Hotmail won't launch from MSN Messenger in Safari

i've noticed the same thing...even trying to access hotmail directly by typing www.hotmail.com into safari's address box.

ugh...why'd they go and mess this up? i don't want to have to load firefox or another browser just to access hotmail!

You can use Firefox ... it's the only solution I 've found

I have the same problem. Is it because microsoft changed something or because apple changed something? Firefox and the old Internet Explorer both work, but I'd prefer it if I could keep using Safari

i'm running firefox to get around this, but still have safari as my default browser because it's a lot better at displaying websites the right way.

i have the same problem, but when other user launch from msn in safari in the same computer, they can sign in! I dont know what happen!!

Imac 2.1 Power PC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) isight

Complain to Microsoft about it, it's something to do with their new WIndows Live which only works with Explorer, they're forcing us to use Microsoft products... now may be the time to switch to Yahoo though hopefully Apple will update Safari...

ahaaaaa so it's not just me 🙂 this started happening yesterday ... before that safari was working just fine with hotmail ... but now it just goes on in loops and sometimes it asks to enter to password again but never opens up ... must be something to do with hotmail's new live thingie ... but i don't think anyone over there MS will hear us ... the heck with them ... i'll just keep popping my hotmail using Entourage, which im sure they wont mess with because it's their own product ... repeat after me ... **** you gates!!!!!

I have the same problem; you get the page saying you can't login to passport from this site.

I found that if you click the link to myMSN, and then click the link for Hotmail you can login.

Hello voided & all. Welcome to Apple Discussions~!

In order to work with MSN and be able to log out (& perhaps sign in ?) your

cookies in Security Tab-> Safari Preferences have to be set on Always, it

might help if you do that, then after you log out , you can set cookies back

to "accept only from websites you visit", I also delete the multitude of cookies

they apply. Logging into hotmail, through MSN might work better for you

also. Safari doesn't sign out of MSN, even though you click Sign Out

Thought this might help. Please let us know, thanks.
Eme:~{)

In response to Eme--

What do you mean by log out? Do you mean logging out of MSN, or Logging out of my user account on my computer? Should quitting Safari do the trick? So far I've been able to get it to work once or twice randomly, but adjusting those cookie preferences didn't seem to do anything. Do you know what this "live" stuff is all about? What exactly is it doing? thanks

i set accept cookies to "always" and it still didn't work. thanks for the advice tho.

Hi, Lewis, corgi

You are welcome.
I do not know what this live stuff is all about, with MS in general. I think that it might be a good idea for the time being to log into MSN through Safari Browser & log into hotmail that way, If you then want to log out of the web mail hotmail MSN reguires that you have cookies.etc as I posted. so you can log out of hotmail. I do not have a paid account but rather a free passport account. If you do have a paid account, I would think you can still log in this way, as a work around, till you perhaps talk to them.
The cookies must be set to ALL before you log in.

I go to http://www.msn.com/ click on My MSN, then Hotmail.
Hope this helps.

Message was edited by: Eme

can no longer access my Hotmail account from MSN Messenger (V5.1.1)

I think you can though, I am looking at MSN Messenger in another window

http://my.msn.com/ as I write this to you. Let us know if you can access it.

Cheers & good Luck.

Eme

I am glad that I am not the only one with this problem. I have reset safari, emptied cache, deleted cookies, un/reinstalled msngr 5.1.1, went into preferences for msngr and made sure the box was not checked to ask for password, and I also clicked the box to remember login & passoword on hotmail login screen. Don't know what else to do. I run adium sometimes, but other friends run msngr, so I can not do file xfer, etc. Adium is easy to use, but I am used to msngr. If anyone has a solution, please post it. Thanks in advance.

Powerbook G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I have tried all the above fixes and nothing worked ... funny enough it happened just like that out the blue ... even before I updated MSN messenger to 5.1.1 and without any apple software updates ... very odd indeed ... but what i found especially ineterting is that I did email MSN hotmail support thinking it has something to do with them and this is what I got ... I hopewe can get an answer from apple ...

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Hello Johnny,

Thank you for writing to MSN Hotmail Technical Support.

First of all, I would like to I apologize for the delay in answering your e-mail. We appreciate your patience as we handle every customer request as quickly as possible.

My name is Lotis and you mentioned that you are unable to access your account using Safari. I understand how inconvenient this may be for you. I know how important it is for you to have this issue resolved immediately.

After reviewing the information you provided, I have determined that this is due to your browser performance. I suggest that you contact the Safari Support Team because they can best address your issue.

Please accept my apologies for not being able to assist you fully.

You are a valuable customer to MSN and we are glad to give you consistent and effective service.

Sincerely,

Lotis D.
MSN Hotmail Technical Support

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