How do I resolve my MSN Hotmail sign in problems?

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GET RID OF NORTON!!!
After some research, I discovered that recent updates to Norton Internet Security has caused the Hotmail (and other access) problems.
Go to Symantec's website and find "Removing your Norton program using SymNRT".
I followed the instructions and it worked like a dream! I can now access my Hotmail, etc.
I will not use Norton again...any suggestions for security software?

those having problems with msn and norton should just try updating norton, after wasting several hours trying to fix msn i discovered that simply downloading norton updates had everything running smoothly again.

Hotmail no longer accepts it's email to be downloaded into Outlook/Outlook Express unless you have a paid account- it doesn't allow the messages to be dowloaded and used in these programs unless you have a paid acct.

Hope that may help some of you.
Di

how can i change my secret qestion can you send me an email telling me how to .

That's this article: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_change_my_msn_hotmail_secret_question.html

ave forgot ma msn password and ma secret question ,it keeps telling me to go to credentials ( but ave no idea where it is ,nothing on the link a click from the help pages says credentials)would appreciate your help

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/ive_forgotten_the_answer_to_my_msn_hotmail_secret_question_and_my_password_what_do_i_do.html

today i tried a little experiment...with two accounts....

after hearing on irc that my msn was showing me online to half the people on my contact list i registered my gmail account and loaded my contact list..which i ran in windows messenger simultaniously along side my hotmail account in msn messenger (7.5)

now...msn said the hotmail account was online..i could see people online....i was showing as offline to some people but i could still converse with some of them

but the gmail account said thta the hotmail account was offline.

i could only communicate with certain people in each account.

its almost like an old style server split...and its a giant pain.

i was also having big time connection issues...but the two accounts never seem to be affected at the same time.

telling me that its not a computer or a isp issue.
its definatly an msn server issue
however if you check server status on the msn website it states that everything is sunshine and roses (what else is new)

i a really interested in whats going on here
so if anyone has any idea i'd really like to hear it....
since msn is flakey feel free to send me an email.

i probably wont get your msn message
and i tend to ignore requests for adds from people i dont know

foursilver_stars@hotmail.com

Hiya,

I'm also getting the strange problem of my msn showing me as offline to few of my contacts yet i can still chat to them and every other activity.

I have performed uninstalls and fresh installs of msn and my firewall as well as deleting all entries from the reg, so thats ruled that out.

Also have added an advanced rule to firewall to ensure ports msn using are not being blocked (although doubt this is problem as never used to happen).

This problem is happening on my home computer (blueyonder connection) and my work computer (e7even broadband connection) so everything has been ruled out.

Believe it to be a problem with the hotmail account in general and suppose we will just have to wait untill msn fix this bug (although could be a lifetime).

If anyone gets any info please send me email or add me to msn.

Cheers

Dean

I have been in touch with microsoft with trying to resolve the issue of opening hotmail, and getting into some of my favorites in internet explorer.
Microsoft has also reccomended that I visit your site.
We have tried most of the solutions you have mentioned, but we did not try the "flush dns" fix. I have no idea what a command shell is. Can you help?

Thanks,

Maxwell Tidwell

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