When using Instant Search, it is easy enough to find something when it contains that specific word or category. I can also do a search for items that should not include that word or category by using NOT in my query. However, I cannot seem to find a way to locate all the items that do not have any value assigned at all to that field.

For instance; find all items that do not have any category assigned or find all contacts for which I haven't specified their birthday or company.

How can I use the search feature to return all items that have empty fields?

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I need to check an appointment I had somewhere in March 2013.

How can I quickly go to this specific date or month in my Calendar without needing to scroll through the Calendar or the Date Navigator?

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Today I started Outlook and my Task List was completely empty which is (sadly) definitely not the case. At the top there is some flashing/scrolling red bar and it says that it is still loading but after waiting a few hours and restarting Outlook, it is still empty.

How can I make my tasks visible again in the To-Do Bar?

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When I receive a new email in Outlook, I see the following options in the New Mail notification;

• Delete
• Flag
• Dismiss

Is there any way that I can change these actions?

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I got prompted by Yahoo to disable access for apps that use less secure sign-in methods to get my email.

This sounded like a good thing to do, but now I constantly get prompted for my username and password in Outlook and it no longer downloads my emails and I can’t send anymore either.

I know my username and password are correct as they still work when I try to login to Yahoo Mail in my browser.

How can I re-enable Outlook to collect my email again, preferably by using the more secure sign-in method the original prompt was referring to?

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When I receive an email message from someone with an attached message I can't open the attached message; it does not open and I get no error messages.

What's wrong?

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When I look at my calendar, I see 24 hours and a section between 8AM and 5PM in a different color for Monday to Friday. I assume that these are standard business working hours for most people, but they are not for me.

• Is there a way to change this highlighted section to match my own working hours?
• Additionally, could I also hide all the other hours?

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Looking at the symbols of my rules, I see several rules which have the hammer and wrench icon while others don't.

What is the meaning of this icon and the other icons I see in the Rules and Alerts dialog?

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An update was automatically installed this morning and immediately stopped my send & receive function. When I uninstalled it, my emails started flowing again.

Does Microsoft know about it?

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