DUNKS Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 (edited) Help please. My Microsoft Hotmail account has a fault and I get no mail. Message says I must log in to correct this. I used what I thought was my password but not accepted. OK go the forgot your password route and have to enter last two digits of phone number to prove I am me! then get message "sorry there is a fault with this system try again later" Have tried again many times. over two weeks same message. Any suggestions please. Edited January 30, 2021 by DUNKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, DUNKS said: Help please. My Microsoft Hotmail account has a fault and I get no mail. Message says I must log in to correct this. I used what I thought was my password but not accepted. OK go the forgot your password route and have to enter last two digits of phone number to prove I am me! then get message "sorry there is a fault with this system try again later" Have tried again many times. over two weeks same message. Any suggestions please. Can you post a link to this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangolin Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, DUNKS said: Help please. My Microsoft Hotmail account has a fault and I get no mail. Message says I must log in to correct this. I used what I thought was my password but not accepted. OK go the forgot your password route and have to enter last two digits of phone number to prove I am me! then get message "sorry there is a fault with this system try again later" Have tried again many times. over two weeks same message. Any suggestions please. Not sure but google is your friend in these times, search the exact error phrases you are getting, someone will probably already have solved it somewhere like tomshardware etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, DUNKS said: Help please. My Microsoft Hotmail account has a fault and I get no mail. Message says I must log in to correct this. I used what I thought was my password but not accepted. OK go the forgot your password route and have to enter last two digits of phone number to prove I am me! then get message "sorry there is a fault with this system try again later" Have tried again many times. over two weeks same message. Any suggestions please. Is it a scam mail which harvests the login details that have been entered? I've had several of those in the last year normally from delivery companies, I would suggest you to go to where you would normally login to your account and try to login there , if you can login then change your login details before the scammer gets in and does the same. If you cant login then either it is a genuine issue or the scammer beat you to it so whichever outcome you need to take action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Well according to Microsoft Hotmail has now transitioned to Outlook.com? Hotmail users can no longer create new email accounts of the same names. However, Microsoft continues to allow Outlook.com users to retain their original @hotmail domain names. Following Hotmail's demise Outlook.com is now Microsoft's successor to Hotmail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, sportsbob said: Is it a scam mail which harvests the login details that have been entered? I've had several of those in the last year normally from delivery companies, I would suggest you to go to where you would normally login to your account and try to login there , if you can login then change your login details before the scammer gets in and does the same. If you cant login then either it is a genuine issue or the scammer beat you to it so whichever outcome you need to take action. Tried that. Still wont let me log in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsbob Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 minute ago, DUNKS said: Tried that. Still wont let me log in. A quick search shows it is genuine and has been ongoing now for some time (weeks), a quick search will reveal things like this . https://www.product-reviews.net/down/hotmail-outlook-problems/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, sportsbob said: A quick search shows it is genuine and has been ongoing now for some time (weeks), a quick search will reveal things like this . https://www.product-reviews.net/down/hotmail-outlook-problems/ Thanks I feel a bit easier now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Buy a carrier pigeon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 I have been having the same/similar problem with logging into my Windows Live Mail account for the last 4 days to get my Yahoo mail. Fortunately I have got a duplicate account on the Webb for Yahoo Mail and so I am able to get my mail there but I cant use my Live mail folders to store new mail. The annoying thing is I know my password, as that hasn't ever changed and is stored on the computer, but it still wont accept it. Any suggestions welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 31, 2021 Report Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, Flyboy1950 said: I have been having the same/similar problem with logging into my Windows Live Mail account for the last 4 days to get my Yahoo mail. Fortunately I have got a duplicate account on the Webb for Yahoo Mail and so I am able to get my mail there but I cant use my Live mail folders to store new mail. The annoying thing is I know my password, as that hasn't ever changed and is stored on the computer, but it still wont accept it. Any suggestions welcome Bring it to the range bud, I'll sort it with SST's? Always use the Luddite solution. Edited January 31, 2021 by old man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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