Can't sign in to hotmail

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I have a wierd problem with my mother's computer. She can open the main hotmail page but she cant sign in, it just gives the page not found error after trying to load it. All other sites work fine, and all the other computers on the LAN work fine. I tried clearing the cookies and temp internet files but that did nothing. Also I tried a reconnect and using firefox instead of IE same results, nothing. Anyone seen this before or know what to do to sort it out?

Thanks, George.
 
I take it if you use her credentials on another PC on the LAN it works fine, or do you get the "page not found" error on any PC with her credentials? Can you login to Hotmail on your mother's PC?
 
Yeah you can sign in with her details on any other PC on the same LAN. Also you cant sign into hotmail with anyones account on hers. Which I guess means the problem is on her PCs side.
 
Well, after wasting half a day on it I worked it out, and my word do i feel stupid. Ages ago when we had a lodger staying and she started to take the mick with how much bandwidth she used, I blocked all outgoing traffic from her local IP in the router firewall. Since she left, the router has handed that IP to my Mum's comp, so she was able to open web pages, but when she tried to send info such as her hotmail username and pass, it was being blocked.
Ah well :S
 
Well, after wasting half a day on it I worked it out, and my word do i feel stupid. Ages ago when we had a lodger staying and she started to take the mick with how much bandwidth she used, I blocked all outgoing traffic from her local IP in the router firewall. Since she left, the router has handed that IP to my Mum's comp, so she was able to open web pages, but when she tried to send info such as her hotmail username and pass, it was being blocked.
Ah well :S

Ahhhh! :) Lol well glad you got it sorted fella. :D
 
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