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Hotmail unable to load

May 18, 2007 11:04PM PDT

Hello everybody,
Recently my internet stopped working for a week due to telephone exchange problems. But now it started working 2 days ago, and everythings working fine, EXCEPT for:

Windows live messenger 8.1: error code 80048820 extended error code 8004840f
Hotmail: When i enter my email address and password and click sign in, it says the page cannot be displayed. This msg comes up on both firefox 2 and IE7, so i cant sign in webmessenger aswell.
Plus yahoo messenger doesnt work either.

I would really thankful if someone could help me resolve this issue.

Thank you very much!

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I can't fix that.
May 18, 2007 11:30PM PDT

But I do notice that MS has been toying heavily with hotmail. My old setup failed a few days ago just like they warned me months ago. There is NO WAY to get that working again since they have offlined the old hotmail pop3 servers for good. I can't tell if you've set it up the new way. What new way? They tell you, not me.

Bob

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RE: Hotmail
May 19, 2007 3:30AM PDT

I didnt quite understand what u are trying to say.
It works on a different computer perfectly, but is just not working on my laptop. how do i get around this??

Thanks

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What I'm saying is..
May 19, 2007 3:37AM PDT

My old setup died when MSN shutdown the old hotmail servers. Since you have a working system you have the best clues in front of you. Compare the 2 setups and make them the same. There are some that have machines with spyware damage. Winsockfix might help but the only cure is to never allow spyware on the machines.

Good luck,

Bob

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Thanks
May 19, 2007 6:14AM PDT

Thanks for clearing that up Bob, I'll try that now!

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not working
May 20, 2007 2:06AM PDT

hi bob, nothings workingSad hotmail and WLM still dont sign in!! what can i do?!

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Mine stopped working today again.
May 20, 2007 2:18AM PDT