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Microsoft = Microsucks!
You really are a piece of shit. anything that you touch, you manage to fuck it up. Hotmail has been fine until you put your hands on it. Now you block my email and I have no way to get into it. If any of you are using hotmail, i strongly recommend you to transfer all your contacts and get yahoo or gmail. what a FUCKED-UP company that is. >:[ Aug 29 14 03:34 pm Link my hotmail still works. Yahoo...grrr...those are my main accounts and they are making me hate them. Aug 29 14 03:36 pm Link They said someone has hacked my account. Told me to fill out a bunch of forms to recover/reset my account. Then they came back and told me that info I provided was not good enough to verify I am the rightful account owner. Now they told me to sign up for a new account. Aug 29 14 03:39 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: I believe that happens with all e-mail providers. Aug 29 14 03:46 pm Link I have an alternate email with the hotmail account. And it still did not satisfy their drone customer service. Aug 29 14 03:49 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: This happens to a friend of mine allll the time. Finally got him to sign up for gmail. Hotmail and yahoo are the worst! Aug 29 14 03:49 pm Link After my last seat for my Capture One Pro got eaten by an windows 8 upgrade I can never again see myself buying another PC. One round of that will justify any cost difference ever again. Aug 29 14 03:53 pm Link I hate to see anyone say something bad about Microsoft. Aug 29 14 04:00 pm Link What Fun Productions wrote: Because there is nothing good to say about Microsoft. From Windows to Xbox, now they manage screw up things that they didn't make. Aug 29 14 04:06 pm Link  Aug 29 14 04:07 pm Link Hotmail still exists?  Given how easily they and Yahoo can get hacked in recent years, why? Gmail for the win. Aug 29 14 04:21 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: I am not a psychologist but I am getting a vibe that you don't like Microsoft. Aug 29 14 04:23 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: my stepfather just retired and gave up his work email address for a fucking hotmail account. he won't do anything i tell him to, i think just to piss me off, he believes I'm just trying to make his life difficult or I'm lying to him when i say certain things aren't safe. he will NOT stop using internet explorer. He will NOT use gmail. Aug 29 14 04:28 pm Link Then there is "the missing window bug" or invisible windows or whatever you call it. What went wrong with Microsoft's August updates? http://www.zdnet.com/what-went-wrong-wi … 000033089/ "It's been a long time since Microsoft had a Patch Tuesday this bad. By Friday they were conceding problems with several updates. Not only did they withdraw four updates, but they recommended that users uninstall one of them. Yesterday they reissued that update, but they also announced that it had its own set of new bugs, one of which can make windows inaccessible or invisible. Three of the four withdrawn updates are still withdrawn and two of those are also subject to the missing window bug. Two other updates, previously uninvolved with the August updates, also have this missing window bug." There is always the Linux option. More and more viable as China and Russia are switching over. Aug 29 14 04:40 pm Link I'm going to shake it up even more ... AOL still exists!   I can't stand any "new" innovations on Microsoft Windows, as I was happy with my XP, then I got forced into Windows 7 ... and it's crashed on me. Not thrilled about it. I've been a stick in the mud ... I like things to remain the same ... well except for dial up! I got online with the AOL CD back in 2000 and have had [email protected] ever since. I also have bellaimages in Yahoo, gmail, hotmail, and many other email services I can't remember. AOL is and has been my email through thick and thin as unprofessional as it may seem. My Internet service is provided by Comcast. I'm happy with them. Any and all can SUCK at times!  Aug 29 14 04:52 pm Link Right Poes wrote: Four years ago I bought a MacBook and I hated it. Windows 7 was so much more elegant and classy. No cheesy jumping and exploding OS X icons. I was disgusted so I gave the MacBook to my kids and bought a proper Windows 7 Sony laptop. Then Windows 8 came along and I bought a cheap netbook with Windows 8 to try it out. It was unusable. I hated the fucking menus popping up just because I happen to let the cursor touch the edge of the screen. I don't want touchscreen on a computer that has a keyboard and a mouse either. I don't want to touch my computer screen any more than I want to touch my glasses and getting finger grease on them you idiots. Aug 29 14 04:53 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: Er, Hotmail has been owned by Microsoft since 1997, which in technological terms might as well mean in the time before time. Aug 29 14 05:03 pm Link Patrick Walberg wrote: Exactly. I have never understood using all those different browsers and e-mail services when AOL has never had a problem as far as I know. Been using it exclusively since 2000...never been hacked...the e-mail system is wonderful (no stupid boxes to check for deletions, etc.)