- Nov 1, 2012
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I apologize for what may seem to be a doltish question but this has really been a problem for me and, while I accept that this is probably something of my own doing, I'd like to get some kind of resolution.
I have a previous post about how MS does not do nearly as good of a job as iOS when it comes to syncing between devices. There was a lot of agreement on this point so I'll move past that to the issue that has plagued me since I unified my devices.
I run a Surface Pro, Lumia 920 and an old HP Laptop with Windows 8. I have a live.com account that is my general log in for all devices (the one used to set up everything on day one). The most basic issue I have is when I delete or move an email on one device it does not translate to the other devices.
Today I logged into my live.com account via IE from the desktop side of my Pro. I took a few minutes and cleaned up a large amount of email, either deleting or moving to a simple archive folder leaving only 2 emails in my inbox. I then logged out completely. When I go to my "Mail" on the Surface, those emails are still there as if I didn't do anything. When I go to "Mail" on my Laptop, same thing. When I go to my 920, same thing. The most interesting thing? NONE of them match EACH OTHER either. All three are similar but different in what they show. And yes, I've hit the "Sync" icon on each device multiple times.
It doesn't matter where I look I can't seem to find a setting that is different from any other setting (other than my Lumia has a LIVE and LIVE 2 account, and both of those match each other). There doesn't seem to be an obvious common denominator, to me at least.
So, dear community, I humbly ask for your simple and educated solutions to this problem so I can feel as though I have conquered something today.
Tag, you're all it...be gentle...
I have a previous post about how MS does not do nearly as good of a job as iOS when it comes to syncing between devices. There was a lot of agreement on this point so I'll move past that to the issue that has plagued me since I unified my devices.
I run a Surface Pro, Lumia 920 and an old HP Laptop with Windows 8. I have a live.com account that is my general log in for all devices (the one used to set up everything on day one). The most basic issue I have is when I delete or move an email on one device it does not translate to the other devices.
Today I logged into my live.com account via IE from the desktop side of my Pro. I took a few minutes and cleaned up a large amount of email, either deleting or moving to a simple archive folder leaving only 2 emails in my inbox. I then logged out completely. When I go to my "Mail" on the Surface, those emails are still there as if I didn't do anything. When I go to "Mail" on my Laptop, same thing. When I go to my 920, same thing. The most interesting thing? NONE of them match EACH OTHER either. All three are similar but different in what they show. And yes, I've hit the "Sync" icon on each device multiple times.
It doesn't matter where I look I can't seem to find a setting that is different from any other setting (other than my Lumia has a LIVE and LIVE 2 account, and both of those match each other). There doesn't seem to be an obvious common denominator, to me at least.
So, dear community, I humbly ask for your simple and educated solutions to this problem so I can feel as though I have conquered something today.
Tag, you're all it...be gentle...