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PA Bear [MS MVP]
Flightless Bird
[Crosspost to IE General as you've got a related thread there, too.]
You should be able to access your account via http://mail.live.com, Sam, as
long as you do so at least once-a-month (could be once every 90 days but
YMMV).
HOW TO Optimize IE for Windows Live Hotmail (Revised 08 March 2010)
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=3c7c3338-369e-4220-b29d-71ce660fe5a0
What to do if you can't sign into Windows Live Hotmail
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=293962dd-b4a0-4ee7-a661-8254ae9c8d78
Windows Live Online Solutions Center
http://windowslivehelp.com/Default.aspx
Solutions for Common Hotmail Problems
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions.aspx?productid=1
Hotmail Community Forums <=post all Hotmail-specific questions here!
http://windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?productid=1
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
Sam wrote:
> About two years ago, I dropped my MSN monthly paid subscription for dialup
> service since I was using DSL from AT&T. MS DSL is not available in my
> area. To keep my MSN email address, I had to sign in monthly and check
> my
> emails. So far this has worked okay. However, since the last three days,
> I
> cannot bring up the msn.com web site (the msn web site will briefly appear
> for one or two seconds, disappear and return again. This blinking back
> and
> forth will continue until a dialog box comes up and states that it is
> unable
> to connect to the web page. However, I am able to connect to any other
> web
> page that I have visited.
>
> For the moment, I am not interested in connecting to the msn.com web page
> other than to keep my MSN email address active. I am wondering if signing
> in to the http://login.live.com and checking my mail there will be
> adequate
> to keep my MSN email address active? Any help would be very much
> appreciated, Sam.
>
> P.S. Yesterday work with IE tech support concerning this problem but
> without any luck. We reset IE8, disabled my Antivirus program, booted up
> in
> Safe Mode with net connection but without any luck. The next suggestion
> tech had was to uninstall IE 8, but I declined. I really don't want to do
> this since my computer has been working without any problems for the last
> year. I planned to get a new computer next month and so don't want to
> create any further problems for now on my current computer.
You should be able to access your account via http://mail.live.com, Sam, as
long as you do so at least once-a-month (could be once every 90 days but
YMMV).
HOW TO Optimize IE for Windows Live Hotmail (Revised 08 March 2010)
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=3c7c3338-369e-4220-b29d-71ce660fe5a0
What to do if you can't sign into Windows Live Hotmail
http://windowslivehelp.com/solution.aspx?solutionid=293962dd-b4a0-4ee7-a661-8254ae9c8d78
Windows Live Online Solutions Center
http://windowslivehelp.com/Default.aspx
Solutions for Common Hotmail Problems
http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions.aspx?productid=1
Hotmail Community Forums <=post all Hotmail-specific questions here!
http://windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?productid=1
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
Sam wrote:
> About two years ago, I dropped my MSN monthly paid subscription for dialup
> service since I was using DSL from AT&T. MS DSL is not available in my
> area. To keep my MSN email address, I had to sign in monthly and check
> my
> emails. So far this has worked okay. However, since the last three days,
> I
> cannot bring up the msn.com web site (the msn web site will briefly appear
> for one or two seconds, disappear and return again. This blinking back
> and
> forth will continue until a dialog box comes up and states that it is
> unable
> to connect to the web page. However, I am able to connect to any other
> web
> page that I have visited.
>
> For the moment, I am not interested in connecting to the msn.com web page
> other than to keep my MSN email address active. I am wondering if signing
> in to the http://login.live.com and checking my mail there will be
> adequate
> to keep my MSN email address active? Any help would be very much
> appreciated, Sam.
>
> P.S. Yesterday work with IE tech support concerning this problem but
> without any luck. We reset IE8, disabled my Antivirus program, booted up
> in
> Safe Mode with net connection but without any luck. The next suggestion
> tech had was to uninstall IE 8, but I declined. I really don't want to do
> this since my computer has been working without any problems for the last
> year. I planned to get a new computer next month and so don't want to
> create any further problems for now on my current computer.