Vista - Windows Live Mail cannot access Hotmail messages

I run windows Live Mail under Vista Ultimate on a notebook with ample capacity.
I cannot access the messages from my Hotmail account when loggind onto Live
Mail. This is the one I used to sign in.
Yet my hotmail account works perfectly well when I access it with Windows
Live Hotmail.
I suspect that Live mail does not support the same variety of character for
the password as Windows Live Hotmail does. My pass word includes some non
alphanumeric characters. I am not sure but I would like to know why my
hotmail account which is registered as a live ID works with Live hotmail but
does not with Live mail.
Thanks
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Regards
CyberJeff

See
https://help.live.com//help.aspx?pro...tmt=&format=b1
for how to create a password. If yours works with Hotmail, then that's not
likely to be your problem. Please post the entire error message you get when
you try to access your mail in WLMail.
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Noel

"cyberjeff" <cyberjeff@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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The sign-in name you entered doesn't exist, or your password is incorrect.
This is the message I get in Live mail.
but in Live Hotmail no problem, same ID, same password.
Why ???
Thank you for your reply.

Regards
CyberJeff


"Ildhund" wrote:

I'm reluctant to say so, but this really sounds like user error. You say you
use your Live ID to sign in; if you're signed in, then either your Live ID
or a screen name appears next to the display picture at the top-right of the
window. Click on the little arrow next to the image and select "View Windows
Live account info". You will probably have to sign in again to get to
account.live.com. Once there, follow the instructions to change your
password. Make sure you give an alternative e-mail address in case of
difficulties later.
Close down WLMail and delete all Live cookies. Then access your Hotmail on
the web. Restart WLMail using your new password. Remove the Hotmail account,
restart WLMail again and set up the Hotmail account again, accepting the
defaults in the Add an e-mail account wizard. If you still cannot
send/receive messages on your Hotmail account, open a support ticket at
support.live.com. Please report back with your results.
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Noel

"cyberjeff" <cyberjeff@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've just re-read your messages and realize that I may have misunderstood
what you wrote. You say "I cannot access the messages from my Hotmail
account when loggind onto Live Mail. This is the one I used to sign in." I
thought this meant that you had signed in to Windows Live using a Hotmail
address as Live ID, but that no messages were downloaded when you tried to
access the Hotmail account. The error you mention in your second posting
indicates that you were not able to sign in, so I can't quite understand
what you mean when you say "when loggind onto Live Mail".

First, please note that you do not have to sign in to use WLMail. Signing in
has nothing to do with receiving or sending mail. Click the Help question
mark on the toolbar and read about signing in.

Second, if you have set up your Hotmail account properly in WLMail, but it
fails to send or receive messages, then an error message should be generated
explaining why. Until we see that message, I am not sure how to help
further.
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Noel

"cyberjeff" <cyberjeff@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I finally fixed this issue... I posted the fix on my bulletin board at

http://204.96.180.26/novell/YaBB.pl?num=1227559810/0#0

I hope this helps someone.

Thanks,
Sam

fyi...
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

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...winston
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"Sam Morris" wrote in message news:20081124155756sam@xxxxxx