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Lloyd Gilbert

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Dec 19, 2009, 2:17:55 PM12/19/09
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I've been attempting to resurrect my Windows Live logon using Opera
10.10 for windows. I've attempted several times to reset the password
(the old one long forgotten), but each time I end up at a page
claiming that the site is unavailable due to maintenance.

This has been happening for about 4 days now, which I suspect to be a
tad long for maintenance and more likely to be some kind of reaction
to my using Opera 10.10 (call me paranoid...).

Am I alone in being unable to update my password to log in to Windows
Live using v10.10?

Lloyd
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Adrienne Boswell

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Dec 25, 2009, 6:36:32 PM12/25/09
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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Lloyd Gilbert
<lwg_at_zan...@example.com.invalid> writing in
news:nc9qi59ufiv8h4u29...@4ax.com:

> I've been attempting to resurrect my Windows Live logon using Opera
> 10.10 for windows. I've attempted several times to reset the password
> (the old one long forgotten), but each time I end up at a page
> claiming that the site is unavailable due to maintenance.
>
> This has been happening for about 4 days now, which I suspect to be a
> tad long for maintenance and more likely to be some kind of reaction
> to my using Opera 10.10 (call me paranoid...).
>
> Am I alone in being unable to update my password to log in to Windows
> Live using v10.10?
>
> Lloyd

I have found a few sites that are like that in Opera. GoDaddy, Evite,
Windows Live, basically a lot of sites that use ajax and some sort of
strange css to put a pop up div above the rest of the window and darken
the rest of the window. I think these sites might be doing some kind of
browser sniffing and sending Opera to a bad page. Sometimes masking
works, sometimes it doesn't because their coding is just too flawed.

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Lloyd Gilbert

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Dec 29, 2009, 9:22:00 AM12/29/09
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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:36:32 +0000 (UTC), Adrienne Boswell
<arb...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Lloyd Gilbert
><lwg_at_zan...@example.com.invalid> writing in
>news:nc9qi59ufiv8h4u29...@4ax.com:
>
>> I've been attempting to resurrect my Windows Live logon using Opera
>> 10.10 for windows. I've attempted several times to reset the password
>> (the old one long forgotten), but each time I end up at a page
>> claiming that the site is unavailable due to maintenance.
>>
>> This has been happening for about 4 days now, which I suspect to be a
>> tad long for maintenance and more likely to be some kind of reaction
>> to my using Opera 10.10 (call me paranoid...).
>>
>> Am I alone in being unable to update my password to log in to Windows
>> Live using v10.10?
>

>I have found a few sites that are like that in Opera. GoDaddy, Evite,
>Windows Live, basically a lot of sites that use ajax and some sort of
>strange css to put a pop up div above the rest of the window and darken
>the rest of the window. I think these sites might be doing some kind of
>browser sniffing and sending Opera to a bad page. Sometimes masking
>works, sometimes it doesn't because their coding is just too flawed.

I'll give masking a go, thanks.

Lloyd

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