Unable to access my Outlook/hotmail email account. Error 401- RESOLVED

TeresaM 370 Reputation points
2025-07-10T05:49:26.7866667+00:00

Something is wrong with my personal email account, as other members of my family are able to access their Outlook email accounts. When I try to log on to Outlook (hotmail) on my phone or on my PC, I receive the following error message. I need to be able to access my emails. Please advise on how I can resolve this. I have already reset my password and cleared my cache and history.

UTC Date: 2025-07-10T05:33:04.707Z
Client Id: 8798D6BD74FF43679B325E07B4F542E7
Session Id: 85f3e46d-11d3-463d-bf21-b26d2fb91ceb
Client Version: 20250620014.20
BootResult: fail
Back Filled Errors: Unhandled Rejection: Error: 401:undefined|undefined:undefined
err: Error: 401
esrc: StartupData
et: ServerError
estack: Error: 401
    at Object.w [as createStatusErrorMessage] (https://res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/owamail/hashed-v1/scripts/owa.mailindex.ad3a7e4e.js:1:1039)
    at https://res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/owamail/hashed-v1/scripts/owa.mailindex.ad3a7e4e.js:1:161561
st: 401
efe: PH8PR20CA0019
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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MER 270 Reputation points
2025-07-10T10:31:01.1633333+00:00

I have spoken with Microsoft this AM via live chat and its a known issue which is effecting some users. They are working on the issue and hope to have it resolved asap

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  1. Jose Vasquez 0 Reputation points
    2025-07-10T16:16:02.0366667+00:00

    Same here,but my solution was to erase the cookies and connect to an a VPN an reload the page.

    Regards,

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  2. Kerry Simpson 0 Reputation points
    2025-07-10T16:15:45.5966667+00:00

    My Hotmail is still not working it’s now 17:15 is some people still the same x

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  3. Pamela Bultron 0 Reputation points
    2025-07-10T16:13:58.9833333+00:00

    I'm getting the same exact error message. I need to access my email!! I have really important things that I need access to! this is very frustrating!

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  4. Rachel McClure 0 Reputation points
    2025-07-10T16:05:02.1033333+00:00

    Same here. Last sync was 02:15 this morning.

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