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February 15th, 2012, 07:49 GMT · By

Hotmail Is Down due to Sign-in Problems [Update: Issues Fixed]

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Microsoft’s Hotmail service is currently down and users cannot sign in into their accounts at the moment.

However, Microsoft notes that they are aware of the issue, and that they are working on finding a solution for the outage.

“We're aware of sign-in issues - we're investigating and working to get them fixed,” Microsoft announced on Twitter.

The Redmond-based software giant has also pointed users to a specific web page where they can check on the status of the service.

“Hotmail is having sign-in problems. You might see an error message when you try to sign in,” the company notes on the said page.

At the moment, the webmail service appears to be the only one that is experiencing problems, while other online offerings from Microsoft should be up and running properly.

A quick look at the said page shows that the Calendar, Messenger, SkyDrive, Social updates and other services are currently working normally.

The sign-in problems have been reported about an hour ago for the first time, and it appears that more users are affected by them.

On the other hand, not all Hotmail users are experiencing these issues with the service, which suggests that this might be only a localized problem.

Hotmail having sign-in issues on February 15th
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For the time being, Microsoft hasn’t offered specific details on the matter, but the company is expected to offer some more of them as the service begins being restored.

The software company has yet to offer an ETA for when the service will be back online. However, those who would like to stay on top of the situation should head over to the aforementioned webpage to learn more on how things are evolving.

At the same time, you might also want to keep an eye on Twitter, as info on the Hotmail outage is coming from the micro-social networking site as well.

Update: Microsoft managed to find a way to solve the issue.

"We identified a solution to the problem and are working to fix it as quickly as we can," Microsoft says on status.live.com.

Update 2: It appears that the service is already back up and running, even if Microsoft hasn't yet updated the Status page. If you are still experiencing issues when trying to access your email account, please let us know in the comment section below.


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Comment #1 by: Shiela on 15 Feb 2012, 17:02 UTC reply to this comment

Mine sent out emails to all my contacts @ 2:30 a.m.

Comment #1.1 by: mike on 20 Feb 2012, 16:12 GMT

What did it send out?? Mine apparently sent out some bogus email to my contacts


Comment #2 by: Charles on 16 Feb 2012, 12:16 UTC reply to this comment

Can log into Hotmail account, cannot open any e-mails, delete, read, send, etc. Hourglass of death is all that we get

Comment #2.1 by: iprashant on 16 Feb 2012, 14:01 GMT

Same Here, This happened to me 3 times now in last 6 months

Comment #2.2 by: slimgoodbod on 08 Sep 2012, 19:16 GMT

mine is showing the same issues


Comment #3 by: Mel on 16 Feb 2012, 20:29 UTC reply to this comment

My sign in page is now in Spanish (I am not a Spanish speaker) and it does not allow me sign in. When I sign in, it immediately deletes and goes back to Spanish sign in page.


Comment #4 by: Ians71 on 17 Feb 2012, 16:47 UTC reply to this comment

It's not been possible to send emails via hotmail all day. Ian UK


Comment #5 by: LaLa on 18 Feb 2012, 13:58 UTC reply to this comment

I still can not access my email account.

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Gloria Skurkis


Comment #6 by: mike on 20 Feb 2012, 15:30 UTC reply to this comment

Can't access my email, password is rejected and unable to access the password to change it.


Comment #7 by: sas on 21 Feb 2012, 11:17 UTC reply to this comment

Still cannot send emails from web hotmail account. only recieving them.
21/02/2012


Comment #8 by: Mildred/Tucson on 21 Feb 2012, 22:49 UTC reply to this comment

2/21/12 Can't sign in with my password. Keeps telling me it's incorrect. Can't re-set it tells me the security answer ius wrong and it's not wrong. Help!!

Comment #8.1 by: nickyshell on 30 Apr 2012, 03:45 GMT

im having the same problems as you they to keep telling me my password is incorect and i know its not as i had no trouble with the password in the past

Comment #8.2 by: joseph.14 on 30 Apr 2012, 09:05 GMT

i can't sign in with my password ,,pls help


Comment #9 by: mgaryblock on 23 Feb 2012, 22:08 UTC reply to this comment

4:08 CDT and still can not access Hotmail!


Comment #10 by: jgreco on 23 Feb 2012, 22:38 UTC reply to this comment

I can't receive e-mail from 1 specific company???? I can send e-mail to them though???


Comment #11 by: JJ on 23 Feb 2012, 23:25 UTC reply to this comment

The issue is back. Visit the status at https://status.live.com/outageid/037ccc21-c8b3-428b-ba50-e7ce0ca2e025?mkt=en-US&partnerid=SLC


Comment #12 by: duhgrif on 23 Feb 2012, 23:30 UTC reply to this comment

I just tried to log in to hotmail, still says the site is down and can not log in.


