How do I resolve my MSN Hotmail sign in problems?

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Like others I also liked the old hotmail, but I like reading my mail even more. I tried the switch to firefox and I can now access my account! thanks Leo! I just did this so I don't know if it is a perfect fix, but if you are like me and resistant to change. take the plunge your friends are trying to contact you!

I, like Geri above (sept 15th) am also having giant lettering appear on the Hotmail sign-in page. I have tried most things - including clicking on 'VIEW' in the toolbar and selecting 'Text Size' Smallest, but each letter is still incredibly huge and takes up many times this windows space.
Helpppppppp!! (lol).

I just remembered you cant respond to my specific question if you dont have a working email address to send it to Leo...thus i inserted my alternative email address at Yahoo.
As i said in a previous post, when i try and log into Hotmail, the font size is MANY thousands of times larger than regular font. I have clicked on the VIEW option and TEXT SIZE > SMALLEST above, but unfortunately that does not fix the problem either.
Someone else also posted that they too are having the same problem as myself, and i can only hope that someone with your computer experience can nut the problem out as it is wayyyyy beyond my limited knowledge.
Thanks in advance.

Mac user here, (G4) OS X 10.4.10 using Safari. Cannot get to log-in page, URL keeps changing every second or so; screen remains blank. Clearing cookies solves problem for a day or two, then problem returns. I Have MS Messenger for Mac, and problem came shortly after upgrading to Version 6.0.3 -- Messenger signs in no problem; tells me about new mail in inbox, but can't get to hotmail.
Same thing happens no matter how I try to get to sign-in page, even with google search for Hotmail Sign-In. I need to have cookies enabled. if I knew which one to delete, I could live with that. As I said, I am not the only one with this OS using Safari with this problem. Question asked by someone else at Yahoo answers, but no answer.
Help Please........

Ditch Internet Explorer. It sucks. Trust Micro$oft to make a browser that's incompatible with its own sites. But then again, many of us know that's nothing new about Micro$oft right? Use Avant Browser. It is absolutely free. And it will get rid of your frustrations of not being able to log into Hotmail or Live.com, hopefully forever.

Doggy

I use hotmail on a shared laptop but want to delete messenger for security reasons. Is it possible to do this? It automatically appears and give automatic sign in to my Hotmail account. I don't use messanger so just want to get rid of it.

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Every time I try to log in through Safari, I get the following message in the log-in box (see below). Very frustrating, as I have even paid for the Hotmail Plus service, and my outlook no longer works. Anyone know how to get around this? (could it be a Mac/Microsoft incompatibility issue?)

Windows Live ID is unavailable from this site for one of the following reasons:
This site may 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.

hello. I was having the same problem. here's what I did to fix it from Norton Firewall.
Norton Antivirus > Email & Messaging > Privacy Control > Configure Privacy Control > Advanced

From the advanced menu, you'll see a list of internet websites. Click the website that you aren't able to access fully, then click on the tab (Second one for me). Under , select Permit. Do that for all websites that relate to the one you aren't able to access. for example, I was having problems accessingl hotmail. i could only get to the main sign-in page but it would return to the same one after I try to login.
So I selected "permit" for live.com and hotmail.com. I had to manually add www.hotmail.com in the list and permit it afterwards.

Hope it works.

Everytime I log onto my account my daughters hotmail automatically logs in even though she has her own account. How do I stop it happening (ie get rid of hotmail which I dont use) from my account without deleting it from hers?

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