# Hotmail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485 "2002-10-09T05:41:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Methos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Methos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methos)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/1 "2002-10-09T05:41:18Z")

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Ok, here’s the deal, noone in my house (4 ppl) can seem to connect to Hotmail. Everyone else on our street and our surrounding area can. As far as I know I haven’t changed any options, I have tried everything and still cannot log in.  
Does anyone have any ideas pleeeeeeeeease, I need to get my homework from hotmail account  
any help is greatly appreciated  
😃

Cheers

~Methos

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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/2 "2002-10-09T07:09:45Z")

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You’ll have to give some details if you want help…

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/3 "2002-10-09T07:23:37Z")

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Mmm. O/S? Browser? Does the login screen display correctly? Have you had problems before? What happens when you try to login? Do you have one computer at home or several networked together?

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**Author:** ![trader\_of\_shots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trader\_of\_shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trader_of_shots)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/4 "2002-10-09T07:47:06Z")

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Wow - at last i can contribute !!

It may be more then Just Hotmail.

OK first thing lower your Privacy options

Click Tools / Internet options / Privacy / Set the bar to accept all cookies  
Then Click Back the " General tab" and click remove cookies

Test

If fails disable any yucky firewalls you may have running.

If this fails go into you temperarey internet files ( under windows or under IE and deleted everythign UNDER this folder)

Should fix ya.

Ofcourse if this is WIndows XP - do a sys restore back a few days.

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**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/5 "2002-10-09T15:01:36Z")

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Are you not able to even get into Hotmail’s main page, or can you at least enter your login name & password? From time to time, Hotmail gives me problems even getting to its main page, in which case I use [www.hotmail.msn.com](http://www.hotmail.msn.com) address instead of just [www.hotmail.com](http://www.hotmail.com) and it works.

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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/6 "2002-10-09T17:42:03Z")

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I e-mailed you the fix.

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**Author:** ![Methos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Methos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methos)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotmail/131485/7 "2002-10-13T23:25:01Z")

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K reinstalling windows solved the prob  
😃  
Thanks guys and gals  
😃

~Methos