Re: IE6 - IE 7 & Hotmail/Windows Live Messenger

Hi Magi,

Check that you havent blocked cookes in IE7 or that your firewall or the
third-party tool is not blocking or deleting them.

To do an update from FireFox download the IETab extension for Firefox

http://ietab.mozdev.org/

When you install IETab in Firefox also check if you can login to Hotmail...
if you can then this will indicate that one of your Security Zone settings
in IE7 is the problem (IETab uses the IE navigator, but does not use the IE
security zone settings)

Regards.
"MagiAwen" <MagiAwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Rob -

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yes, I have used 3rd party clean up programs
as
well as using the tools in IE as well as manually deleting cookies and
restarting IE.

Nothing seems to work. I also noticed it has changed the way the login
is,
I did download the latest MSN messenger and all updates for IE7. Still the
same issue.

Today I viewed the source on the live login (the one the msn messenger
opens
when you click on the mail icon within messenger) as this time it was
taking
a while to process the page. It is a javascript. So I went and made sure
I
have the latest version of java and any java plugins. No joy with IE
here.

I have other computers with Messenger installed that I do not have a
problem
with, but it is very inconvenient for me to have this issue on this
particular computer.

I can access my mail now that I reinstalled Firefox...but no matter if I
have firefox installed or not, windows updates still thinks WinXp is a
macintosh and won't scan my computer for the updates I need so I have to
manually go and try to figure out which ones I may still be missing...no
clue
there.

In most cases I would simply try another reinstall of Windows xp...but I
can't afford to have that computer totally down for another entire day or
two.

For the record, I have no problems signing in to hotmail or
livemail...that
is not the issue...the issue is using IE7 it shows the main page for mail
for
2 seconds and reloads the page to banner ads...and it's not spyware or
malware, they are the actual msn ads.

When I get back to work tomorrow...maybe showing the URL's it's taking me
to
would help? Or the page source code? Assuming I still have the issue
tomorrow
that is...

I have been hoping I would come into work one day and it would have just
"gone away"... :D no joy there.

Thanks again for the advice.

"Rob ^_^" wrote:

Hi Magi,

Here is a message snippet for dealing with login problems at hotmail
If you are having difficulties signing out or replying to posts, please
delete these Microsoft cookies:
a.. username@microsoft
b.. username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
c.. username@xxxxxxxxxx
d.. username@live
Instructions:

a.. Delete cookies in Internet Explorer
b.. Delete cookies in FirefoxIf you are having difficulties signing out
or
replying to posts, please delete these Microsoft cookies:
a.. username@microsoft
b.. username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
c.. username@xxxxxxxxxx
d.. username@live
Instructions:

a.. Delete cookies in Internet Explorer
b.. Delete cookies in Firefox
Regards.
"MagiAwen" <MagiAwen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Alright. Everything was fine until this week. For whatever reason I
get
redirected to banner ads when I try to check my hotmail/livemail or
whatever
it is now.

I had done a complete reinstall of XP Home. I had not yet finished
updating
and did not have IE 7 at the time, I had IE 6. THEN I installed the
newest
version of Windows Live Messenger.

Everything was fine for one day. Then, when I would access email
through
Live Messenger (button), it would open IE6 and I would see my start
page
of
hotmail for 2 seconds, then it would reload and all that shows up are
the
banner ads that are usually on top while I read my mail.

I accessed www.hotmail.com directly, same issue...as soon as it opens I
am
refreshed to a blank page with the regular banner ads MSN puts above
mail.

I Have:

Uninstalled Messenger - rebooted - cleared cache - go to hotmail
directly -
same problem.

So, then I go to windows update and get all updates except IE 7 -
reboot -
same issue going to hotmail directly through IE6.

I installed Firefox. I can go to hotmail and read mail just fine.

Except now, I cannot get updates for WinXP because win updates thinks
my
computer is a Mac.

I uninstalled firefox, rebooted, tried to go to WinUpdates to get IE7 -
it
tells me I'm a mac. Finally downloaded IE7 Redistributable, installed,
rebooted.

Still cannot read hotmail without being refreshed to a blank page with
ads,
and still cannot go to windows update as it still thinks my computer is
a
Mac.

Automatic updates does seem to function.

I have gone through my system with several spyware/malware/bho/anti
virus/and everything else I can think of programs. Some free, some
paid
for.

I have rebooted and rebooted and checked settings... IE7 is my default
browser. I have gone through the registry and made sure everything for
Mozilla is gone and etc etc etc.

This is getting very aggravating. Please tell me what in the heck I
need
to
do.. I have never had this issue before.

Thanks in advance........... oh.. and if this thing shows my hotmail
address.. don't bother sending me email... I can't get it :P





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