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Comment from Deyney Dawn on 2011-11-09

2011-11-09T15:03:50Z

I have a very old email, I used to use it for some forums until I made another one and it became my main.

It's been a while since I used it/loggin (2 years maybe), but lately one of my account's password has been rested and an email has been sent to this OLD email. When I tried to loggin, its says that the email is incorrect, I tried everything, I even checked the forum for the right email, and guess what; it is!

Help please.

This article discusses recovery options for the various ways that Hotmail accounts can be lost or compromised and I believe it applies here: What are my Lost Hotmail Account and Password Recovery Options?

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Comment from john neeting on 2011-07-15

2011-07-16T05:02:08Z

So there is an engine that strings words together to make phrases ?. Oh so that engine can churn through
factorial 680,000 [ plus spaces as a guess ] ?
Even at a quadrillion times a second it couldn't do it in 100,000 years. Get a computer to factorial 680,000 and see how far you get :) if YOU can get such a computer

Actually the engines that are around cycle through words and short combinations of words. And yes, they do so at an amazing rate these days (apparently occasionally botnets are used to bring the power of thousands of PCs to the problem). Regardless, password phrases as you suggest are significantly more secure. Basically anything that is longer is better, regardless of how you form it - phrases are simply easier to remember.

16-Jul-2011

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Comment from Mark J on 2011-05-23

2011-05-23T08:25:30Z

@Evon

This article, already on Ask Leo, discusses recovery options for the various ways that Hotmail accounts can be lost or compromised and I believe applies in your situation:
http://ask-leo.com/C4445

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Comment from Evon F. M. Kassabian on 2011-05-23

2011-05-23T08:13:32Z

I had this same problem just yesterday. I typed in my CORRECT password, several times, to no avail........then out of the corner of my eye noticed the "caps lock" was on. I took it off, typed in the exact same password, except this time all in lower case, and......everything was fine!

Please tell me what can I do? because I need the same e-mail, {email address removed}

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Comment from Evon F. M. Kassabian on 2011-05-23

2011-05-23T08:07:31Z

Your account has been blocked
Why are you seeing this?
Someone may have used your account to send out a lot of junk messages (or something else that violates the Windows Live Terms of Service).
We're here to help you get your account back.
What do you need to do?
We'll help you reset your password.
We've cleaned your account settings
Often customers get here because someone else has access to your account and are using it without your knowledge to send spam. To protect you and your contacts, we've removed any Hotmail auto-replies or linked accounts you may have had.
Please tell me what can I do? because I need the same e-mail, {email address removed}
Looking forward t hearing from you soon.

Thank you,

Best Regards

Evon Kassabian

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Comment from Daniel Shepherd on 2011-05-10

2011-05-11T00:08:18Z

I just wanted to use my hotmail account on the 4-G phone since I could not I want to keep my contact and maybe put them on my Yahoo account. I can read my e-mail on my old phone but I was told my pass word was wrong and my secrect code was wrong. Must I stay on my old phone to keep my contact or is it a way to move them.

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Comment from don christopher on 2011-04-23

2011-04-23T19:03:14Z

I changed my mail address to {email address removed}@yahoo.com, I am having problems with my caps button sticking, thus the problem getting my @ to pop up instesd of the number 2. I am trying to sign up for g-mail and keep getting blocked after putting in my password even though it says it is strong, NEW TO the computor and the net, over 100 years according to my doctor, can you help a old woman make it less diffulcult// CAN'T GET THE ASK SYMBLE TO COME UP, OR SPELL CHECK

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Comment from Anonymous on 2011-02-21

2011-02-22T05:48:47Z

Hotmail nonsense quite surely does exist. Hotmail will refuse to accept passwords if not changed for a long period of time. Example;

I try logging into hotmail via a web browser, I'm told my password is incorrect. However, when the same password/user is entered into MSN Messenger, it logs in fine.

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Comment from Kenneth Najarian on 2010-12-17

2010-12-17T20:12:03Z

I am trying to log in to my hotmail acct and it won't allow me to do it --m it says I have tried too many times with the wrong password... The computer was cleaned and since then the password doesn't work... I would like to access my hotmail acct,PLEASE !!!

This article discusses recovery options for the various ways that Hotmail accounts can be lost or compromised: What are my Lost Hotmail Account and Password Recovery Options?

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Comment from yo on 2010-10-16

2010-10-16T10:24:18Z

That is not true i made 3 hotmails in one night tonight actually and all three got hacked into i dont think so! how could all three e-mails not work when i know the user name and the password is the exact same for all my e-mails YES IT IS HOTMAILS fault THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I disagree. There's something happening on your end - perhaps you have a keylogger or spyware, perhaps using the same password on all your accounts is a really bad idea.

