mmm...kyle

Anybody know if theres something up with hotmail/msn, its not allowing me to sign into anything, just saying the connection is refused.

Happened on the two computers I have tried today so I know its not just something up with this com...

Rawb

Hrm. Logged in just fine right now. So it appears from here that they aren't down or anything.

can you try a traceroute? if you are in windows, do "Start -> Run" and run "cmd.exe", in the text-box that pops up (a shell), type in "tracert www.hotmail.com"

If it says that it can't find tracert, I either mis-remembered the command name, or you need to find tracert.exe and change to that Folder in that text window "cd C:/winnt/system/" (or wherever it really is)

Let me know how far you got.

Zesty

same thing is happening with me. I tried a traceroute, the trace was complete.

still can't make the connection

Rawb

It could be that the SSL certificate was recently changed on some of hotmail's site, so now it uses one signed by Microsoft's Key, which might not be installed on your system.

feelgood

Try updating your msn program itself.

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Zesty

i have 2 e-mail addresses with hotmail. one I can open with no problems, the other can't make the connection

how can i fix this?

Marvelous Marv

Maybe I'm off base, but Hotmail recently changed their setup so that "old" accounts could still access their mail via Outlook Express, but new ones would have to use the webmail version.

Does that resemble your situation?

Zesty

I tried outlook express, still can't make the connection

Jinn

What's the exact error message, and where is it appearing?

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Cynthetiq

MSN/Hotmail disabled Outlook and Outlook Express connections for everyone because of spam abuse. I have an old account and had the same problems.

you will have to use the web page only.

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Zesty

It happens right after I sign in. The operation timed out when attempting to contact by 110fd.bay110.hotmail.msn.com

when I sign in with my other hotmail account theres no problem

Zesty

web page doesn't work

Marvelous Marv

I have two Hotmail accounts that work fine right now with Outlook Express. The message MSN sent out said that the old accounts would be grandfathered.