I don't use Hotmail for mail either, but that doesn't keep me from
using the special Live features that come with having Windows Live
Mail sign in to my Live ID. It is truly invaluable to have a fully
synced backup of your contacts online, should the local copy be lost.
--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen
"In2hoppn" <> wrote in message news:fbadnSWA7LxBkYDWnZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d@metrocastcab levision.com...
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>
> Meant to include that
> I don't use MSN or Hotmail.
> Just my email provided by my ISP.
> thanks.
> "In2hoppn" <> wrote in message
> news:Maedndkk1fBiloDWnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@metrocastcab levision.com...
>> I have new HP Pavilion with Windows 7 that I recently set up. I
>> downloaded Windows Live Mail, which is Version 2009 (Build
>> 14.0.8089.0726).
>> I had successfully copied my contacts from old computer to jumpdrive, and
>> imported them. Unfortunately, I never kept a copy (that I can find) of
>> that file.
>> Currently, I have noticed all my contacts have gone missing, including
>> ones that would have been generated since using this new computer!
>> I only have 3 contact in the address book currently.
>>
>> How to recover them??????
>> More important, how to stop this from happening again???????
>>
>> In2
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