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Re: MSN Email Address Retention Question

  • Thread starter PA Bear [MS MVP]
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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

--
~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.
 
S

Sam

Flightless Bird
Re: MSN Email Address Retention Question - Thanks

PA Bear, thanks very much for your reply as you have solved my problem!! I
just signed in to http://mail.live.com and deleted the existing email.
Thanks again, Sam.

P.S. Will try to remember about cross posting next time.


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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eYko6jA2KHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> [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
>
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>
>
 
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...winston

Flightless Bird
270 days of non use starts inactive status, thereafter 90 days remain to re-activate the account. After 365 the Live ID is
deleted....

--
...winston
ms-mvp mail

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eYko6jA2KHA.5820@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> [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
>
> --
> ~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.

>
 
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