email
> account.
>
> Login to contacts.live.com and export your contacts.
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "Art" <> wrote in message
> news:7A1F5258-4ABE-49E0-B638-...
> > I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as
> > a
> > standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But
> > Windows
> > Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
> > delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and
> > identities?
>
> .
>

WLM Version 2011 Build 15.x

Alt F/Options/Mail/Connections
or
Alt F O M then click Connections



....winston

"trojans 94" wrote in message news:840BCD5F-F430-4A9F-9582-...

how do you get into alt, tools, options, stop signing in. Do I need to sign
into WLM? I couldn't find it once I logged in.

thank,


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> Why do you need to delete?
> Alt, Tools, Options, Connection, Stop signing in.
> Messages are not a part of a Live ID. They are stored under each email
> account.
>
> Login to contacts.live.com and export your contacts.
> --
> Ron Sommer
> MS MVP-Mail
>
> "Art" <> wrote in message
> news:7A1F5258-4ABE-49E0-B638-...
> > I'd like to delete my Windows Live account and revert to using WLMail as a
> > standalone without a sign-in or access to the account features. But
> > Windows
> > Live warns that if I delete I will lose my contacts, etc. Can I safely
> > delete my sign-in and still preserve my contacts, messages, and
> > identities?
>
> .
>