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Wow, this is weird. For the past few days, when I try to log in to Hotmail, I get the dreaded "page cannot be displayed" message after typing in the password. In Netscape, I get the "operation timed out" message, same result. Oddly, my other Hotmail eddress/account works fine in BOTH Explorer and Netscape, so it seems to be a problem with only this account. I've done the recommended clear outs of temp files, cookies, offline content, done numerous spyware removals (AdAware) and restarts, defrag...any suggestions? Thanks much!
The Hotmail site is slow and poorly coded, particularly the .NET Passport area. I get the same error every time I log in. Do a page refresh and you should find that you have indeed logged in, it is only the page load which fails, not the login recognition. Basically, it is a crap system, but then it is M$ so I guess we should expect that.
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I have also had intermittent problems with Hotmail lately. They might be under attack by script kiddies.
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Thanks, tried that a few times, didn't help. Seems more systematic or diabolical (!?!) than that. I've tried to log in dozens of times since yesterday without success, and I've never had this sort of thing happen more than once, and even then it's been rare. Any other suggestions?
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No idea then. I have tight security settings, security software sitting between me and the world and cookie restrictions, which may account for my problems.
No doubt M$ would say to set the browser to default and surf with no protection, but they can kiss my tush before I would ever do that.
Yahoo are giving 100MB of free webmail now, while Hotmail only talk about it. So the best solution I would offer is to use them and dump Hotmail. ;)
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I agree Yahoo is probably the ticket. Already got the account set up. Still got some unfinished business that I'd like to do and I need transfer info and eddresses from my Hotmail account though. Still hoping for the magical solution (yes, I tried to email Hotmail, not too hopeful about a response though). Thanks; keep the suggestions coming!
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ive had problems with yahoo it unexpectedly deletes your account for no reason some tmes and other it just wont recievere-mails...i dont suggest it
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Strange, I've had a Yahoo account for years and never had it deleted yet. Only two reasons I can think an account gets canned, is if it is inactive for several months on end, or it break the rules.
Shrug, maybe avoid the yankee yahoo, on the chance being over-subscribed is causing the problem. Try the .co.uk... the Brits are a much friendlier bunch anyway, speically on the privacy protection! ;)
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I'm experiencing the same problem as Thomas - getting the message 'This page cannot be displayed' - when I try to log into my hotmail account.
I thought I'd cracked it by clicking on Start, then Run, and typing in regsvr32_softpub.dll. It worked once, but hasn't since.
Any more helpful suggestions? I can't do without the emails and addresses in my hotmail account.
Cheers. Alice
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