Can't use Windows Community

This all started on July 27. I was having a problem with my Windows Mail.
When I would click on an e-mail link to send an e-mail, I would get an error
message saying the address is incorrect or something like that. When this
annoying little window kept popping up and I couldn't get it to go away, I
did what I always do when I'm desparate. I went to the discussion group in
Windows Community. It was in the Vista catagory Windows Mail & Contacts
and my subject was "I can't send a message from an e-mail link." I got 2
replies stating I had to go to my default programs, click on Windows Mail,
then click on set this program as default. I have not been able to get into
the Windows discussion since then. Not even to rate the answers to my
original post. I can read the messages but I cannot post a new topic or
respond to a thread. Last week when I got to the Community page it showed I
was signed in. But it still would not let me post. Now I am not signed in
and no matter how many times I click on the sign in button, the window
blinks off and then comes back up and it still says sign in. That is what
happens if I try to click on reply or new topic. So far I have tried
deleting all my cookies, hitting F5 (I read that somewhere) I even did a
system restore. Nothing works. What have I got screwed up on my computer?
I am on a different computer right now. Please help.
Sandee

You have probably saved an incorrect password for your Passport account. In
Windows Mail, the Tools menu, Accounts, highlight mail account, Properties
will let you set a new password. Likewise, the saved Passport password can
be deleted from IE, in the IE browser Tools menu, "Delete Browsing History,
"Delete Passwords"

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Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson

"Sandee" <slmatis@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A2AC76A8-F560-4BE7-B6BF-5F4BE4788697@xxxxxx

Quote:

> This all started on July 27. I was having a problem with my Windows Mail.
> When I would click on an e-mail link to send an e-mail, I would get an
> error message saying the address is incorrect or something like that.
> When this annoying little window kept popping up and I couldn't get it to
> go away, I did what I always do when I'm desparate. I went to the
> discussion group in Windows Community. It was in the Vista catagory
> Windows Mail & Contacts and my subject was "I can't send a message from an
> e-mail link." I got 2 replies stating I had to go to my default programs,
> click on Windows Mail, then click on set this program as default. I have
> not been able to get into the Windows discussion since then. Not even to
> rate the answers to my original post. I can read the messages but I
> cannot post a new topic or respond to a thread. Last week when I got to
> the Community page it showed I was signed in. But it still would not let
> me post. Now I am not signed in and no matter how many times I click on
> the sign in button, the window blinks off and then comes back up and it
> still says sign in. That is what happens if I try to click on reply or
> new topic. So far I have tried deleting all my cookies, hitting F5 (I
> read that somewhere) I even did a system restore. Nothing works. What
> have I got screwed up on my computer?
> I am on a different computer right now. Please help.
> Sandee

I have exactly the same problem - I cannot sign into discussions

Yet in another Tab I have my live.au email account open . I thought the
Live Users Id and Password were my Passport user Id and Password - the
signin screen is EXACTLY the same screen

My Outlook gets mail from my Live mail account using same user id and
password
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"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@xxxxxx> wrote in
message news:30283686-27A3-4EE5-81A3-18248C0164EE@xxxxxx

Quote:

> You have probably saved an incorrect password for your Passport account.
> In Windows Mail, the Tools menu, Accounts, highlight mail account,
> Properties will let you set a new password. Likewise, the saved Passport
> password can be deleted from IE, in the IE browser Tools menu, "Delete
> Browsing History, "Delete Passwords"
>
> --
> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>
> "Sandee" <slmatis@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:A2AC76A8-F560-4BE7-B6BF-5F4BE4788697@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> This all started on July 27. I was having a problem with my Windows
>> Mail. When I would click on an e-mail link to send an e-mail, I would get
>> an error message saying the address is incorrect or something like that.
>> When this annoying little window kept popping up and I couldn't get it to
>> go away, I did what I always do when I'm desparate. I went to the
>> discussion group in Windows Community. It was in the Vista catagory
>> Windows Mail & Contacts and my subject was "I can't send a message from
>> an e-mail link." I got 2 replies stating I had to go to my default
>> programs, click on Windows Mail, then click on set this program as
>> default. I have not been able to get into the Windows discussion since
>> then. Not even to rate the answers to my original post. I can read the
>> messages but I cannot post a new topic or respond to a thread. Last week
>> when I got to the Community page it showed I was signed in. But it still
>> would not let me post. Now I am not signed in and no matter how many
>> times I click on the sign in button, the window blinks off and then comes
>> back up and it still says sign in. That is what happens if I try to
>> click on reply or new topic. So far I have tried deleting all my
>> cookies, hitting F5 (I read that somewhere) I even did a system restore.
>> Nothing works. What have I got screwed up on my computer?
>> I am on a different computer right now. Please help.
>> Sandee