Comment #13 by: armando on 24 Feb 2012, 18:21 UTC reply to this comment

hotmail is down in texas


Comment #14 by: Natasha on 26 Feb 2012, 02:49 UTC reply to this comment

I am unemployed and opened the hotmail account so that a position I applied for could contact me - I have not been able to access my account or reset my password and am upset to think I might miss out on a good job because I cannot check my email.


Comment #15 by: FrannieHannie on 27 Feb 2012, 20:50 UTC reply to this comment

I am getting partial mail ie just a header can open up and get rest of info but can't seem to send .
I am in London? I wonder if you will get to see this? What's the latest position on hotmail? Looks like you thought it was fixed but clearly isn't.


Comment #16 by: jyh on 03 Mar 2012, 19:33 UTC reply to this comment

Still having on-going sign in problems ; will not stay signed in/


Comment #17 by: upstart on 07 Mar 2012, 17:09 UTC reply to this comment

Hotmail is down for the count...again


Comment #18 by: Helen on 01 Apr 2012, 14:58 UTC reply to this comment

April 1-still cannot log into hotmail on my home computer or my iphone. helen basse 512-629-3773. Had to switch to gmail. even trid resetting user name and password. not allowing.


Comment #19 by: alexanna7 on 08 Apr 2012, 04:52 UTC reply to this comment

having problems login in my hotmail too.this started a couple months ago.but,after many trials i was able to login.tsince a week or so,i can't login hotmail.palmpre,webos is my pc.so,will try tomorrow on a pc.to see if i can login.alexanna. Canada.quebec.


Comment #20 by: Neelie on 09 Apr 2012, 21:11 UTC reply to this comment

I had the same problem yesterday
This problem has happened to me many times
Eileen


Comment #21 by: alexanna7 on 11 Apr 2012, 03:18 UTC reply to this comment

it's been resolved!aftera week or so,of not being able to enter in my hotmail account! Finally,tonight,it deblocked! Yeah! Thank you for fixing this hotmail!


Comment #22 by: alexanna7 on 12 Apr 2012, 02:51 UTC reply to this comment

not quite fixed! One out of twenty times i can enter my email...


Comment #23 by: jan on 14 Apr 2012, 16:43 UTC reply to this comment

I am still not able to access my account


Comment #24 by: Mickiy on 16 Apr 2012, 01:00 UTC reply to this comment

I can't get into my email!
If this continues, I will use gmail.I have very important things on their >:(


Comment #25 by: nat on 16 Apr 2012, 02:59 UTC reply to this comment

I can not open any of my emails for hotmail but I can sign in what is wrong?


Comment #26 by: Tiero on 17 Apr 2012, 02:31 UTC reply to this comment

I still cant sign in into hotmail. I am living in Tokyo, Japan


Comment #27 by: dawgpd on 17 Apr 2012, 22:24 UTC reply to this comment

Not sure what the problem is I am not able to sign in my email account at work but I went home for lunch I am able to sign in there.


Comment #28 by: nadeem * on 20 Apr 2012, 11:27 UTC reply to this comment

I still can not access my email account.

I still can not access my email account.
Still having on-going sign in problems ; will not stay signed in/
Thank you for your help in this matter.


Comment #29 by: ratedr on 22 Apr 2012, 22:18 UTC reply to this comment

still cant excess my account

Comment #29.1 by: eanach on 24 Apr 2012, 15:59 GMT

Cannot get my messages up on hotmail all day


Comment #30 by: nn on 24 Apr 2012, 18:09 UTC reply to this comment

NO,mine still doesnt work


Comment #31 by: hutch on 26 Apr 2012, 15:14 UTC reply to this comment

still cant access hotmail


Comment #32 by: yas on 27 Apr 2012, 08:17 UTC reply to this comment

first of all i thank hotmail services for being with me since past10 years.the thing is that you i am not able to sign-up my account easily??????


Comment #33 by: Deb on 27 Apr 2012, 20:08 UTC reply to this comment

I can' get to my email account. Aslso, I have had problems with it for a long time. Every time I would go to it, it would not accept my password.


Comment #34 by: nickyshell on 30 Apr 2012, 03:41 UTC reply to this comment

im having problems signing into my hotmail account, its not accepting my password and also have tried many times resetting to see if it helps but still no luck and its becoming very frustrating to not access my account


Comment #35 by: Vampire_angel priestess on 30 Apr 2012, 18:33 UTC reply to this comment

I still can't sign in


Comment #36 by: tjs on 02 May 2012, 07:18 UTC reply to this comment

Have tried endlessly to access my account which was hacked into , can't reset password , I am getting this error everytime I try "There's a temporary problem

There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you continue to get this message, try again later" It has now been 6 days please advice. Thanks

Comment #36.1 by: Ionut on 02 May 2012, 09:19 GMT

Last week, Microsoft patched a 0-day vulnerability in Hotmail that allowed hackers to gain unauthorized access to accounts and to change passwords:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Critical-0-Day-in-Hotmail-Exploited-in-Wild-Microsoft-Issues-Fix-266506.shtml

If you fell victim to such an attack, you should contact Microsoft to learn more on how to recover your account.

