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03-28-2008
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| | Contacts - Auto-complete only works for a few contacts in my list For some reason the auto complete feature in the "to" field (or CC, BCC) isn't working with many of my contacts. The list was imported from Outlook express on an old computer running XP |
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03-28-2008
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| | Re: Contacts - Auto-complete only works for a few contacts in my list you need to type the first 3 characters of the name. also WM uses a separate list of last 29 addresses used. mikeyhsd@xxxxxx "Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FDB075F1-75A4-4004-AF68-688C953A4A2E@xxxxxx For some reason the auto complete feature in the "to" field (or CC, BCC) isn't working with many of my contacts. The list was imported from Outlook express on an old computer running XP |
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03-28-2008
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| | Re: Contacts - Auto-complete only works for a few contacts in my l Yes, and after three characters, still not there. I have over a hundred names in my contacts...Will WM only auto complete for 29?? Outlook express did it for ALL of my contacts. "mikeyhsd" wrote: Quote: > you need to type the first 3 characters of the name. > also WM uses a separate list of last 29 addresses used. > > > > mikeyhsd@xxxxxx > > > > "Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FDB075F1-75A4-4004-AF68-688C953A4A2E@xxxxxx > For some reason the auto complete feature in the "to" field (or CC, BCC) > isn't working with many of my contacts. The list was imported from Outlook > express on an old computer running XP |
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03-28-2008
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| | Re: Contacts - Auto-complete only works for a few contacts in my l Switch to the newer Windows Live Mail. It works better, particularly in this regard. -- Vista Home Premium 32 SP1 http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview "Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9EBC1C9C-A97A-41E7-A7B9-40F6C56D100E@xxxxxx Quote: > Yes, and after three characters, still not there. I have over a hundred > names in my contacts...Will WM only auto complete for 29?? Outlook > express > did it for ALL of my contacts. > > "mikeyhsd" wrote: > Quote: >> you need to type the first 3 characters of the name. >> also WM uses a separate list of last 29 addresses used. >> >> >> >> mikeyhsd@xxxxxx >> >> >> >> "Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:FDB075F1-75A4-4004-AF68-688C953A4A2E@xxxxxx >> For some reason the auto complete feature in the "to" field (or CC, >> BCC) >> isn't working with many of my contacts. The list was imported from >> Outlook >> express on an old computer running XP |
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03-29-2008
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| | Re: Contacts - Auto-complete only works for a few contacts in my l yeah only for the LAST 29 you have used. WHY , have no idea. probably one of the foreign programmers they hired could not count any higher than that in english. mikeyhsd@xxxxxx "Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9EBC1C9C-A97A-41E7-A7B9-40F6C56D100E@xxxxxx Yes, and after three characters, still not there. I have over a hundred names in my contacts...Will WM only auto complete for 29?? Outlook express did it for ALL of my contacts. "mikeyhsd" wrote: Quote: > you need to type the first 3 characters of the name. > also WM uses a separate list of last 29 addresses used. > > > > mikeyhsd@xxxxxx > > > > "Toddchuk" <Toddchuk@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:FDB075F1-75A4-4004-AF68-688C953A4A2E@xxxxxx > For some reason the auto complete feature in the "to" field (or CC, BCC) > isn't working with many of my contacts. The list was imported from Outlook > express on an old computer running XP |
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