...it does every thing at the same speed the other computers my son and wife have so I never understood what the big deal is to use all that new stuff. Aug 29 14 05:19 pm Link XBOX for life Aug 29 14 05:23 pm Link Laura UnBound wrote: Tell me how you really feel Laura. Aug 29 14 05:37 pm Link Cherrystone wrote:
Aug 29 14 05:42 pm Link Laura UnBound wrote: Hotmail isn't a big deal, but IE users (especially those who refuse to update) are actively making the Internet worse. For everyone. Aug 29 14 05:57 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: agreed. ie is the worst piece of software anyone can use. anyone who still uses it (hell, even a decade ago) and who doesn't want to see it for what it is, is either stupid, or indignant...most likely a combination of both. Aug 29 14 06:11 pm Link GK photo wrote: Hes old and pretty much computer illiterate. Aug 29 14 06:15 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: hotmails not terrible but I dont see it having the same staying power as gmail, theres no reason for him to have to migrate his contacts and inbox AGAIN in a couple years when hotmail gives it up. And I know how to work gmail, I can actually answer the "why isn't this working" questions without having to open it up and play with it to try to figure out what he could have possibly done wrong…from a different country… Aug 29 14 06:16 pm Link GK photo wrote: I don't use IE much (except at work, where it's mandated). But I curious what you think is so awful about it. Aug 29 14 06:21 pm Link I find that free stuff is not worth what I have not paid. I pay for email to my marksalo domain and I have been pleased for many more years than I can remember. Aug 29 14 06:28 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: In other similar cases, they were resolved by simply providing a 4 or 5 digit code that Manglesoft sends to your nominated alternate (hotmail) email account. Use this, and everything gets back to the abnormal Manglesoft email. Aug 29 14 06:28 pm Link I have nothing but problems with gmail. The spam detection is too aggressive and there's no way to configure it. A lot of my important email goes straight to the spam folder. Maybe I can rename it to 'Inbox.' I only set it up as a backup account anyway because my primary account has fairly limited storage space. I have a couple of secondary Hotmail accounts that have worked pretty good. Fortunately I'm grandfathered into those so I can use a regular email client and don't have to use the browser based application, unless I'm on someone else's computer. Aug 29 14 06:38 pm Link Chuckarelei wrote: Raoul Isidro Images wrote: Nope, did that. It alone would not work. They also asked me a whole bunch of other questions, then a drone reply came back told me that their drone human being could not id me. And they suggest me to open up a new account. Aug 29 14 06:51 pm Link This is what they first sent me after I did the code and answered the questions: ---------------------------- We recently received a request to recover your Microsoft account [email protected]. Unfortunately, our automated system has determined that the information you provided was not sufficient for us to validate your account ownership. Microsoft takes the security and privacy of our customers very seriously, and our commitment to protecting your personal information requires that we take the utmost care in ensuring that you are the account owner. We have taken the additional step of blocking your account [email protected] until we can verify you as the account owner. This will prevent any further use of the account, and protect you from any possible malicious activity. Please submit a new account verification form At this point, your best option is to submit a new form with as much accurate information as you can gather. The more information you can include in the form, the better the chance you’ll have of regaining access to your account. We’ve included a few tips below to help you fill out the form as completely as possible. > Submit a new form Helpful tips for filling out another form: Answer as many questions as you can. Use the information you provided when you created the account, or last updated it. Submit the form from a computer you frequently use. You will be asked to list recently used email addresses and the subject lines from recent emails. Ask for help from family members, friends, or business contacts to