Comment #36.2 by: arai on 03 May 2012, 00:36 GMT

Problem came back. Cannot login as of 3 May 2012.


Comment #37 by: trav on 02 May 2012, 23:56 UTC reply to this comment

Cant sign in to my hotmail by phone or ps3....WTF


Comment #38 by: Arai on 03 May 2012, 00:32 UTC reply to this comment

The problem came back again. Can't login to email at live.com as of 3 May 2012.


Comment #39 by: Universe on 03 May 2012, 12:53 UTC reply to this comment

I can't log in either. It just happen today. Does anybody know how to fix it?


Comment #40 by: grump on 03 May 2012, 20:03 UTC reply to this comment

may 3 /2012 have tead the email article on hot mail .Still not seem to be working

Comment #40.1 by: gettingbeyondcaring on 07 May 2012, 09:18 GMT

Same same just cant get on, cant check email, cant access anything, keep getting error message up, been trying forever.
I think that i have managed to access my account once in about a week, and now when i try, its the same error message........

Comment #40.2 by: too on 07 May 2012, 22:21 GMT

When I try to refresh the page it comes up.....
HTTP Status 404 - /default.aspx

type Status report

message /default.aspx

description The requested resource (/default.aspx) is not available.
Apache Tomcat/5.5.27


Comment #41 by: nana on 07 May 2012, 16:05 UTC reply to this comment

haven't been able to log into my hotmail account for the last few weeks...can someone please hurry up & find a solution

Comment #41.1 by: ds on 08 May 2012, 08:31 GMT

Once again! Cannot sign in at any live-service. Problem appears on a daily basis. Stupid me, why did I change from gmail...

Comment #41.2 by: vedasw on 09 May 2012, 20:26 GMT

I can't sign into my hotmail today and for the last few days it has been sending bogus emails to all my contacts, even after I deleted all the contacts from my list.


Comment #42 by: shreen on 09 May 2012, 20:28 UTC reply to this comment

cannot access my hot mails


Comment #43 by: bezza on 14 May 2012, 16:26 UTC reply to this comment

Hi i have been trying to access my hotmail e-mails for the last two days and still can not get to them, I have tried to contact hotmail but there is not a contact number to reach them


Comment #44 by: amy on 15 May 2012, 11:25 UTC reply to this comment

hi
I've been having problems with my hotmail since sunday may 13; it opens when it wants to, whereas there is no problems with other services on the web...


Comment #45 by: maz on 17 May 2012, 06:31 UTC reply to this comment

Still showing Page Not Found


Comment #46 by: milton on 21 May 2012, 20:33 UTC reply to this comment

i have a an portuguese hotmail account and i can not have access to my hotmail the service says its blocked.....and i can not get in .......does someone have the same problem ??


Comment #47 by: rookie on 31 May 2012, 17:15 UTC reply to this comment

still doesn,t work


Comment #48 by: cheny on 18 Jun 2012, 01:16 UTC reply to this comment

i am still experiencing the log in issue as of June 17.


Comment #49 by: Joken on 22 Jun 2012, 00:57 UTC reply to this comment

I.m having the same problem signing in to hotmail(window id & password doesn't exsist). I don't know what caused it since it was working fine until 6/13/2012.? Down and can't sign in since 6/14/2012. Any answer to this problem.?


Comment #50 by: chris on 04 Jul 2012, 18:31 UTC reply to this comment

After login to my hotmail, I am unable to open my inbox - any suggestions or advice? Please asssit.


Comment #51 by: mezz on 07 Jul 2012, 00:10 UTC reply to this comment

Major inconvienence when will it be back up and running?


Comment #52 by: gc24 on 08 Jul 2012, 23:49 UTC reply to this comment

Can't access Hotmail.


Comment #53 by: Shaz on 13 Jul 2012, 17:32 UTC reply to this comment

When I try to access my hotmail account it says that my account has been blocked, due to hackers, it wont give me the option to reset password!!!


Comment #54 by: claudia reyes garcia on 14 Jul 2012, 23:56 UTC reply to this comment

i am still blocked out will not take my password for 4 days please help cannot get e-mail


Comment #55 by: hadenough on 16 Jul 2012, 19:05 UTC reply to this comment

i still caint log in to my hotmail account,it does ask to send a code,the the email is an old one and can not alter it,so i dont know how to over come this problem


Comment #56 by: hotmaylsux on 17 Jul 2012, 03:26 UTC reply to this comment

can sighn but cant veiw inbox/outbox

Comment #56.1 by: axb on 23 Jul 2012, 21:34 GMT

can't sign in, tried different devices and keep having the same problem in all of them.


