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We're seeing a few errors from Outlook users after upgrading to Windows 10, specifically a message reporting problems sending messages. The affected users receive error 0x800CCC13. 'Task 'email address alias@domain.com- Sending' Cannot connect to the network. Verify your network connection or modem.'.Reinstalling or repairing the Office install, making new profiles and … [Read more...] about Outlook Error Ox800ccc13 in Windows 10

I have a new Windows 8.1 computer. When I try to open a spreadsheet that is attached to an email, it takes 5-8 minutes for Excel to open the file. A banner at the top says it is opening in Protected View, and is extremely painful and slow.Try turning off Protected View. You'll need to make this change in Excel's (and/or Word's) Trust Center, not within Outlook. … [Read more...] about Outlook Attachments are Slow to Open

After using Outlook for awhile and organizing mail and contacts into subfolders, people often ask how to maintain the folder and subfolder structure in the Navigation pane and Favorites list.I use subfolders to organize my mail and contacts. Can I add a parent folder to Favorites and have the subfolders added automatically? Can I indent my subfolders on the Navigation … [Read more...] about Outlook's Navigation Pane and Favorites Q&A

A user had this question: Is it possible to have an email filter on Outlook that sends emails to a folder but also shows up in your Inbox so I don't miss any emails? Sure, you could do this with a rule that copies the message to another folder, but why would you want to create duplicate messages when you could use an Unread Search folder to display all unread messages in the … [Read more...] about Use an Unread Search Folder to Find Messages

I often connect my laptop to the internet using my phone as a hotspot. Outlook recognizes that the network is a metered network and asks if I want to connect to the network. I have an unlimited data plan, so I do want to always connect. Is there a way to tell Outlook to not ask when on a metered connection? The metered network is a Windows network setting, not Outlook. To … [Read more...] about Turn Off the Metered Network Warning in Outlook