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Hello people.
At the moment im very frustrated. I cant do anything on my email. I expect important mail today. And im greeted by this: Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now. Please try again later.
The Microsoft account login server has detected too many repeated authentication attempts. Please wait a moment and try again.
Like what?!? How can there be too many repeated authentication attempts? Years ago i discovered this problem with my outlook that almost every hour 100ths of login attemps are being made on my email. out of china, India and other nations. Using VPNs and stuff. I then asked for help. And was told that i shouldnt worry about those. Those are failed attempts. They have no consequences on your account. Well that was a lie.... Apperently.
I have a strong password. And 2FA on my mobile phone. More i cant do. This problem is just incredibly frustrating. I would have been using another email long ago. if this one wasnt connected to so many important things and friends and family.
I get over a 100 spam emails a day 20 of them goes past my spam filter. I get emails from myself demanding bitcoin. When i respond to them(to tell them to 'take a walk'). The response goes to my own email. How can that be?!? I have checked everything. Secured everything. Last week. I had this problem that on my PC start screen everything was suddenly in chinese!
Considering everything. My conclusion has to be that microsofts servers are compromised. Otherwise all these things shouldnt happen. Its frustrating. Especially when i try to speak to a person. And i finally found a phone number. The response i get is Sorry we do everything online now. So you dont have to wait(last part is a lie).
Im so frustrated with microsoft. But they obviously dont care. They have a monopoly. They can ignore their customers. Or can be loose with their data.
Now the rant is over. Now for my questionHow can i safely access my email again? Do i have to wait? For how long? I cant wait. As i expect a important email today.
Thanks in advance for any help. * Changed to a question
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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Same problem with repeated authentication attempts. Replied to this thread, signed in, and now all good.
Same issue here and no way to enter my password anywhere
This may be a glitch.
I started getting the same messages this morning when trying to log into my hotmail on my laptop:
"Something went wrong and we can't sign you in right now. Please try again later. The Microsoft account login server has detected too many repeated authentication attempts. Please wait a moment and try again."
However, I am able to log into my hotmail from my phone with no problem. You may want to try that.
P.S. When trying to respond to this message, the system made me enter my Microsoft password, this fixed the problem with hotmail.
I had this issue all day yesterday. I ended up changing my account password, and the problem went away for the rest of the day. However, this morning, the issue has been occurring consistently. When I hit 'Reply' to this message, I was prompted to re-authenticate, and so far, the issue has not reoccurred. I hope this permanently resolves the problem.
I still find it absurd that so many users have been experiencing this issue for months now, yet Microsoft hasn't provided a fix or a documented workaround. Instead, affected users have to rely on luck to come across this post.
P.S. When trying to respond to this message, the system made me enter my Microsoft password, this fixed the problem with hotmail.
This is the key; no other pages helped, I saw your P.S. note and clicked REPLY to you here - it forced me to login, and THIS FIXED THE ISSUE.
Thank you
I clicked reply as you said, it forced me to sign on again, problem gone. Thanks for posting that result.
trying to see if this happens