Comment #57 by: JFH on 25 Jul 2012, 10:01 UTC reply to this comment

Every time I log in I get the Message: "Login error
Hotmail Calendar experienced a problem during login. Please try again. "
When I click try again the login is sucessful.
Happens everytime and does the same on multiple computers and for my wife as well.


Comment #58 by: hotmail problems on 26 Jul 2012, 02:01 UTC reply to this comment

i still cannot sign in says error on page


Comment #59 by: Tjm on 28 Jul 2012, 05:13 UTC reply to this comment

I still can not get sign into 2 of my hotmail accounts but can get on to my Facebook account.

Comment #59.1 by: ASH731 on 01 Aug 2012, 17:45 GMT

Same here... i cant login onto my hotmail account but gettin into my facebook page is not a prolem. also my hotmail account has been sendin out private messages that i am unaware of...


Comment #60 by: annoyed on 02 Aug 2012, 12:35 UTC reply to this comment

Extremely frustrated cannot access my emails for 2 days what compensation are you offering for this outrageous occurence that it won't happen again ?????


Comment #61 by: Ed on 04 Aug 2012, 07:48 UTC reply to this comment

I am still having problems with the hotmail sign in site. It is giving me the same error message at the bottom of the webpage.


Comment #62 by: tjh on 04 Aug 2012, 10:54 UTC reply to this comment

cannot sign in to my account, and password reset page doesnt work, just says there is a temporary error with this service, try again later (has said this for the last few weeks).


Comment #63 by: grace on 05 Aug 2012, 13:07 UTC reply to this comment

cant log into my email account :(


Comment #64 by: DrummerBoy on 07 Aug 2012, 14:59 UTC reply to this comment

I'm using Chrome but I tried IE as well. I'm logged in then it goes to some security check (has been doing it for a while now. Wonder Why..)Then when I try to go to the next page, it throws me out again! :(


Comment #65 by: thyh on 09 Aug 2012, 12:21 UTC reply to this comment

hotmail sign in problem, the page is error.


Comment #66 by: Abdab on 14 Aug 2012, 11:54 UTC reply to this comment

Am unable to sign in to hotmail account as is my husband. The error message says the password is incorrect?


Comment #67 by: Dena on 15 Aug 2012, 19:16 UTC reply to this comment

I can't sign in and I'm getting the following message: "Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now. Please try again later."

Comment #67.1 by: uscg#21 on 18 Aug 2012, 18:01 GMT

im getting the same exact message. do they know whats wrong/?


Comment #68 by: LuckyKing543902 on 16 Aug 2012, 21:46 UTC reply to this comment

As of 4:36 Central It no wana work


Comment #69 by: Tarrend on 23 Aug 2012, 01:03 UTC reply to this comment

I cannot sign in my hotmail account. The page is blank. Happens first time!


Comment #70 by: Leana B on 23 Aug 2012, 05:01 UTC reply to this comment

I Leana still cannot sign in, in my hotmail. When is it gonna be fixed please ? Last night I thought my account was being hacked. Glad to found out on google about microsoft hotmail is down since I was getting very worried. Hope it'll be fixed soon since I had to add another e-mail address.


Comment #71 by: Freaking out. on 27 Aug 2012, 08:37 UTC reply to this comment

I can't sign in again! D: this is really bad, I have homework and school related things that I need on there...

Comment #71.1 by: Jon from Australia on 29 Aug 2012, 12:50 GMT

This is EXTREMELY frustrating and disappointing. I am on the other side of the world from home and want to advise family and friends of my prospective return and find out what's happening in Oz. hotmail down for nearly a week is ridiculous...if not fixed very soon then maybe it's time for a big change!!!!!!


Comment #72 by: Lisa on 27 Aug 2012, 14:58 UTC reply to this comment

I am also getting the "We're sorry something went wrong" page every time I try to sign on; however, I am able to sign on using my phone. While this is at least semi-helpful, it does not solve the issue. I cannot send my usual emails or advertisements via my phone. This is the THIRD problem with Hotmail I've had in 2 weeks. WHEN WILL IT BE FIXED!?!


Comment #73 by: mike on 29 Aug 2012, 11:54 UTC reply to this comment

I am in Nottinghamshire and still cannot access my Hotmail account ?


Comment #74 by: nana on 31 Aug 2012, 15:10 UTC reply to this comment

cannot signin...says something went wrong. at least tell me what went wrong??!!!...been using this since 15 years ago and suddenly its not working...anyone got any solution?