>

[Nikilet]

I am also looking for an answer to this problem. I have a Hotmail account. I signed in with my Live ID, but when I go to Windows Community it shows "Sign In" and when I click on that I don't even get a box to sign in at. It just goes right back to the Windows Community page I am on where it still says "Sign In."

[missushammer]

I am having exactly this same problem signing into Windows Vista Community as the previous poster Nikilet. However, if it's my first attempt, I do get the sign-in page. I sign in, and it goes back to the Community page but it still says "sign in", and I am unable to post any questions. If I click on "sign in" again, I just get the community page like Nikilet above.

However...if I click on the Microsoft.com Home link at the top, when I get there it says "log out". So I'm logged in, I guess, except for some reason it doesn't take at Communities. I can log in at Hotmail, Windows Live, anywhere else but Communities. I've checked my credentials, everything's set up. Can anyone help? Thank you.

I'm also having the same problem. Got here through Microsoft Public Access.
Never had this problem before. Keeps looping me back to the page where the
Sign In button is displayed, but will allow me to rate a post! Can't post or
reply, though. Tried clearing cookies, starting without add-ons, etc. Used
these discussions many times, never a problem. Appreciate any suggestions.

"Paul Montgomery" wrote:

Quote:

> On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:35:07 -0500, missushammer
> <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
>

Quote:

> >I am having exactly this same problem signing into Windows Vista
> >Community as the previous poster Nikilet. However, if it's my first
> >attempt, I do get the sign-in page. I sign in, and it goes back to the
> >Community page but it still says "sign in", and I am unable to post any
> >questions. If I click on "sign in" again, I just get the community page
> >like Nikilet above.
> >
> >However...if I click on the Microsoft.com Home link at the top, when I
> >get there it says "log out". So I'm logged in, I guess, except for some
> >reason it doesn't take at Communities. I can log in at Hotmail, Windows
> >Live, anywhere else but Communities. I've checked my credentials,
> >everything's set up. Can anyone help? Thank you.

>
> When I go to Communities, I don't have to login because my IM has me
> already logged in using my Live ID and password.
>
> Try logging out of Hotmail and then logging in at Communities just for
> the heck of it. Don't use an auto-fill in. Do it manually.
>

[Nikilet]

I tried just going to the Windows Community and signing in manually. It still didn't work, but what amazes me is that I found this post I made regarding this problem under "Can't sign in" -- "Windows Vista"

I'm totally lost now.

[tommygun]

.......got the same thing going on like described above.

It started when I changed to another place using a different internet connection.

I'm using a laptop and never had this problem before anywhere else.

Could it have something to do with the ISP ..???..

Don't think it's the ISP. I was using the same ISP before when I had no
problem. This is new. May require a fix on the community website. So now I
just come in through public access. Gave up on the old way in.

"tommygun" wrote:

Quote:

>
> .......got the same thing going on like described above.
>
> It started when I changed to another place using a different internet
> connection.
>
> I'm using a laptop and never had this problem before anywhere else.
>
> Could it have something to do with the ISP ..???..
>
>
> --
> tommygun
>
> Tommy
>

[tommygun]

.......what you mean by "Public Access" ???