Re: Windows Hotmail / Live does not load

98 Guy

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Feb 6, 2008, 11:02:13 PM2/6/08

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Flick Olmsford wrote:

> I have some old Windows 98 Second Edition PCs that cannot
> access hotmail through WIndows Live. The IE status bar
> says errors on the page and the screen stays blank.

Yea, I started having that problem a few months ago.

Actually, I tried it just now - and it works.

Strange.

What I did to get around the problem was to go here:

http://www.msn.com/

And then click on the hotmail link near the upper left corner.

Skypiercer

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Mar 11, 2008, 5:13:01 AM3/11/08

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"98 Guy" wrote:

That does not work for me... Help! Stuck in Windows 98=Land and unable to
access my Hotmail account!
>

Dylan

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Jul 7, 2008, 3:13:01 PM7/7/08

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a back door via http;//my.msn.com worked up to today to get to my account on
my lovely 8 year old laptop running 98 sE but I seem to be completely up the
creek now. Having been advised that I need to upgrade my browserI carried on
anyway (in spite of the warning that it might not work properly). Guess what?
It doesn't work properly. I can see the headers of the emails but can't open
a single one.
I haven't bought a new peice of hard or software for seven years. I wonder
why microsoft don't seem to want to help me?

MrSkinnman

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Aug 21, 2008, 9:00:01 AM8/21/08

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This is actually for my parents. They have an older gateway running 98 and
dial-up (I nod my head every time I visit). They get to the inbox. When
they click a message hotmail acts like it wants to display but nothing
happens.

I verified this by logging into my hotmail account with the same response.
I know my account works because I had accessed it just the day before.

My parents commented that the change happened only about 2 to 3 weeks ago.

MasterBlaster

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Aug 22, 2008, 12:58:40 AM8/22/08

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> > a back door via http;//my.msn.com worked up to today to get to my account on
> > my lovely 8 year old laptop running 98 sE but I seem to be completely up the
> > creek now. Having been advised that I need to upgrade my browserI carried on
> > anyway (in spite of the warning that it might not work properly). Guess what?
> > It doesn't work properly. I can see the headers of the emails but can't open
> > a single one.

> > > > > I have some old Windows 98 Second Edition PCs that cannot

> > > > > access hotmail through WIndows Live. The IE status bar
> > > > > says errors on the page and the screen stays blank.

> This is actually for my parents. They have an older gateway running 98 and

> dial-up (I nod my head every time I visit). They get to the inbox. When
> they click a message hotmail acts like it wants to display but nothing
> happens.
>

> My parents commented that the change happened only about 2 to 3 weeks ago.

Using an older version of IE like me? (5.50.4807.2300)
Doesn't work here, either.
I installed Firefox 1.5.0.12 and Opera 9.52, and they both work just fine.
I assume MS "fixed" the Hotmail pages to try to force everyone to "upgrade".

MrSkinnman

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Aug 22, 2008, 2:10:06 PM8/22/08

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So this is odd, older versions of IE are not working so it is nothing to do
with IE7. Hotmail does work on web brosers other than IE.

Still wondering what could have changed in the last couple weeks.

male_03189

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Oct 21, 2008, 1:42:05 PM10/21/08

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"Flick Olmsford" wrote:

> I have some old Windows 98 Second Edition PCs that cannot access hotmail
> through WIndows Live. The IE status bar says errors on the page and the
> screen stays blank.
>

> I am not too familiar with Windows Live - am I correct in assuming it is the
> new version of Hotmail and will it work with Windows 98?
>
>

male_03189

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Oct 21, 2008, 1:46:26 PM10/21/08

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"Flick Olmsford" wrote:

> I am working with W98 and even with IE6 live hotmail will not load. after hours of trying i loaded firefox version 2 and now have my hotmail account back.

workaround

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Feb 26, 2009, 5:23:01 PM2/26/09

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"Flick Olmsford" wrote:

> I have some old Windows 98 Second Edition PCs that cannot access hotmail
> through WIndows Live. The IE status bar says errors on the page and the
> screen stays blank.
>
> I am not too familiar with Windows Live - am I correct in assuming it is the
> new version of Hotmail and will it work with Windows 98?
>

> It's not 98 that's the problem, it's IE. Just download Firefox 2 for 98 and Hotmail will work fine.

joedebattista

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Oct 16, 2009, 7:18:01 AM10/16/09

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多多

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Nov 28, 2009, 8:00:24 AM11/28/09

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I think you can update your IE .Or change to Firefox .

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