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Old 08-11-2007   #4 (permalink)
dean-dean


 
 

Re: Won't accept passwords for Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc.

Is your computer date and time set correctly? Are cookies allowed for the
problematic sites?

"Richard" <Richard@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Jesper / Others:
> I enter the password the same as any other computer; no 'caps' on. When I
> type in my User name and Password, it will tell me that the email address
> or
> password is incorrect. (Hotmail) For Yahoo!, it tells me to Please Verify
> Your Password.
>
> I can access my Yahoo! DSL homepage, Yahoo! mail and Hotmail with no
> problem
> using any of my other computers. I have even tried entering a different
> user
> but get the same error messages and cannot access those pages. Other
> sites,
> such as an automobile forum requiring a User name and Password, I can
> access
> with no log-in problems.
>
> Today, I used Internet Tools and deleted all the files from Temporary
> Internet Files, Cookies, History, Form Data and Passwords, but that didn't
> solve the problem either.
>
>
>
> "Jesper" wrote:
>
> How do you enter the password? What is happening when you try to enter a
> password? What error messages does it give you?
>
> "Richard" wrote:
>
> Hello;
>
> I have a Gateway desktop running OEM Windows Vista. New out of the box, I
> could log-in to my ISP email, Hotmail, etc. The computer no longer accepts
> any passwords and won't log into any websites such as email and home
> banking.
>
> Any ideas what settings have been changed so I can gain access to password
> required websites?
>
> Thank you,
>


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