Hi, I don't know where to start. This is the second time I've been prompted to enter a 'code' that shall grant me access to my email even though I've only ever logged into it from the one address. I'd been forced to enter an email before which I'm sure is where the previous code was sent. What I don't understand is that if this is for my 'security' how was I able to change that email to something else completely - bounce it to a mate in across the globe who happened to be on the phone with me, who gave me the code to enter to access my own bloody email? Why does someone need to have an email to access an email? And how the **** does that work if you have 2 outlook addresses which require a code from the other locked outlook address? All your doing is pushing people to Gmail duh. When outlook prompted me saying "hey enter the code we sent you" What is the use of being able to change the email to anything you want? Is that secure or just 'Microsoft secure'? If I can change the email to whatever I want to get the code that's needed is this so much a security aspect for outlook or just an info grab so you can record peoples alternate email addresses? DISCUSS P.S. No, I'm not giving you my phone number, I have less security on my bank accounts and credit cards whose security is impeccable - its hotmail, get over it and let us just have our 'secret question'. PEACE

Heres a new twist. Hackers are wise to microsofts issue with this now. I just got 3 emails purportedly from microsoft "******@securenet.com" telling me to click their link in order to fix the problem. Wonder how many unwise people have clicked the link and gotten hacked BECAUSE of this anti hacking code system.....

Anyone have Bill Gates home telephone number.....?

Well I was able to finally get into my mail on June 6th after fighting with it for two hours again. I DID manage to uncheck the box that does the secondary security ****. Apparently it dont do anything, because soon as the 6th of July came, my mailbox was again locked. Im getting better, only took me an hour and half this time to get it working. I think I did find a permanent solution though since I go thru this every month. I now have ALL my email forwarded to a mail server that actually works with no problems. So I dont need hotmail except as a transfer point to another mailbox I dont have to fight with every month. Now I just have to wait till Aug 6, to see if it stops transfering mail along with locking me out. If it dont work, Im going to another mail service despite the hastle of changing my addy on everything I do online. Microsoft obviously dont give a **** about hearing complaints. They dont even offer a working number or email addy to contact them on their site or pages. All they do is give you a form to send them, which they must also choose to just ignore. Any response they give, IF any, is just instructions to do whatever that we already know dont work. In 5 months not one of their instructions to fix the issue has done anything except make me more aggravated.

I have no doubt they either dont read them or dont care.

Obviously the stupid idiots at Microsoft do not read these pages or just **** ignore them.

Microsoft 'Security' is stupid and annoying

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Hi,

I don't know where to start. This is the second time I've been prompted to enter a 'code' that shall grant me access to my email even though I've only ever logged into it from the one address. I'd been forced to enter an email before which I'm sure is where the previous code was sent. What I don't understand is that if this is for my 'security' how was I able to change that email to something else completely - bounce it to a mate in across the globe who happened to be on the phone with me, who gave me the code to enter to access my own bloody email?

Why does someone need to have an email to access an email? And how the **** does that work if you have 2 outlook addresses which require a code from the other locked outlook address? All your doing is pushing people to Gmail duh.
When outlook prompted me saying "hey enter the code we sent you" What is the use of being able to change the email to anything you want? Is that secure or just 'Microsoft secure'?
If I can change the email to whatever I want to get the code that's needed is this so much a security aspect for outlook or just an info grab so you can record peoples alternate email addresses?

DISCUSS

P.S. No, I'm not giving you my phone number, I have less security on my bank accounts and credit cards whose security is impeccable - its hotmail, get over it and let us just have our 'secret question'.

PEACE

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2014-07-07T19:16:38+00:00

Heres a new twist. Hackers are wise to microsofts issue with this now. I just got 3 emails purportedly from microsoft "******@securenet.com" telling me to click their link in order to fix the problem. Wonder how many unwise people have clicked the link and gotten hacked BECAUSE of this anti hacking code system.....
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2014-07-07T19:07:51+00:00

Anyone have Bill Gates home telephone number.....?
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2014-07-07T18:59:38+00:00

Well I was able to finally get into my mail on June 6th after fighting with it for two hours again. I DID manage to uncheck the box that does the secondary security ****. Apparently it dont do anything, because soon as the 6th of July came, my mailbox was again locked. Im getting better, only took me an hour and half this time to get it working. I think I did find a permanent solution though since I go thru this every month. I now have ALL my email forwarded to a mail server that actually works with no problems. So I dont need hotmail except as a transfer point to another mailbox I dont have to fight with every month. Now I just have to wait till Aug 6, to see if it stops transfering mail along with locking me out. If it dont work, Im going to another mail service despite the hastle of changing my addy on everything I do online. Microsoft obviously dont give a **** about hearing complaints. They dont even offer a working number or email addy to contact them on their site or pages. All they do is give you a form to send them, which they must also choose to just ignore. Any response they give, IF any, is just instructions to do whatever that we already know dont work. In 5 months not one of their instructions to fix the issue has done anything except make me more aggravated.
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2014-07-07T18:48:10+00:00

I have no doubt they either dont read them or dont care.
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2014-07-07T16:25:38+00:00

Obviously the stupid idiots at Microsoft do not read these pages or just **** ignore them.
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