Comment #75 by: me on 06 Sep 2012, 22:39 UTC reply to this comment

still can nt sign in


Comment #76 by: easy on 07 Sep 2012, 07:07 UTC reply to this comment

u can sign through window messenger


Comment #77 by: Frumos on 08 Sep 2012, 02:16 UTC reply to this comment

Still having problem with hotmail. Inbox have new mails but won't open.


Comment #78 by: sunstar on 08 Sep 2012, 20:48 UTC reply to this comment

cannot sign in to my account for the past 2 1/2 months!!! NOT very happy about it!!


Comment #79 by: Flsoutherngirl on 10 Sep 2012, 00:19 UTC reply to this comment

I can get the hotmail up but I can NOT open anything, inbox,junk,drafts.. this has been going on for over a week.. What is being done about this issue?

Comment #79.1 by: Ionut on 10 Sep 2012, 07:47 GMT

I had a similar problem one day, but it was caused by the browser. Try signing in with a different one and see if it works.


Comment #80 by: Elias Leah Shillingford on 16 Sep 2012, 21:25 UTC reply to this comment

I am not able to sign in. The icon keep turning round and round and never opens the page. Therefore, I am not able to send or receive emails. I thank you in advance for your assistance.


Comment #81 by: Tony on 17 Sep 2012, 11:57 UTC reply to this comment

There must be another big problem. I have tried on 3 seperate compunters and cannot log in to hotmail. The sign in screen is just blank. Need to get this fixed right away!!!


Comment #82 by: LynnC on 17 Sep 2012, 20:02 UTC reply to this comment

I have been trying all evening to sign into my hotmail account but continue to get the error message that the certificate has expired


Comment #83 by: Jeff on 21 Sep 2012, 09:02 UTC reply to this comment

My account is still locked out on the log-on page.

Comment #83.1 by: hotmail user on 25 Sep 2012, 11:17 GMT

I cannot log in to Hotmail either for the first time today. I'm in Australia with a hotmail account. I hope it doesn't last too long. When I put my login and password in it just thinks for 2 secs and then displays the login page I was just on with all fields blank again. Cannot login through mobile account either. Frustrating.

Comment #83.2 by: Nervousgirl on 25 Sep 2012, 11:36 GMT

I'm in Australia too.. Exactly same issue, the hotmail keeps me on the login page even if I typed my usernamd & password. Can't re-set the password neither. My finace's hotmail account is perfectly fine...what happened?

Comment #83.3 by: Hest on 25 Sep 2012, 11:37 GMT

I had the problem as #79

Comment #83.4 by: Hotmail Howie on 25 Sep 2012, 11:44 GMT

Same problem here. I log in. It pauses and then goes back to login page.

Comment #83.5 by: peedoff on 25 Sep 2012, 12:54 GMT

In Australia with a hotmail acc and cant log in either,just keeps going back to sign in page


Comment #84 by: amy on 25 Sep 2012, 11:17 UTC reply to this comment

I as well can't sign in to my Hotmail account... I have the correct password and email address...it will not let me sign in.....

Comment #84.1 by: Gidget on 25 Sep 2012, 11:54 GMT

ME TOO! So frustrating -- can't get past the sign in page on one hotmail account but my other one is working fine. Same computer, same everything -- just different hotmail accounts.


Comment #85 by: Schwarz on 25 Sep 2012, 12:09 UTC reply to this comment

There is a problem signing in to hotmail. There is no error. Signing in goes back to the sign in page.


Comment #86 by: Marzia on 25 Sep 2012, 12:26 UTC reply to this comment

I still can't access my hotmail account


Comment #87 by: Sharon on 25 Sep 2012, 12:34 UTC reply to this comment

I am still having a problem signing in. It is 8:35am in NJ


Comment #88 by: candytwist on 29 Sep 2012, 16:27 UTC reply to this comment

Whenever i try to get onto the hotmail login it shows error message 'problem loading page'.


Comment #89 by: fay on 02 Oct 2012, 17:32 UTC reply to this comment

i m still experiencing the problem of hotmail login

Comment #89.1 by: smarty75 on 04 Oct 2012, 01:26 GMT

I havent been able to sign in for quite some time blank page is all i get

Comment #89.2 by: idiot on 07 Oct 2012, 17:45 GMT

Hotmail has been hacked by a homegrown terrorist network or maybe across the pond..


Comment #90 by: Delyth on 15 Oct 2012, 16:18 UTC reply to this comment

I still cannot access my e-mails. It's an infuriating situation!


Comment #91 by: micky on 20 Oct 2012, 16:56 UTC reply to this comment

2 days trying and still cannot connect. WHY?


