Being Redirected at Hotmail

[Jg427]

You can make a backup of your favorites in case you need to replace them.

Open IE, click file then choose import/export
When the wizard opens click next then choose export favorites
highlight your main favorites folder click next
choose a location for the file or leave it at the default location
click next and your done

Import them later if you need to using the same wizard

I did read that some users with hotmail problems were able to access it with firefox. Give it a try, I did and never went back to IE (except for windows update) Firefox will also import your favorites and stored cookies from IE.

[Joakim Agren]

Hello!

Exactly how do you access Hotmail??

Have you tried to gain access trough Windows messenger??

I always access that way and have not visited Hotmails startpage for ever!

Do you have problems accessing both ways??

If only trough Messenger then when you get the not found message just try to use the reload button in IE and see if Hotmail Inbox loads!. That has happened to me several times.

If you cant even get to http://www.hotmail.com then something more serious is wrong!.

Have you checked that IE has SSL (Secure Socket layer)enabled? If not enable it!. And see if it works!

Also try to access Hotmail trough Outlook Express and see if that works or first you can try and see if you can logg in to Hotmail from Windows Explorer not IE. Just type in http://www.hotmail.com in the adress bar in Windows Explorer and it might work!.

[Smurfette]

O16 - DPF: {99CDFD87-F97A-42E1-9C13-D18220D90AD1} (StartFirstControl.CheckFirst) - hcp://system/StartFirstControl.CAB
O17 - HKLM\System\CCS\Services\Tcpip\..\{5547D333-7EDB-44EF-B3F4-A1748348505A}: NameServer = 207.40.103.4 207.40.103.5

One or both of these items may be the cause.

[Jg427]

It won't hurt to fix the 016, but it's not on my list of known malicious active-x

That dosen't mean it's ok, just not enough information on it.

You can check 016 entries by installing spywareblaster.
Open spywareblaster, enable all protections.
Click the button for internet explorer protections.
Right click the list and choose find.
Paste in the clsid of the 016 {99CDFD87-F97A-42E1-9C13-D18220D90AD1}
This one is not found but many are listed

I would NOT fix the 017 line, they are almost never a problem.
This one appears to be the ISP:

Server Used: [ whois.arin.net ]

207.40.103.4 = [ ns.coiinc.com ]

OrgName: Sprint
OrgID: SPRN
Address: 12502 Sunrise Valley Dr.
City: Reston
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20196
Country: US
NetRange: 207.40.0.0 - 207.43.255.255
CIDR: 207.40.0.0/14
NetName: SPRINTLINK-BLKR
NetHandle: NET-207-40-0-0-1
Parent: NET-207-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1-AUTH.SPRINTLINK.NET
NameServer: NS2-AUTH.SPRINTLINK.NET
NameServer: NS3-AUTH.SPRINTLINK.NET
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 1996-01-24
Updated: 1996-09-10
TechHandle: SPRINT-NOC-ARIN
TechName: Sprintlink (Sprint)
TechPhone: 1-800-232-6895
TechEmail: [email protected]

http://www.samspade.org/t/lookat?a=207.40.103.4+

[coldnorth]

Thanks everyone, I am really grateful for all the help you have given me.

Joakim, I tried through MSN messenger and could not even log on. I really suspect that it is the browser and tomorrow I'll try reloading and update windows. I may try a new browser as well. What's everyones favorite besides IE?

[RealitY]

Do you use any type of proxies as hotmail may reject them depending. Also if I remember right ZA fkedup my hotmail connection somehow in corrupting my cmd.exe tables I think although I never did fix it untill I reformatted unfortunatly...

[Joakim Agren]

Thanks everyone, I am really grateful for all the help you have given me.

Joakim, I tried through MSN messenger and could not even log on. I really suspect that it is the browser and tomorrow I'll try reloading and update windows. I may try a new browser as well. What's everyones favorite besides IE?

Hello!

But have you tried to access it trough the Explorer and not IE?.

In the address field that shows which directory you currently are in Explorer for instance c:\\Programfiles etc when browsing your HD you can also surf the web try typing http://www.hotmail.com in the address field that shows the directory and see if it works!. Sometimes there is no address field showing because it is not enabled if so do this:

In Windows Explorer choose View>Status field(or something similar I dont have an English XP) and it should appear.

[coldnorth]

I just tried it Joakim, no luck that way either. I instantly get the "This page cannot be displayed". Thanks for the suggestion though.

[tesco]

try going to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\
then open the hosts file in that folder with notepad.

look for any entries that relate to hotmail.com.



the best browser is firefox, btw.

[RealitY]

Do you use any type of proxies as hotmail may reject them depending. Also if I remember right ZA fkedup my hotmail connection somehow in corrupting my cmd.exe tables I think although I never did fix it untill I reformatted unfortunatly...