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I just recently noticed I have to attempt a login into hotmail twice before it succeeds. Although I'm using Google Chrome (3.0.195.21), the symptoms are well described in a Mozilla thread. In short, I'm told:
The e-mail address or password is incorrect. Please try again.
The thread on mozilla's site that supposed to describe the latest details (and the 1st hit on google when I search for "hotmail login twice") requires an account to read so I'm hoping someone here has a good synopsis of what the cause is.
I normally start at hotmail.com, which redirects to login.live.com/.... I can login by starting at mail.live.com, using IE8 or attempting a 2nd login. Oddly, if I start at login.live.com Chrome tells me there is a redirect loop.
Does anyone know or have a public link to the root cause of the double login?
(it is a hotmail account I'm login into)
EDIT - Caused by my 'restricting how 3rd parties can use cookies'. If I allow all cookies, it works first time.
5The first authentication is to ensure that you have a hotmail account, and the second is to punish you for using a microsoft email service :) – Nippysaurus – 2009-09-22T06:24:40.347
2My apologies, but in my defense, my hotmail account is the throw away one for all those things that insist I give them an email account. – Tony Lee – 2009-09-22T16:16:46.017