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1971Chevelle
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Nov 13, 2025

Can't login to Hotmail with Safari, Chrome, or Edge...

This is a major issue that should not exist.  Whenever I try to login using one of those 3 browsers, I get the "too many attempts" message.  The same thing happens if I try logging in with a private window in any browser.  I don't think they can give me any good reason for this happening.  It still happens even after clearing the cache/cookies.  I can login in just fine with Firefox, even with my extensions enabled.  

Another issue (and one that I feel is completely stupid on the part of Microsoft), is that when I tried to login to this forum, it was automatically logging me in with the saved business account (only used for website email).  It did NOT give me the option to sign in with a different account.  So, I had to completely clear the cache/cookies in Firefox to be able to login here (totally ignorant).  Why does Microsoft do stupid stuff like this?  Are all of their coders so clueless that they never think to give us options?  I don't want to automatically sign in with the business account - I only want to sign in with my personal account.  It really shouldn't be that hard for them to figure out.

 

If anyone has any ideas on why this is happening, or why Microsoft feels the need to do dumb stuff, let me know.  Your input will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

 

P.S.  I see so many sites pushing passkeys now, but I don't want that (and I highly doubt it would fix the above issue(s)).  They keep claiming that our passwords are insecure, yet my passwords are not getting hacked - only their servers are.

 

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  • I have had the same issue. I used a Firefox browser to reset my password which I can see was successfully processed but I am still unable to log in.

     

    Guess Microsoft is trying to kill off us old Hotmail account users.

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