confirm their email addresses and tell you the subject lines of the last three emails they sent you. Make sure to use the correct domain for your account, such as hotmail.com, live.com, or outlook.com. Keep in mind that your email address may be country specific. For example, if you created your account in Sweden, your domain would be “hotmail.co.se” rather than “hotmail.com”. Ready? > Submit a new form Thank you, Microsoft Support Team Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA Account recovery request 138614300 is now closed. Please do not reply to this message. Replies to this message are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, please read our Privacy Statement. ----------------------------------- Aug 29 14 06:53 pm Link After I answered more questions and submit another form, then they sent me their final conclusion: --------------------------- Your security is important to us Recently, we received several requests to gain access to [email protected]. Unfortunately, we were unable to verify your ownership using the information that was provided. Microsoft takes the security and privacy of our customers very seriously. We are committed to protecting your personal information, and our careful account recovery process is intended to protect you from any possible malicious activity. Now what? Because there have been multiple unsuccessful recovery attempts for this account, we recommend at this point that you create a new account. It's quick and easy, and we have tools to help you import contacts, connect with Facebook, and even receive messages from multiple email accounts. > Open a new account With a new account, you’ll be able to use the following services across all of your devices: Best-in-class email with unlimited storage at lightning speed and serious security. Stay connected with friends and family, see social updates and chat with Facebook friends, and make ordinary moments memorable with video calls. Free online storage for thousands of docs and photos, shared your way. Don’t get locked out again Once you create a new account, we highly recommend you update your password reset information with a phone number or alternate email address. This will make it easier for you to gain access to your account in the future if you are locked out again. > Open a new account Thank you Microsoft Support Team Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA ---------------------------------- I got a feeling that they are trying to sell their Outlook bullshit. Aug 29 14 07:00 pm Link GK photo wrote: Laura UnBound wrote: i'm sorry. i didn't want to appear to be directing that at your gf. it's more like corporate it guys, who should know better. Monad Studios wrote: i would have to think (i could look it up, but so could you) that ie has been the most heavily exploited software to date...and not by a small stretch. Aug 29 14 07:50 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: Sorta. It was Windows Live or some such rot for awhile and now it's Outlook.com Aug 29 14 07:55 pm Link Fotticelli wrote: What does knowing MS Office have to do with using something other than Hotmail? Aug 29 14 11:17 pm Link What Fun Productions wrote: you're soooo subtle. Aug 29 14 11:49 pm Link About 92% of my spam comes from g-mail accounts. It is not Microsoft's fault that there are people with ill intent out there who hack into other people's accounts or that there are people who cannot remember their full security information in order to unlock things. I do not have a problem with the Microsoft exchange e-mail that is part of my web hosting. I do not have a problem with the e-mail service that is linked to my broadband provider. Things that are free will often have some sort of problem that can be overcome by actually spending some money on it. Aug 30 14 01:40 am Link photoimager wrote: hotmail/outlook email is not the problem. it's the swiss cheese/matador defense mechanisms built into ie. Aug 30 14 03:27 am Link Chuckarelei wrote: As a 'Working photographer' from which I assume you're a professional photographer why are you using hotmail ! Aug 30 14 05:17 am Link Hotmail was running qmail on FreeBSD, and then M$ bought it and started converting to M$ Exchange servers. It immediately went down hill. Exchange crashed a lot, and is easily cracked. It was embarrassing to M$, but they could not have their mail running nicely on FreeBSD. All the people with half a brain fled the company. Microsoft buys Hotmail circa 1998 Microsoft - Free BSD They were actually forced to go back to FreeBSD to get Hotmail to stop crashing  . I don't know what the state is today. No one with any technical savvy would use Hotmail.Aug 30 14 06:01 am Link |
no GOOD reason why not, but he's always asking why his computers not working. not that he listens to me when i tell him because he fucking broke it.
