passport / hotmail cookies

[Guest]

I'm having problems getting into hotmail and passport web sites. I get the
message "Your Web browser options are currently set to disable cookies.".

This is on Windows XP Home SP2.

Steps I've tried:
Allowing all cookies.
Adding hotmail.com, msn.com, passport.com to acceptable sites list.
deleting cookies
disabling the windows firewall
disabling norton system works 2003
lowering security/privacy settings

I've also tried multiple hotmail accounts, all with no success. However,
using those accounts on another computer, I was able to logon.

I'm completely stumped on where to go from here. And it seems like there
are other people out there that are having the same problem and I haven't
seen any solutions yet.

Please help.

Much aloha!

 

[PA Bear]

Treat Hotmail and .NET Passport as Trusted Sites:

Troubleshooting Secure Sites in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=870700

IE Tools>Internet Options>Privacy>Sites> type in

hotmail.com
msn.com
passport.net

and Allow cookies for each one, in turn.

Make certain your time, date, and time *zone* settings are all correct.

Lei Aloha, Lei Makamae, and Tiny Bubbles to you & yours,
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

WinXP SP2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx

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