Top 5 Troubleshooting Tips for Windows Phone 7

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Following are some useful troubleshooting tips given by Microsoft for Windows Phone 7 users:

TIP 1: How to import your Outlook contacts to Windows Phone 7

Contacts on Windows Phone 7 are synced to your phone from various accounts added to your phone. Services that sync contacts to the phone include Facebook, Windows Live, Google, and Outlook (using Exchange only). All contacts are stored in the People Hub in a single aggregate view.

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TIP 2: Windows Phone 7 is not detected by my computer and/or the Zune software

When you try to use the Zune software with Windows Phone 7, you experience one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Your phone isn't detected by your computer.
  • The Zune software doesn't open when your phone is connected.
  • Your phone isn't detected by the Zune software. In this case, phone is not displayed as one of the selections in the top menu and, when you hover your mouse over the device icon in the lower-lefthand corner, it is not connected. (The device icon is the one on the left of the three icons displayed. If your phone is detected, this icon will light up.)

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TIP 3: How to troubleshoot errors in Windows Device Manager for the Zune player or phone

This article describes what to do when the Zune player or a Windows Phone is not detected by the Zune software. It contains steps to follow depending on the error code that you receive.

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TIP 4: You receiving a error while signing into the Zune Software that your location setting doesn't match the settings for your computer

When you try and sign into the Zune software you may receive the following error message:

The location setting for your Windows Live ID doesn't match the setting for your computer (country)

To use this Windows Live ID, change your computer location in Regional and Language Options (see Control Panel, then Location). Otherwise, sign in with or create a Windows Live ID for country

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TIP 5: Windows Phone 7 Secure Digital Card Limitations

This article provides information to help you understand how Windows Phone 7 devices use SD cards, the performance requirements of SD cards for Windows Phone 7 devices, and how your phone will behave if you remove the SD card or add a new one.

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