16-Oct-2010

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Comment from feras on 2010-10-02

2010-10-02T11:21:31Z

i need asolution and it is urgent

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Comment from Phyllis Zolko on 2010-07-06

2010-07-06T17:34:55Z

I tried logging in to my msn mail account that has been free for many years on Thursday 7/3/2010 and it said thatI had logged in too many times with an incorrect password. Now note that I only logged in twice because I thought I may have hit the wronk key. I could not send a complaint to msn because I could not access my account. Every time now when I ty to logon it automatically takes me to hotmail.com NOT msn.com. I set up another email account using hotmail and used my my original ID & PW and it allowed. I tried to set up a new account under a link I found for msn.com mail and it said my account was in use when trying to set up with same ID & PW. On Thurs there was a message from MSN saying that some users may not be able to access their mail accounts due to problems they were having. After 5 days, no fix????? What is going on as I have work and personal items that I desperately need to access. I have had this account for years!! Please help.

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Comment from cammy on 2010-03-12

2010-03-12T12:24:44Z

something is wrong with my email............and i am 100 percent sure with my password........so i need a contact phone number for customer service

There is no phone number. See this article:How do I contact Windows Live Hotmail customer service?

12-Mar-2010

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Comment from Gugliemo on 2010-01-24

2010-01-24T11:36:52Z

I have the same problem that a few have mentioned, it's the reason why I ended up here. I have auto-complete turned on so IE always remembers my hotmail username and password, yet about 3/4 of the time when i click 'sign in' it tells me the username of password is incorrect. I generally have to type it in 2 or 3 times before it accepts. Does anybody know why this is, or how to get around it?

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Comment from June Dushaw on 2010-01-23

2010-01-23T16:19:58Z

Sometimes I get that message and then if I try again it works.

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Comment from John B. Moss on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T17:33:02Z

I'm with Jim - have had to retype the 'good' (same) password, second time always works, 1st time never. I'm on Vista, had the issue when I was on XP, and am NOT going to Win7 in the near future. It isn't (doesn't seem to be) a hacking issue. Hotmail just requires that second password entry. Nuisance!

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Comment from Pookey on 2010-01-20

2010-01-20T11:43:15Z

@John Neeting

One of the ways that the programs crack the passwords is to string words and random characters together into pass phrases. I know that John the Ripper, one of the fastest Windows password crackers (cause its written in assembler and has no GUI, only command-line) can crack pass phrases by using dictionary words and stringing multiple words together.

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Comment from Grump on 2010-01-19

2010-01-20T00:57:36Z

More to this than stating "Hacked or Caps lock on"
Recently installed W7 on another PC & can never access my existing hotmail account on this PC, (password incorrect every time) but have no problems logging in & out on the other PC. (Not a keyboard problem either as I'm using the same keyboard for both PCs)

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Comment from jim on 2010-01-19

2010-01-20T00:56:33Z

i'm jumping in cause i think someone needs to say this, which is that, i experienced hotmail giving me this message so consistenly for a very long time that i got use to having to type it in twice because it would work on the second try (always). I got tired of trying to find a fix for it as did others i would 'google'. i haven't had this problem since i switched from xp & firefox to win 7 & IE8. anyway, something was happening besides 'getting hacked' jim

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Comment from John Neeting on 2010-01-19

2010-01-20T00:22:40Z

The best defense against hacking by someone is a pass PHRASE not a pass word. Most hacking tools rely on the dictionary and then some tried and true variations but a pass phrase [ believe it or not ] is much easier to remember [ especially if it contains NO spaces ]
Example: I used at one time in the past...
"youaintnotgunnagetanynonothingoutofmemate"
as a pass phrase. I challenged GOD to guess this with any engine on the planet. The phrase was easily remembered because it came from one of my all time favorite shows ' It aint half hot mum '
an english comedy series.
Pick a phrase that is long and drives you or everyone else nuts. Another example : " isaidlookisaiddarlisaidpetisaidloveisaidlook '
This methodology is damn near impossible to crack by guessing or any engine available within your lifetime. Long - yes, time to type it in - yes, secure - absolutely.

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Comment from Yup on 2010-01-19

2010-01-19T22:32:14Z

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Comment from robert p on 2010-01-19

2010-01-19T22:20:03Z

I disagree that the average user needs to change their password all the time. In fact, it might work against you. One just needs to use words that do not appear in any dictionary [make one up] and alternate it with numbers and symbols.
Something like: F#i*T!M&F09, is relatively safe, but your pet's name is a sure target.

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Comment from John B. on 2010-01-19

2010-01-19T21:17:28Z

Maybe this person just had caps lock down by mistake and didn't realize it when trying to login .

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Comment from Tim Hohs on 2010-01-19

2010-01-19T21:04:51Z

Maybe the guy's caps lock is stuck. That would explain why his password is not being accepted.

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