"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> Greetings,
>
> This has already been rectified in 2009 beta. However, it will not automatically open
> Hotmail, it simply sends you to the MSN Homepage and you have to sign in manually.
>
> The reason for this is because Microsoft cannot guarantee, except through it's own browser,
> that it can securely send your credentials to sign you into Hotmail.
>
> Another option is to use Stuffplug (http://www.stuffplug.com) to automatically open the
> Hotmail link in your default browser, although it can't automatically sign you in always
> either.
>
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> Jonathan Kay
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> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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Strangely, I want it back how it was. My default browser is Opera and it
doesn't handle hotmail very well (it works, until you try to compose an
email!) so I want WLM to open hotmail in IE no matter what my default browser
is, is there some way to do this? (I'm on 2009 build 14.0.8050.1202)