Solution to problem "Sorry, something unexpected happened and Windows Live Mail must close."

This issue is usually a result of your contacts folder becoming corrupted or being empty.  At least that is what I found in my case.  I will not take credit for the solution which I found here http://reedone816.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/common-error-in-windows-live-mail/

Just a matter of renaming the contacts folder to .old.  Let me point out that this same error will occur when the contacts folder is empty so after renaming the folder you will get the error when you open live mail again until you add at least one contact.  The solution noted on that web page was written for old XP so also note that in Windows 7 and 8 the contacts folder is located at c:\users\your name\appdata\local\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts.  In order for you to be able to see the appdata folder you must first go to control panel-folder options-view tab and tick the "show hidden files and folders".  Don't forget to untick this when you are finished. Reboot for the changes to take effect.

If you are having this issue I hope that you have a good exported copy of all your contacts so that you can import them back into WLM.  If not you'll have to add them back manually.

Hope this helps someone.

How to Remove Passwords Saved in a Browser

To remove saved passwords from Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click the Tools menu and then Internet Options.
3. Within the Internet Options window, click the content tab.
4. Click the Autocomplete button.

Within this window you can click Clear forms to clear all form data except for passwords and click Clear Passwords to clear the passwords.  In addition to clearing these fields, if you do not want Internet Explorer to save this data in the future, you may uncheck any of the available boxes in this window

To remove saved passwords from Firefox

1. Click the menu button  and choose Options. (Menu is 3 horizontal lines)Preferences
2. Click the Security panel.
3. Click Saved Passwords... and the Password Manager will open.
4. To see the passwords you have saved, click Show Passwords. 
5. To remove a username and password, select it from the list and click Remove.
6. To remove all stored usernames and passwords, click Remove All. After confirming this choice, all of your stored usernames and passwords will be deleted.

To remove saved passwords in Google Chrome

You have to delete saved passwords one at a time.

1.     Click the Chrome’s menu icon at the top right of the window to expand it. (Menu is 3 horizontal lines)

2.     From the menu, choose Settings.

3.     Scroll down to the bottom, and click Show advanced settings . 

4.     Find the Passwords and forms section, and click Manage saved passwords.  A new window will pop up on the screen which shows you the list of websites that currently have passwords stored on the hard drive. Find the website and the password that you want to erase, and click the X button to remove it.

T   To removed passwords saved in Safari

If Safari is set to automatically fill in user names and passwords for you, you can turn off this feature and delete any user names and passwords that Safari stored.

1. Open Safari if it is not already open.
2. Choose Safari > Preferences, and then click AutoFill.
3. Deselect the “User names and passwords” checkbox, and then click the Edit button next to it.
4. Select one or more items in the list and click Remove, or click Remove All.
   Removing user names and passwords in Safari deletes them from your OS X keychain.
5. Click Done.

Switching KVM Changes Display to Low Resolution

If you use a KVM to share your monitor, mouse, and keyboard between computers and are having problems with your display reverting back to low resolution every time you switch your KVM then this posting is for you.  Here's what you do to keep this from happening. Be sure to export your current registry keys before making any changes so you can easily go back to your original setting if need be.

First, go into your power options.  Turn off sleep, hybrid sleep, and hibernate.  If you have a screensaver get rid of it.  If you don't know how to change any of these options google how to do it in your particular operating system.  Each version of Windows is different so I can't list instructions for each of them here.


Next, open regedit.  Browse to HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\Configuration
Locate the key for your monitor. Normally the first few characters will match your vendor. In my case, I use a Viewsonic display, and my key starts out with VSCE********
Expand this key and both of the 00 subkeys. Under the first 00 subkey, document the values for PrimSurfSize.cx, PrimSurfSize.cy, and Stride. Then go to the nested 00 subkey and document the values for ActiveSize.cx and ActiveSize.cy.


Next, locate the key starting with SIMILATED.  Modify the values within this key to match the values you noted in the previous step.


Then locate the key starting with KVM and modify its values the same way.


This should fix your problem.  Your monitor's resolution should remain at its native setting.
 Note that sometime when switching back after an extended period of time you have to wait 10 seconds or so for the resolution to change when using this method.  If it doesn't then log out andthen log back in.  There's no need to reboot.