Just started happening. Starting up messenger works, the login works, changing windows works. I can see received messages and I can see messages I send from my phone. I can also change my status. However, everything else is locked up. I ran the repair program but the problem persisted so I uninstalled, restarted my computer, and reinstalled and yet the problem is still there.


EDIT: Just tried uninstalling 2012 and installing 2011. No go.
All I want to do is add a phone number to a current contact.... sorry "People".  HOW DO I DO IT??????????
Could it be that the account was hacked and something changed? On my i phone that particular account is the default account, so every time I go into mail on the phone, it tells me "The username or password for .....@ hotmail.com is incorrect". But the password or username has definitely not been changed by me.
Things just keep getting worse and worse with my Outlook in Office for Mac 2011.  I have spent hours on the phone with Microsoft, and have re-built my identity countless times.  This has been done to address a host of issues but each time we fix one thing, something else goes wrong.  The current issues are: (1) All of my sent e-mails appear in duplicate in the Sent folder and have to be manually downloaded by opening them individually; (2) Search does not work in mail AT ALL; and (3) when I accept a meeting request, it does not go into my calendar, the request simply gets deleted.  I'm wondering if my Outlook is just hopelessly corrupted at this point.  I should perhaps mention that I use Outlook with a gmail account. 
Hello.  I have hotmail and it now uses People for the contacts list.  However, the phone numbers don't seem to have carried over.  Also, when I enter a new contact, there's a "phone" designation but no box to enter the phone number and no apparent functionality.  How can I solve these 2 problems?  I'm not a technically savy person.  Thanks.
How can I constantly sync Outlook 2011 for Mac contacts and calendar between two Macs and my Motorola phone using Gmail?  I am one person and do not have Exchange Server.  My phone is my main device.  The MacBook and IMac are at different locations.  I need constant syncing everywhere.

I also find it interesting that Office 2011 is not a set category by Microsoft in the Version drop down box.  Jeez.

1.  Will the new Windows Phone by Lumia overcome this?
2.  I have an Outlook email account.  If I change exclusively to this, will it allow constant and immediate synchronization?  Or is the IMAP protocol always going to be the issue?
3.  Why isn't there an "Exchange Server" type of workaround for individuals via the cloud or locally stored??

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I had an MSN email account for years that was hacked into a year ago. I have filled out the online forms 50 times, but they can't verify it was my account because the hackers not only changed the password, but also the security question and contact phone number. I have proof it was my account, and I need it back for some emails I had on there for an upcoming court case. I have provided contacts, emails and everything else they should need to verify it was my account. Also, if you go to Spokeo email look up, and put in my hacked email address, it shows ME as the owner. Microsoft has been no help to me thus far. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING I HAVE EVER GONE THROUGH.
Currently with my Lumia 800 I'm using the calendar that came with the phone but if I need to install some new calendar that's no problem: as long as I would see the same calendar data that's on my Outlook calendar. 
It used to be under options > create rule . not there anymore :-(