New User needs definitions

[Guest]

I recently got my first home computer, and comfortable with using it, but I'm finding I don't know how it WORKS. I am getting very frustrated! Silly things like "what is the reason I can't sync my "msn.com" email to Outlook"? I have always used outlook as my primary email through work, so I've never needed to combine. I keep getting an error having to do with pop3 server when the instructions say to assign an http, and I followed the instructions to the letter, what is the functional differences between servers, what are proxy servers, how do you know when to use which
I have gotten far enough that when I mess up, I can restore the system, I have office skills, so I am looking to develop more of a familiarity of the internal works
Another silly question.. is "hotmail" the same as what I have-- an address of "msn.com"?
The net passport that comes included, (I have no idea what value it actually serves) , I may have it set up incorrectly, but it continually pops up that my password/username is not valid, so I log in manually anyway, even though I have the settings to sign in automatically. I thought the purpose of passport would be to avoid this? Is the username the entire email address, a proper name or the screen name?? I hate being so disfunctional, if I knew what the terms meant and how each piece of the puzzle functioned independantly...
If anyone has any simplified definitions, I would certainly appreciate it, I find that I am fascinated with technology and just just the administrative user level is becoming boring! Thanks so much.

 

[Lawrence]

Hot mail user name is full hotmail email address.
Try reading the help files on start, elp & Support. Lots of information
there.

I recently got my first home computer, and comfortable with using it, but

I'm finding I don't know how it WORKS. I am getting very frustrated! Silly
things like "what is the reason I can't sync my "msn.com" email to Outlook"?
I have always used outlook as my primary email through work, so I've never
needed to combine. I keep getting an error having to do with pop3 server
when the instructions say to assign an http, and I followed the instructions
to the letter, what is the functional differences between servers, what are
proxy servers, how do you know when to use which?

I have gotten far enough that when I mess up, I can restore the system, I

have office skills, so I am looking to develop more of a familiarity of the
internal works.

Another silly question.. is "hotmail" the same as what I have-- an address of "msn.com"?
The net passport that comes included, (I have no idea what value it

actually serves) , I may have it set up incorrectly, but it continually pops
up that my password/username is not valid, so I log in manually anyway, even
though I have the settings to sign in automatically. I thought the purpose
of passport would be to avoid this? Is the username the entire email
address, a proper name or the screen name?? I hate being so disfunctional,
if I knew what the terms meant and how each piece of the puzzle functioned
independantly....

If anyone has any simplified definitions, I would certainly appreciate it,

I find that I am fascinated with technology and just just the administrative
user level is becoming boring! Thanks so much.

 

[KL]

If you're using Outlook XP see the following
link to configure your Hotmail to it.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;287424&Product=out

-----Original Message-----
I recently got my first home computer, and comfortable

with using it, but I'm finding I don't know how it WORKS.
I am getting very frustrated! Silly things like "what is
the reason I can't sync my "msn.com" email to Outlook"? I
have always used outlook as my primary email through work,
so I've never needed to combine. I keep getting an error
having to do with pop3 server when the instructions say to
assign an http, and I followed the instructions to the
letter, what is the functional differences between
servers, what are proxy servers, how do you know when to
use which?

I have gotten far enough that when I mess up, I can

restore the system, I have office skills, so I am looking
to develop more of a familiarity of the internal works.

Another silly question.. is "hotmail" the same as what I

have-- an address of "msn.com"?

The net passport that comes included, (I have no idea

what value it actually serves) , I may have it set up
incorrectly, but it continually pops up that my
password/username is not valid, so I log in manually
anyway, even though I have the settings to sign in
automatically. I thought the purpose of passport would be
to avoid this? Is the username the entire email address, a
proper name or the screen name?? I hate being so
disfunctional, if I knew what the terms meant and how each
piece of the puzzle functioned independantly....

If anyone has any simplified definitions, I would

certainly appreciate it, I find that I am fascinated with
technology and just just the administrative user level is
becoming boring! Thanks so much.