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Can I check when my last Hotmail login was?

Question:

How can I check what time and where my last Hotmail login was?

I get questions similar to this a lot.

To the best of my knowledge: you cannot. Period. I know of no way to make it
happen.

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I’d write a longer article, but really that’s all there is too it: Hotmail
does not make information regarding your last login, or last login location,
available to you.

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66 comments on “Can I check when my last Hotmail login was?”

  1. will “Hotmail” save my “Personal information changing history?” For example, if I changed my name from ” andy” to ” Billy” , I know that the Hotmail database will replace my old name andy with Billy, but I just wonder that will Hotmail save my changing history? that’s mean sth about me: when I changed my name or when I changed my date of birth…..bla…bla….all that kind of history. thank you.

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  2. How can I find out my password.I frogot it and the other time I log in it was changed by someone.so relli need u to help me chnage my password.

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  3. i FORGOT MY SIGN IN AND PASSWORD FOR MY HOTMAIL ACCOUNT AND IT WONT TAKE MY SECRET ANWER EITHER. i HAVN’T BEEN ABLE TO CHECK MY MAIL IN ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND i CAN’T GET A SINGLE PERSON TO HELP ME.iS ALL OF MY INFO LOST FOR GOOD(PICTURE,ETC…?

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  4. Can an account closed by Hotmail be reopened?

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    I am pretty positive someone that doesnt like me (an ex friend) got into my hotmail account and sent a whole bunch of e-mails violating the hotmail policy (abusive e-mails or spam I dont know….). No big deal I thought, I changed my password, etc….

    Well I went to sign in yesterday and I got a message saying that my account is closed and access is denied.

    Now is there NO ONE I can talk to in regards to this? I have filled out that form on t e hotmail support site and all I got in return was an automated message.

    Is there no PERSON I can talk to? Can a closed hotmail account be reopened?

    Will hotmail actually beleive that someone signed into my account? I really cant beleive this has happened because I’ve had this account for years without any problems.

    Has anyone had this happen to them with positive results in the end? I have a lot of personal and sentimental emails that I dont want to be gone forever.

    Please someone help, I am going bonkers here!!!

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  5. I don’t know how to get into the screen where I can put my password in and open my hotmail account. Please tell me how to do it I’m going crazy and I am not very computer lit

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  6. My friend had her hotmail hacked. Someone has told us that it is possible to find out where you were last logged in to and the IP address you were logged in under. Is this possible, and if so where do we start?

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  7. I SOMEHOW DELETED THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE I WAS HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE GETTING INTO MY HOTMAIL ACCOUNT. HOW CAN I MAKE THIS EMAIL ADDRESS CURRENT ONCE AGAIN? THIS IS THE ONLY ADDRESS EVERYONE USES PERSONAL AND BUSINESS! HELP!PLEASE!

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  8. —–BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE—–
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    No. That’s just the URL of a random Hotmail server.

    Leo
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  9. people keep going on my email sending nasty stuff
    to my friends. is there anyway i can find out how this and stop them??
    PLEASE HELP its been going on since start of january. and my friends are going to stop beliving me when i say its not me!! PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!

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  10. over the years I have had more than one hotmail account. Many are open I am sure if I could remember the names on them it would be great. I would like to close accounts that I have had. Or even check them. Is there a way that you might know of to find old unused accounts with hotmail?

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  11. Hi,
    I am having major problems with my windows live email account. I cannot check my email and it is really frusterating me. I sign in and it says my parent needs to update the Family Settings thing. Well I am not on any Family Setting thing, so what am I supposed to do? Please help!

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  12. I have a Power Mac G5 computer. When I go to http://www.hotmail.com (we have 3 ACTIVE EMAILS) I get this message in a box:

    Sign in to Hotmail

    O Windows Live ID is unavailable from this site for one of the following reasons:

    . This site ma be experiencing a problem.
    . The site may not be a member of Windows Live ID.

    You Can:

    . You can sign in or sign up at other Windows Live ID sites
    and services, or try again later at this site.

    I can log in on another computer that is using the same modem
    with no problems. How do I get hotmail login page back on MY COMPUTER?

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  13. What the heck is wrong with Hotmail….It never opens anymore! I haven’t been able to gat my mail for weeks! My bills are sent there and I can’t even Pay them!!!!! How do I send all my hotmail stuff to another account?

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  14. if you cant log into your hotmail,, try the online version of messanger at this link,,
    webmessenger.msn.com with your hotmail username and password
    then after you log in you should have the cookies
    to go check your hotmail email

    if you need to get into your hotmail account you
    can also set up a pop account,, google pop email and hotmail,, and set it up on your computer with outlook express to get your hotmail email.

    other then that,, thats all i know,,

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  15. after i installed avg. antivirus program, my hotmail loging doesn’t and diplays blank page. could the antivirus program have anything to do this problem.

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  16. I’ve joined 2 months ago but working kept me from using the net. Now i can’t get into my email account. Why is this happing? (and i know my password but still nothing)

    Hotmail, like most free accounts, expire after a period of inactivity.

    – Leo
    21-Oct-2008
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  17. cant call up hotmail…get this message:
    Windows Live ID requires JavaScript to sign in. This web browser either does not support JavaScript, or scripts are being blocked

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  18. why can,i get into my hotmail account as all my email goes in there and it isn,t being put into mywindows live account , everything i have and do is in the hotmail.co.uk account

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  19. What is the use of re-setting the password and sending it to your email address if your locked out of your account…….that wasn’t very well thought out……

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  20. Some one, got hold of my Hotmail e-mail and folders and sent email asking for money to my friends, my alternative address was very old and they add another one as “je…@Yahoo. com” . Was that nice? Do you call that protection?

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  21. Why are all of my emails have a x beside the envelope? Please let me know if some one has opened my account, as I have not been on in over a week.

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