Comment #92 by: micky on 20 Oct 2012, 16:59 UTC reply to this comment

I have just read the following list. Is anybody at microsoft taking notice and doing something


Comment #93 by: physician packiam on 06 Nov 2012, 15:07 UTC reply to this comment

Sir for the last months i am facing login problem. Mine is healthtradi@hotmail.com. i have asked for new password setting linkgs. Even then they are asking many questions. After ansering all I cannot say o.k. because there is only close . But if I close it says all the particulars i gave will be deleted. Please help me open my hotmail sirs! thank you


Comment #94 by: garbo on 08 Nov 2012, 09:02 UTC reply to this comment

cant sign in to hotmail. keep getting message to try again later.please help!

Comment #94.1 by: grergefr on 10 Nov 2012, 18:51 GMT

Can't login. Getting the message "Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now. Please try again later." Very annoying.

Comment #94.2 by: scott on 11 Nov 2012, 23:52 GMT

I can't sign into hotmail 11/11/12

Comment #94.3 by: Meejane on 16 Nov 2012, 14:44 GMT

Same issue for two days now...
I have raised this issue in another forum.
Did NOT rename my account.

Went from Hotmail to Outlook a few weeks ago and not a problem.

Yesterday now getting this error.

Windows 7 SP 1

IE 9

64 bit OS

Tried clearing cashe, nothing.

Tried reboot, nothing.

Tried changing http to https approach, nothing.

PW reset, nothing..

Am able to log onto Windows live and status of Hotmail and Outlook show NORMAL.

They are NOT!!

Please assist asap I have had this account for YEARS and now this mess.

Comment #94.4 by: MaraB on 18 Nov 2012, 21:53 GMT

Ditto and all of the above. Have been out for two days with same errors as stated and out on iphone 4s as well. Tried updating browser, cleared cache and searched infinite sites for any other issues. Reporting of the issue seems to be scarce and I can not find an answer anywhere. Help!


Comment #95 by: tic on 17 Nov 2012, 15:00 UTC reply to this comment

17 nov: hotmail is not starting from the last two days, only comes up with a blank page.
any solutions?
thanks!
stephan

Comment #95.1 by: direct on 25 Nov 2012, 22:48 GMT

Hotmail sign in problem - Cannot open the page because it does not load
Start Internet Explorer and go to Tools -> Internet Options.
Now move to the "Advanced" tab and scroll down to the HTTP 1.1 settings section. Uncheck Use HTTP 1.1 and check Use HTTP 1.1 through proxy connections. Now click on the Apply button and then the OK button.
Close all browser windows and start the program again. Type www.hotmail.com and yippee! It works! If it doesn't you may need to restart the computer.


Comment #96 by: sasquatch on 02 Dec 2012, 02:11 UTC reply to this comment

It's 9pm here in Ohio and I still can not log in to my hotmail account 12/1/2012


Comment #97 by: Bedgie on 03 Dec 2012, 14:26 UTC reply to this comment

Still unable to sign in - been off at least since 8:00 am (more or less) Hope I can get back on soon, Thanx -


Comment #98 by: jan on 04 Dec 2012, 19:01 UTC reply to this comment

I can't access my hotmail, on windows xp,never had a problem until they said to try later and I only use one e-mail address, what do I do?


Comment #99 by: Nexus on 09 Dec 2012, 00:41 UTC reply to this comment

hotmail still not working, just going to switch to gmail. good bye html


Comment #100 by: mommabear on 13 Dec 2012, 19:43 UTC reply to this comment

still having problems...


Comment #101 by: George on 13 Dec 2012, 20:08 UTC reply to this comment

Still cannot get into Hotmail - 2:08 PM CST


Comment #102 by: nothappy on 14 Dec 2012, 01:46 UTC reply to this comment

I spent 320 EU ,5 weeks ego, to get my apperently hacked hotmail account fixed.
And now after returning home from 3 weeks away I find a totally changed inbox page and cannot open my emails.
Even the contact person mr Inder, from 'admin@solutionfortech.com , who gave me his phone number 280912346 [9 numbers?] cannot be contacted. He was the one who asked me to see if the new account was properly fixed. I could contact him anytime if there were any more problems.
I think I am screwed.


Comment #103 by: Max on 14 Dec 2012, 17:50 UTC reply to this comment

I am still experiencing sign in to my hotmail account.


Comment #104 by: chris3199 on 16 Dec 2012, 08:24 UTC reply to this comment

my hotmail will not let me log on any of my 3 accounts even though i know all 3 passwords and i need to access it so i can log into my xbox account so them i can workout my payment options


Comment #105 by: pankaj on 17 Dec 2012, 05:02 UTC reply to this comment

yes still facing problem, trying to open in box but could not open

Comment #105.1 by: RAINBOW BLAK on 24 Dec 2012, 03:22 GMT

l am absolutely fuming wasted all of my weekend trying to log into 2 of my Hotmail accounts. I sign in it just keeps going back to a blank signing in page or an error message comes up or the security page comes up. l changed the password on one account after 25 attempts but still couldn't get in. 3 weeks ago l was trying to apply for a job missed out on it because l could get to my Hotmail account.Hotmail was fine until they started messing with it. l have had an account for over 10 years, time to switch to Google or yahoo unreliable and full of spam...


