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David O'Neil18-Jan-21 4:28

David O'Neil

18-Jan-21 4:28

And once you've got that all sorted out, an update will change your email preference from Outlook to that useless Microsoft Mail... And then, if you happen to still be using Office 2010, another update will make it so it does an almost complete reinstall, taking up 2+ minutes to open up something you just wanted to glance at...

MS - doing their best to keep you on your digital toes.. Hmmm | :|

Nelek18-Jan-21 5:07

18-Jan-21 5:07

I tried to create a hotmail account for my father...

Can you believe I tried 4 times without success?
They managed to make me think... are you really that dumb that you can't open a fvcking email account? Cry | :((

Then I said... screw you MS and I opened the account in another company.
The worst is... my father really wants to have the "hotmail.com" address. Sigh | :sigh:

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Richard MacCutchan18-Jan-21 5:15

18-Jan-21 5:15

I think hotmail was retired some time ago; it's outlook.com now.

Nelek18-Jan-21 7:20

18-Jan-21 7:20

It is still being offered when registering.

Right now I had:
outlook.de
outlook.com
hotmail.com

If they are discontinued... why the Elephant | [mastadon]

ing

are they still being offered in the combobox?

M.D.V.

Richard MacCutchan18-Jan-21 21:30

18-Jan-21 21:30

What combo box are you referring to?

Nelek18-Jan-21 21:33

18-Jan-21 21:33

The one in outlook site when you go "register a new address"

you have an input field to give your "nickname" before the "@" and a combobox for the part behind the "@"

And there is "hotmail.com" still offered as a possibility for new generated emails

M.D.V.

Richard MacCutchan18-Jan-21 22:00

18-Jan-21 22:00

But I thought that is what you wanted? When I tried it it accepted my suggested name with a hotmail.com domain.

Nelek18-Jan-21 23:36

18-Jan-21 23:36

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
But I thought that is what you wanted?

My father wants "hotmail".

Richard MacCutchan wrote:
When I tried it it accepted my suggested name with a hotmail.com domain.

the suggested name was accepted in all 4 tries I did. In the first sight I saw no problem while registering, but I could not use it at all, when I tried to log in it gave me weird error messages.

I will try again next week, once the desired nicknames are free again after the deletion period.

M.D.V.

Richard MacCutchan19-Jan-21 0:16

19-Jan-21 0:16

I just created sdrahcir57@hotmail.com. SA bit of a faff but it works OK.

Nelek19-Jan-21 1:59

19-Jan-21 1:59

Nice.

Thanks for the confirmation. I will try it again.

M.D.V.

OriginalGriff18-Jan-21 5:23

OriginalGriff

18-Jan-21 5:23

Richard is right - it's been about 4 years since new hotmail addresses were closed.

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Nelek18-Jan-21 7:18

18-Jan-21 7:18

Then why are they still being offered when registering a new address?

Check it.

I had right now:
outlook.de
outlook.com
hotmail.com

in the combobox.

M.D.V.

markrlondon22-Jan-21 17:00

markrlondon

22-Jan-21 17:00

I've noticed that what domains you are offered depends on what country you're in and/or what country's outlook.* you go to.

For me here in the UK, Outlook gives me a choice of @outlook.com or @hotmail.com for a new address. Annoyingly one cannot choose @hotmail.co.uk (which used to be an option).

obermd18-Jan-21 6:30

obermd

18-Jan-21 6:30

Microsoft's password reset system would make Rube Goldberg blush. It has got to be the absolutely worst password reset system ever developed.

CPallini18-Jan-21 9:44

CPallini

18-Jan-21 9:44

Quote:
I find this especially ironic given their length blog post explaining why they no longer agree with expiring passwords[^].

Yes it is ironic. But perhaps not surprising if you consider how many times they buried and resurrect COM over the years.

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Christian Graus18-Jan-21 10:24

Christian Graus

18-Jan-21 10:24

Honestly, can't we have biometrics and end all this password nonsense?

My Chrome says that I have passwords that have been compromised. They give me a list of sites I have logged into. About 1/3 of them are localhost. So, my confidence in that message is low

Chris Maunder18-Jan-21 14:50

Chris Maunder

18-Jan-21 14:50

Exactly.

And yes, my localhost passwords are critical security vulnerabilities too. I really need a better password other than "password".

Maybe I'll try Password. That's sure to be OK, right?

cheers
Chris Maunder

Christian Graus18-Jan-21 14:56

Christian Graus

18-Jan-21 14:56

P@ssw0rd

Has special chars, numbers and capitals

Gobsmacked.

OriginalGriff18-Jan-21 4:01

OriginalGriff

18-Jan-21 4:01

Well.

That's a first.

I replied to a "do it for me" question yesterday with a boilerplate "we don't do homework" and generally you hear nothing, or get abuse. What the heck, I can live with that.

But ... I just had a "thank you" from the OP, with a promise to try and do it himself in the future.

I've been here nearly twelve years, and that is the first time that has happened! OMG | :OMG:

Richard MacCutchan18-Jan-21 4:10

18-Jan-21 4:10

Do you think the idea will catch on? Wink | ;)

OriginalGriff18-Jan-21 4:14

OriginalGriff

18-Jan-21 4:14

I'm amazed it happened the once! Laugh | :laugh:

Nelek18-Jan-21 5:08

18-Jan-21 5:08

I wonder if he will come back and ask better...

That could increase my faith in humanity after all what is happening in the late times.

M.D.V.

Christian Graus18-Jan-21 10:24

Christian Graus

18-Jan-21 10:24

I did that and got an email telling me not to be rude to people so I stopped answering questions