With the introduction of two-factor authorization since the original date of this article, there is a second (and becoming more common) cause of this error: Outlook needs the app password, as it will not currently bring up the second authorization screen. The message that comes up when Outlook can't set up an encrypted connection automatically
Disable the ability to create new email accounts
An administrator wanted to know how to prevent users from adding new email accounts to their profile. This keys disable the various account types- but you can't disable account types are using HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\outlook\options DWORD: disableexchange DWORD: disablepop3 DWORD: disableimap DWORD: disableothertypes DWORD: disableeas Value data: 1 to disable the account type Prevent changes to the
Outlook 2013 and Live Tile support in Windows 8
If you want live tiles for your email, you'll need to configure the Mail and Calendar apps.
Outlook's Forgotten Attachment Checker
Learn how Outlook 2013's missing attachment warning works. Also included is a list of utilities that will provide the same warning in older versions of Outlook.
Outlook's Touch Screen mode
Office 2013 was designed with touch screen tablets in mind. When Outlook is in Touch Mode, the ribbon is a little roomier and useful buttons visible along the right edge of the Outlook window.
Uninstalling Office 2013
How to completely uninstall Office 2013, including the orphaned Mail applet.
Why you should block external content in Outlook by default
A virus infected email is making the rounds, purportedly from Microsoft, updating their service agreement. It looks like the real message but the URLs point to another site, typical of a phishing scheme. At least one version of the infected message includes an embedded external HTML file. The problem? When you download external content, either automatically or per message, that file will be saved to the hard drive and it will be rendered in Outlook. In this case, the HTML file is going to be rendered.
Show Contact Linking fields in Outlook
Outlook has a neat feature called Contact Linking that allows you to link a contact with any appointment, task, other contacts, or even email. In Outlook 2013, you need to edit the registry to enable it.
Outlook's Conversation View isn't working
Answers to the common questions users ask about Microsoft Outlook's Conversation view.
How to view the message source in Outlook
How the view the message source code along with the Internet Header in Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013.