Comment #106 by: hatehotmail on 22 Dec 2012, 06:03 UTC reply to this comment

This is crap! hotmail is crap! this issue is not fixed!!!!

Comment #106.1 by: ): on 02 Jan 2013, 04:42 GMT

I can't login either and it's been like this since many weeks. Sometimes it works and some other times it doesn't. Please fix the problem soon!


Comment #107 by: pollybee on 06 Jan 2013, 20:46 UTC reply to this comment

http://bl155w.blu155.mail.live.com/default.aspx. I keep getting this message in my URL and I can sign into Hotmail but not see my e-mails when I do. Any suggestions please.


Comment #108 by: kcabeen on 07 Jan 2013, 22:17 UTC reply to this comment

I CANT LOG IN NOW HOW LONG IS THIS GONNA BE


Comment #109 by: vic on 07 Jan 2013, 22:47 UTC reply to this comment

why i cannot sign in my hotmail threw my msn messenger live anymore it says service unaviable but works with other hotmail adresses


Comment #110 by: tammielh on 08 Jan 2013, 19:06 UTC reply to this comment

As of 1:05 central time hotmail is not working.
I can sign on then message comes up Sorry, there seems to be a problem with Hotmail right now.


Comment #111 by: Noname on 09 Jan 2013, 02:35 UTC reply to this comment

I can not get on to Hotmail. Not on my Mac or my iPad. When will this be fixed?


Comment #112 by: TracyK on 09 Jan 2013, 19:18 UTC reply to this comment

I'm still having issues logging in.

Comment #112.1 by: kelv on 19 Jan 2013, 13:25 GMT

I can´t log in to my account or my friends account. Have changed the password on my own at least 3 times during the lastr few days...still no go.

I can´t even clear the password from my friend´s ´Remember me´ window on the login screen !


Comment #113 by: Rob on 17 Jan 2013, 18:22 UTC reply to this comment

Cannot log into our email account either, keeps saying password is wrong??


Comment #114 by: bren on 18 Jan 2013, 10:42 UTC reply to this comment

have tries to log in but still cant a plank page comes up


Comment #115 by: Tracy on 23 Jan 2013, 19:31 UTC reply to this comment

I can't log into my hotmail address? Help.

Comment #115.1 by: Gee on 09 Feb 2013, 14:24 GMT

Absolute Foolishness, I still cannot access my account.


Comment #116 by: Jim on 10 Feb 2013, 19:10 UTC reply to this comment

Comment by Jim, Feb 10, 2013.
Down since Thursday (Feb 7, 2013)
When logged in, cannot get my e-mail page. Top address bar "flickers." Get a message: "Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now. Please try again later."
The MSN screen shows I'am signed in by indicating "sign out," still no e-mail display. Clicking on "sign out" will not change e-mail page status to "sign in."


Comment #117 by: NICK on 11 Feb 2013, 03:48 UTC reply to this comment

I CANT LOG ONTO LOGIN PAGE, IT JUST GOES BLANK, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS.


Comment #118 by: quietly fuming on 14 Feb 2013, 21:41 UTC reply to this comment

no no no no no no no no no no no no there's no e-mail sign in page


Comment #119 by: cobradon on 15 Feb 2013, 13:12 UTC reply to this comment

Still can't sign in to hotmail. Not getting email notices to verify it's my account
cobradon94@msn.com


Comment #120 by: Ahmed on 16 Feb 2013, 13:22 UTC reply to this comment

I can't sign up for hotmail. Still experiencing the same issue :/


Comment #121 by: andrewo-s on 18 Feb 2013, 05:28 UTC reply to this comment

still cannot log in here. strangely windows 8 on my desktop not affected; only windows 7 on two laptops.


Comment #122 by: annoyed on 18 Feb 2013, 07:42 UTC reply to this comment

hotmail is still broken microsoft please fix it. it has not been fixed


Comment #123 by: wendy on 18 Feb 2013, 16:39 UTC reply to this comment

Am able to login to my hotmail account but all other functions are unavailable.

Comment #123.1 by: gbh on 20 Feb 2013, 10:02 GMT

been trying to sign in to hotmail/skydrive with my xxxxxxxx@live.com user name, keep getting "Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now. Please try again later.". according to the https://status.live.com/ page all microsofts services are working fine. need to get into email account asap. Have noticed that microsoft are changing accounts to outlook, does anyone know how long hotmail accounts are out of action whilst they perform this "upgrade".


