About The Hotmail Outlook 2010 Connection - Putting The Outlook Hotmail Connector To Work

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As a user of both Hotmail and Outlook 2010, you have probably heard of the Outlook Hotmail Connector. It is an add-in program that creates a simple and effective Hotmail Outlook 2010 connection.

Making this kind of connection makes lots of sense. If you can get your Hotmail stuff to appear in Outlook, you save yourself the hassle of checking some of your mail in one place (Outlook) and the rest in another (your Hotmail web page). Besides, Hotmail and Outlook are both Microsoft products, so they should work together well, right?

The Outlook Hotmail Connector is designed to make them work together smoothly. This Outlook add-in supersedes all previous connections between the two. It provides a fully synchronized interface between them that makes the two programs work together seamlessly. With the connector installed, you gain the following new benefits. You can:

* Send and receive Hotmail messages

* Manage your Hotmail contacts

* Block junk mail that would otherwise find its way over to Outlook

* Ensure that both Hotmail and Outlook are using the same safe and blocked lists

* Manage your Windows Live Calendar from within Outlook

* Apply Outlook's mail handling rules to your Hotmail account

* Monitor your Hotmail status

How to Make the Connection with the Outlook Hotmail Connector

Getting the Outlook Hotmail Connector installed and running isn't. But before you can start, you have to figure out which version of the connector to use.

Microsoft has released two: one for the 32-bit version of Outlook 2010, and one for the 64-bit version. You need to figure out which version of Outlook 2010 (32-bit or 64-bit) you are running so you know which version of the connector you need.

Need an easy way to find out whether you are running the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of Outlook 2010? This will take you just a few seconds.

In Outlook, click the "File" tab on the ribbon. On the file page that appears, click "Help." The right-hand pane of the Help page that appears contains detailed information about your copy of Outlook. This includes a version number. At the end of the version number the page tells whether Outlook is the 32-bit version or the 64-bit version.

Now you should be ready to install the Outlook Hotmail Connector. But Microsoft is continuing to update the connector, and the instructions for downloading and installing the latest version may change.

I suggest you go online and find detailed instructions, ideally with screen shots for important steps. You want clear instructions that will walk you through the process for the most current version of the Outlook Hotmail Connector.


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Want to be sure that everything goes smoothly? Then you need to follow a detailed, step-by-step procedure, with screen shots to illustrate the most crucial bits. Here is that procedure:

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