hotmail not so hot

CCleaner for Windows
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Does using ccleaner cause any known problems with hotmail. I ran the cleaner on a friend's computer and now she says she cannot get into her hotmail account. She is using IE7, windows xp. Thanks

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Hi hotcomet, and welcome to Piriform.

It's possible for CCleaner to delete saved log-in information if the cookie relevant to Hotmail is deleted, but it shouldn't affect actually getting into the account.

Have a read here, as their seems to be a current problem with logging in to Hotmail:

http://www.windowslivehelp.com/product.aspx?productid=1

Windows Live Hotmail is currently experiencing login issues. You may receive errors when attempting to login to your Live Hotmail account.

I have a Hotmail account, and have never had a problem caused by CCleaner.

Hope that helps.

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She should update to IE8. It *might* resolve the problem, and it will make web developpers happy ;)

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The web developers would be even happier if she went to a Gecko or Webkit based browser, but alas some people love their *trusty* old IE.

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The web developers would be even happier if she went to a Gecko or Webkit based browser, but alas some people love their *trusty* old IE.

*cough* IE 9 will be out soon *cough*

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*cough* IE 9 will be out soon *cough*

But, as I understand it, IE9 will not be compatible with WinXP - read here.

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Oh...I forgot that. Anyway, she should not keep IE 7 as it is outdated since a long time. (Besides, IE 8 requires no hacks from web devs - but let's stay on topic)

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Thanks to all of you for your replies and suggestions. Thanks DennisD, I'll check out that website for hotmail problems.

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But, as I understand it, IE9 will not be compatible with WinXP - read here.

I would never ever use IE again, regardless of any update

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I would never ever use IE again, regardless of any update

You are a blind fanboy, which is not a compliment <_<

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clearly

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You are a blind fanboy, which is not a compliment <_<

What's that about? A bit unnecessary don't you think.

I wouldn't use IE either, and like ident, that's my choice.

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Even though I'd never go back to IE, IE9 *looks* promising.

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What's that about? A bit unnecessary don't you think.

I wouldn't use IE either, and like ident, that's my choice.

Not using a browser simply because an old version of it didn't taste your needs is quite ridiculous. I mean, at least test it before saying "I'll never use it again" (well, you can't really test IE9 yet, but...) ;)

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I made no such comment for you to base that statement.

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Actually, the IE9 platform preview is available for download on the Microsoft site. Its support for CSS3 & HTML5 is quite impressive.