Comment #124 by: spanners on 23 Feb 2013, 04:38 UTC reply to this comment

Haven't been able to sign in to Hotmail for days now just comes up with (Sorry, there seems to be a problem with Hotmail right now).
I'm getting frustrated.


Comment #125 by: susan on 23 Feb 2013, 06:16 UTC reply to this comment

We have not been able to sign in or access our emails for over 48hours . . Just keeps coming up."We have a problem which is and we are sorry . my son and daughter both can access their emails on our computer but we cant using our sign in .Why is this? hotmail


Comment #126 by: CG on 23 Feb 2013, 12:51 UTC reply to this comment

Still no access. Feb 23 @ 8 am (or should I say no service AGAIN)


Comment #127 by: Terry on 24 Feb 2013, 20:52 UTC reply to this comment

Have not been able to log into my hotmail since Friday Feb 22 2013 late afternoon. It is now Sun. Feb 24 3:45 p.m. and still unable to access. Now what!!!


Comment #128 by: wenlan on 25 Feb 2013, 05:14 UTC reply to this comment

Still experiencing this issue. 25/2/13


Comment #129 by: peedoff on 25 Feb 2013, 12:28 UTC reply to this comment

February 25 2013 12.35 GMT
I am unable to access my Hotmail account, It/s been down for over an hour that I'm aware of.


Comment #130 by: dm on 27 Feb 2013, 06:08 UTC reply to this comment

I'm unable to login my account... a message appears saying: The page isn't redirecting properly Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
cookies.

(I've already cleared cookies and made sure the settings accepts cookies, still can't login to hotmail.)


Comment #131 by: Tomtom on 27 Feb 2013, 22:58 UTC reply to this comment

I'm in St Francisville Louisiana and still can't
get access to hotmail. Feb 27/13


Comment #132 by: rd on 02 Mar 2013, 18:05 UTC reply to this comment

still no luck accessing hotmail.


Comment #133 by: sanuser on 13 Mar 2013, 09:25 UTC reply to this comment

I am having problem in getting into my hotmail account, its unnessarily asking to change passwords, after changing its not allowing me to get in, with password incorrect, earlier it was taking me to the billing section. I think this is a * stategy of microsoft to playdown suddenly on their users and make money. the better thing is to leave hotmail and have better accounts with others.


Comment #134 by: Ashley on 18 Mar 2013, 23:01 UTC reply to this comment

I am still not able to log into my Hotmail account!!! So annoying, it's been three days now!


Comment #135 by: Angelize on 23 Mar 2013, 06:52 UTC reply to this comment

aww, this is no good. Im a hotmail user 100% sooo. MS needs to fix it faster.


Comment #136 by: RuthMorabito on 24 Mar 2013, 02:06 UTC reply to this comment

still having issues with my hotmail account for can get in but cannot open my emails - what can i do about it? right now am having it forwarded into my newly created gmail account so that i can at least read them.


Comment #137 by: Da Z on 04 Apr 2013, 17:10 UTC reply to this comment

I started experiencing the problem today for the first time. Wasn't even aware it was occurring prior to today.


Comment #138 by: j512002 on 04 Apr 2013, 20:08 UTC reply to this comment

still cannot sign in...


Comment #139 by: brec on 07 Apr 2013, 07:01 UTC reply to this comment

I can sign in on my computer... only because I had to reset my password but I can't sign in on my phone. It keeps telling me I have the wrong password. I'm starting to get really angry now!


Comment #140 by: Cal on 11 Apr 2013, 19:30 UTC reply to this comment

Still can not log in to hotmail account. States email address not found. I have had this email address for many years. 4 days and no access to my account.


Comment #141 by: billy on 11 Apr 2013, 20:04 UTC reply to this comment

* MICROSOFT SHITWARE


Comment #142 by: Ashwani on 20 Apr 2013, 10:52 UTC reply to this comment

i think problem persist, i have reset my password but though i am not able to log in.


Comment #143 by: ilija uk on 23 Apr 2013, 19:51 UTC reply to this comment

I can not access my email account nearly a week please help.


Comment #144 by: ilija uk on 23 Apr 2013, 19:52 UTC reply to this comment

Please Help
I can not access my email account.


Comment #145 by: doctom on 06 May 2013, 17:50 UTC reply to this comment

I still cannot sign in . 12;47 CDT

Comment #145.1 by: kay on 08 May 2013, 14:09 GMT

Cannot sign in although it was fine 2 hours ago


Comment #146 by: Disgrunted traveller on 16 May 2013, 08:07 UTC reply to this comment

I am travelling overseas and have been unable to access my account for the past 5 weeks!! I have boarding passes that have been emailed to me that need to be printed off that I dont have access to. This problem has not been resolved and is on going!!
I'm not impressed at all about it! It is a disgrace to Microsoft!

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