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Q279453: MSN Companion cannot browse to www.hotmail.com

Article: Q279453
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 12-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- MSN Companion, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When the MSN Companion tries to browse to http://hotmail.com you don't see the
regular Hotmail home page. Instead, you may get either a irrelevant log-in page,
or a page that tells you that you need WebTV or a compatible browser (IE4 or
IE5).

CAUSE
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Hotmail currently does not recognize the MSN Companion as a supported browser.

RESOLUTION
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There is currently no resolution to this. The Hotmail team is working to fix
this shortly.

Additional query words: kbimu

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : _IKkbbogus kbMSNSearch kbMSNCompanion
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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