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OneTreeHillFanOneTreeHillFan Posts: 7,725
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Hi,

recently when I've tried to get on hotmail I've had a yellow screen come up saying it thinks I'm not about to access the site I mean to, I just click 'proceed anyway' and continue onto hotmail.

Today I have started getting this one...

I don't know why they are coming up and at first I was ignoring it but now there's this second one as well and I'm a bit more concerned.

Anyone else experienced this or know why it's happening??

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    myssmyss Posts: 16,602
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    I have a saved link where I've had the same thing with it now and again. I could click on it now and it will be fine, but then a couple hours later and it won't! As I'm not sure if it's my security application being overeager or not, so I've not worried about it too much, so I just go to Google, searched for 'hotmail log-in' and got through to emails that way.

    ETA: I just looked on your link after I posted and I never got that one before, although it looks like a warning to say that as the https setting is not on the page, it's not as secure as it usually would be.

    Out of curiosity, are you using Windows 8 or 8.1?
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    OneTreeHillFanOneTreeHillFan Posts: 7,725
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    Hi :)

    Yes sometimes I can just get on hotmail normally, it doesn't happen every time.

    Windows 8.1 apparently.
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    myssmyss Posts: 16,602
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    OneTreeHillFan wrote: »
    Hi :)

    Yes sometimes I can just get on hotmail normally, it doesn't happen every time.

    Windows 8.1 apparently.

    Hi there :) OK, that's no surprise. It might just be a coincidence that when I was on Windows 7, I can't remember getting the yellow screen, but I've occasionally had them since I moved to Windows 8. I also have experienced the odd clash and glitch with other applications/programs such as messenger (yes I still use it!!), and sorry to say this, apparently Windows 8.1 is more so with this and one reason why I won't upgrade to it.
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    OneTreeHillFanOneTreeHillFan Posts: 7,725
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    I don't mind it too much if it's just a glitch rather than an actually security problem! Thanks for your help :)
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    bluebladeblueblade Posts: 88,859
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    Not really connected, but when I tried to log into my hotmail account on my tablet, it prompted me to change to "outlook.com", which I did. Had never done that on my PC.
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    davidsevendavidseven Posts: 3,336
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    I can't say I have ever had that problem with 8.1 or in Win 7.
    Might be worth adding https everywhere to your browser. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 262
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    It's not Hotmail anymore...it's outlook now. Thats why it won't let you on.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/hotmail/hotmail-help
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    OneTreeHillFanOneTreeHillFan Posts: 7,725
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    davidseven wrote: »
    I can't say I have ever had that problem with 8.1 or in Win 7.
    Might be worth adding https everywhere to your browser. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

    I had a quick look at that but I'm not very computer-y so not sure what it's meant to do??
    dese_5757 wrote: »
    It's not Hotmail anymore...it's outlook now. Thats why it won't let you on.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/hotmail/hotmail-help

    it does let me on sometimes though, notice it does change to Outlook on the tab though.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 262
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    OneTreeHillFan wrote: »
    I had a quick look at that but I'm not very computer-y so not sure what it's meant to do??



    it does let me on sometimes though, notice it does change to Outlook on the tab though.

    It changes to Outlook because it's not hotmail anymore. You still have the same email address xxxx@hotmail.com but it's actually outlook. You go to outlook.com instead of hotmail.com. You can google all this for an explaination.
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    OneTreeHillFanOneTreeHillFan Posts: 7,725
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    dese_5757 wrote: »
    It changes to Outlook because it's not hotmail anymore. You still have the same email address xxxx@hotmail.com but it's actually outlook. You go to outlook.com instead of hotmail.com. You can google all this for an explaination.

    I know what you mean, I just mean that sometimes when I type in hotmail I still get on my emails, it obviously just redirects me automatically.
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    myssmyss Posts: 16,602
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    dese_5757 wrote: »
    It's not Hotmail anymore...it's outlook now. Thats why it won't let you on.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/hotmail/hotmail-help
    It's the same for me, I use a hotmail link to gain access, and it says outlook.com on the page, so I don't think it's the reason the OP is getting those messages.
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