IE Help>About>Update Versions> is Q818529 installed?
Delete all Hotmail, MSN, and Passport cookies in your Cookies
folder. Reboot.
Make certain your time, date, *and* time zone settings are correct.
IE Tools>Internet Options>Privacy>Edit> type in the following domains...
passport.com
passport.net
msn.com
msn.net
hotmail.com
....and ALLOW ALL COOKIES for each, in turn.
How to Manage Cookies in Internet Explorer 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=283185
HOW TO: Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813444
Temporarily disable your firewall, any "system" tools (NSW, NIS, anything by
Norton or McAfee) and pop-up/ad blockers.
The attempted install of the [Ethernet?] router may come into play. What's
that story? What make/model of router was it? You may need to get the
thing installed and then uninstall it to set things right.
How do you connect? Is the machine on a network?
IE Tools>Internet Options>Advanced>HTTP 1.1>toggle between the two options.
IE Tools>Internet Options>Security>[zone in which you're trying to access
Hotmail]>Custom Level>User Authentication>Logon>toggle between Anonymous
Logon, Automatic Logon with Current Username and Password, and Automatic
Logon only in Intranet zone.
Resetting to the defaults in either or both of the above Tabs *might* help,
too.
<wink> That should keep you busy! </wink> Post back, I've got more!
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HTH...Please post back to this thread
~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| i cant access my hotmail account cause everytime it says
| something bout how it needs to store cookies and it wont
| let me sign in..i went into all the options and stuff and
| still no luck..so dont try and email me since i cant get
| to it...help would be very appreciated...thanks
|
| Captian Crappy
