Windows Live ID Password Issue

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MyNameSaysItAll

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Hi, i have concern regarding a windows live id password login. I am able to login to either windows live mesh or my windows live messenger account using a password that i can enter in capitals or non captitals for example

"PassWord01" is the default password i gave it, however i can stil login with
"PASSWORD01" what i don't get is when you are creating an account for the first time it tells you to use upper/lower case letters to make a password, however in this case it doesn't seem to matter.

I also do have another wlm account and that one is case sensitive where i have to enter in the correct info as is. I would like to know is this a security issue here? if not why is that one account not case sensitive?
 

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MyNameSaysItAll said:
Hi, i have concern regarding a windows live id password login. I am able to login to either windows live mesh or my windows live messenger account using a password that i can enter in capitals or non captitals for example

"PassWord01" is the default password i gave it, however i can stil login with
"PASSWORD01" what i don't get is when you are creating an account for the first time it tells you to use upper/lower case letters to make a password, however in this case it doesn't seem to matter.

I also do have another wlm account and that one is case sensitive where i have to enter in the correct info as is. I would like to know is this a security issue here? if not why is that one account not case sensitive?
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Sounds more like a Microsoft issue than a PC related issue. Passwords would be stored remotely on their servers and your configuration or settings wouldn't effect this.
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 3.2Ghz (OC)
    Memory
    4 GIG DDR2-6400
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon 3750
    Sound Card
    Creative X-Fi
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    22" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    (2) 500 Gig SATAII 32mb Cache in RAID 0 array
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    Antec TruPower 650W
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    10Mbps Cable
Yes i understand that the password login id issue isn't a problem on my end. However, i do believe it must be some kind of a security issue and would like to know why it is like this. I know the easy way to resolve the problem would be to change my password, but that won't really fix the reason why i am able to login like this, so i am more intersted in figuring out whats wrong and if they are aware of this problem and possibly fix it.
 

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I believe that there has been quite a few problems lately with Windows Live, and they are making quite an effort to fix it.
 

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    Acer Aspire 5920gmi notebook
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    Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.00GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800 x 4294967296 colors
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    crawl
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