Why Can't I log into this Forum using my new e-mail?

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Pam Jones

Does anyone know why I have to still use my old e-mail address to log into
this Forum, when my new e-mail address has been verified? I keep having to
use the old address. When I look at my profile, it shows the new e-mail
address. However, I can't log in, using my new e-mail. Very strange!

Pam
 
Pam said:
Does anyone know why I have to still use my old e-mail address to log into
this Forum, when my new e-mail address has been verified? I keep having to
use the old address. When I look at my profile, it shows the new e-mail
address. However, I can't log in, using my new e-mail. Very strange!
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You will never have a problem like this -- or many other problems -- if
you use a newsreader instead.
 
Pam said:
Does anyone know why I have to still use my old e-mail address to log into
this Forum, when my new e-mail address has been verified? I keep having to
use the old address. When I look at my profile, it shows the new e-mail
address. However, I can't log in, using my new e-mail. Very strange!

Pam
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Microsoft's NNTP server doesn't require any login credentials. So
you're question doesn't make any sense.

This is not a forum. It is a newsgroup (aka Usenet). Go read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroups
 
VanguardLH said:
Microsoft's NNTP server doesn't require any login credentials. So
you're question doesn't make any sense.

This is not a forum. It is a newsgroup (aka Usenet). Go read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroups
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Oops, I see you are using the webnews-for-dummies gateway to Usenet that
Microsoft provides to pretend they have forums. So is your "new e-mail
address" a Windows Live ID account? I haven't bothered using their
webnews interface but presumably you have to log into it to use it.
 
Yes, my new e-mail is a Windows Live ID account. I can't reply to this,
without having to type my e-mail and pass word. Windows Help, leads me to
this page, so I'm assuming it's how a person reaches it! If I'm not supposed
to reach this page by this route, why has Windows Help led me to it? I
suppose I click on the links and see where that leads me. No wonder friends
tell me to buy a MACC!
 
What's that, when it's at home?

C A Upsdell" <""cupsdell"@nospam@upsdel said:
You will never have a problem like this -- or many other problems -- if
you use a newsreader instead.
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Pam said:
What's that, when it's at home?
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There are piles of newsreaders available, many free. Microsoft offers
Outlook Express, which besides being an email program is also a
newsreader. I now use Mozilla's Thunderbird, which is also both an
email program and a newsreader. There are many others which you can Google.

Note that, if the newsreader is also an email program, you do not have
to use the email features. I have never used the email features of the
newsreader programs I have used.
 
Yes, my new e-mail is a Windows Live ID account. I can't reply to this,
without having to type my e-mail and pass word. Windows Help, leads me to
this page, so I'm assuming it's how a person reaches it!
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What you are calling a "page" is actually not a page, or a web site at
all. It's a newsgroup. You are accessing this newsgroup through the
awful microsoft web-based interface to it, rather than the normal way
of using a newsreader.

Read more about what a newsgroup is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsgroup

If I'm not supposed
to reach this page by this route, why has Windows Help led me to it?
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Because Microsoft believes that their web-based interface is the best,
or easiest, way to get to their newsgroups. I, and most experienced
users of these newsgroups, strenuously disagree, and strongly
recommend you use a newsreader instead. You will find it to be a much
better experience.

Do yourself a favor and switch to a newsreader, such as Outlook
Express, which comes with Windows. See
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

I
suppose I click on the links and see where that leads me. No wonder friends
tell me to buy a MACC!
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Your choice entirely.
 
Pam
You have a cookie in the Temporary Internet Files folder named (e-mail address removed).
This is what signs you on automatically. If you delete it, you will be asked
for your user name and password again.
IE, tools menu, general tab, browsing history "Settings" button, "View
Files" button, sorted by name to find the 'cookie:<username>@live.com to
delete.

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Mark L. Ferguson
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Thanks for this. I've clicked on the link and will carry out the instruction
when I have a minute to spare.

Thanks again

Pam
 
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