I will send money order to person who gets me going with Surface

[csiguy1]

I will send a money order to someone who knows enough to get me setup with my Surface and get me going. I just dont understand the MS ecosystem to get it syncing right. I assume you can contact me via my profile to leave me a phone number to call. Money Order will be for $50.00.
Thanks in advance.

 

[spitefulgod]

xbox music pass

Just spend the $50 on an Xbox music pass and download all the music you want straight to your tablet.

 

[smontoya2]

Good morning, first of all you need to establish/create an live account (MS email account eg. Hotmail, Live or Outlook) Once you have done that, all your info (Calendar, Contacts, Facebook, etc. ) if you allow them gather info needed will travel through the ecosystem using their cloud service called SkyDrive. It basically is an external hard drive storing your info on a MS server, so wherever your signed into your live account (tablet, PC, laptop or the new windows phone 8) the info, apps, docs, music, etc. will appear simultaneously. There may be some videos with better instruction & will post if available. Good luck.

 

[crystal_planet]

I will send a money order to someone who knows enough to get me setup with my Surface and get me going. I just dont understand the MS ecosystem to get it syncing right. I assume you can contact me via my profile to leave me a phone number to call. Money Order will be for $50.00.
Thanks in advance.

First off, no one wants your money - we're pretty good at taking on pro bono cases here.

Secondly, we need details on what you'd like to sync.

 

[ilfranzoso]

Just a question... Can i set as primary mail gmail account?

Concerning csi guy...don't offer money when it exist a community able to Help you Just because the community has got your same passion... Use the 50 dollar for a beautiful baby

 

[karmamule]

Just a question... Can i set as primary mail gmail account?

Concerning csi guy...don't offer money when it exist a community able to Help you Just because the community has got your same passion... Use the 50 dollar for a beautiful baby

Technically no you can't, your primary account (the one whose credentials you use to log in) has to be an MS-based account like hotmail, msn, or outlook.com, but other than that it's very easy to add your gmail account info to mail, contacts, and calendar so it is still pretty tightly integrated.

 

[csiguy1]

OK when I set up MS login account, I gave it my Gmail info. Then I setup a gmail mail account, there is where I think the problem lies. My contacts and calendar want to sync with my gmail mail account and not with the Gmail account that is connected with my MS login account. How do I make the MS account link to the GMail Mail account that I setup? When I am looking at my mail screen, it shows 2 Gmail accounts, one has the contacts and mail, the other one that is going to MS, it has nothing.

PS if no one wants my money, would someone be willing to allow me to call them and talk to a real human to get this done. I need this for work and I am getting the Lumia 920 and want it setup before I get it.

 

[csiguy1]

The Gmail Mail account shows all of my contacts and calendar activity. It will receive information but will not send data if I type it in on the Surface. My Android phone can send but the Surface will receive but not send.

 

[csiguy1]

OK I just read where someone said that I have to have a hotmail account in order for this to work. I have since set one up after setting up the MS Account with the Gmail info. What a mess.

 

[csiguy1]

Is there a way to change the MS login email/info to my hotmail account and then get my Google contacts and calendar info onto the Hotmail account so this will work?

 

[Munkeyphyst]

Why don't you just send that surface to me. I'll get it all setup for you. I can't guarantee a timely return though. I hope you find the help you need. Lots of good people here that will certainly help you out.

 

[csiguy1]

I will send you my Surface right after you buy some beach front property in Arizona from me. lol
Thanks

 

[mjrtoo]

Is there a way to change the MS login email/info to my hotmail account and then get my Google contacts and calendar info onto the Hotmail account so this will work?

Unless things have changed, you'll have to restore the device and start over with the MS address, there wasn't/isn't a way to change the association.

 

[srmiller82]

live

When it used to be live before it went Microsoft you could link any email to a live account as primary email, once you did that you could make your Gmail as primary account, I have personally done this its very easy, you get to keep your old email essentially your Gmail would then be your Microsoft account. I've done this more than once doubt they would change it also works on windows phones syncs everything to this account. Not sure about old contacts though but allows for keeping your Gmail

 

[spitefulgod]

I will send you my Surface right after you buy some beach front property in Arizona from me. lol
Thanks

Log into your Ms account on the live.com and then change the connected Gmail account under the account menu?

 

[csiguy1]

Thanks folks, I am trying that now.

 

[csiguy1]

OK I have reset the entire Surface and started from scratch. I started with a Hotmail account, logged in etc. I have added my gmail account, linked it to Hotmail via MS Live, given permissions to everywhere that I knew to do so. Now I receive Gmail and have my contacts but the calendar still only receives data from my Android phone but the Surface will not send data out i.e.. I input a calendar event on the Surface but it does not show up on my Android phone.

PS would still like to talk to someone via telephone and get this straight. I need this badly for my business.

 

[Munkeyphyst]

When you add calendar events, are you choosing the Gmail account?

 

[csiguy1]

OK now I really feel stupid. That was the problem. Thanks so much. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Will I have to go thru all this mess when I get the Lumia 920?

 

[ilfranzoso]

OK now I really feel stupid. That was the problem. Thanks so much. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Will I have to go thru all this mess when I get the Lumia 920?

And you have saved 50$