Whenever I connect to my hotmail account using Windows Live, I get a warning, "there is a problem with this Web site's secure certificate. »

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Whenever I connect to my hotmail account using Windows Live, I get a warning, "there is a problem with this Web site's secure certificate. »

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.
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  • If you arrived at this page by clicking a link, check the Internet address in the address bar to be sure this is the address you've been waiting for.
  • When you go to a Web site with an address as https://example.com, try to add the "www" in the address, https://www.example.com.
  • If you choose to ignore this error and continue, don't get personal information on the Web site.

    For more information, see "Certificate errors" in Internet Explorer Help.

Some things you can try:

You can have old certificates root on your computer.  Try to update your root certificates from the link provided in the paragraph "Root Update Package (intended for Windows XP only)" in the following article:

"Members of the certificate program root Windows.
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/931125 >

Depending on which version of Internet Explorer and Service Pack level of your machine, one of the following articles might help you:

' "There is a problem with the security certificate from the website" when you try to visit a secure in Internet Explorer Web site.
  <>0 http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/93185>

"Certificate error Web page is displayed when you try to visit an SSL Web using Internet Explorer 7:"There is a problem with the security certificate from the Web site""
  <>http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950067 >

It is also possible that indeed, you will be redirected to a false site.  Check your file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts ensure that there is not a bogus entry for your hotmail login.  Generally, the only line that is required in this file does not begin with a character ' # ' is ' 127.0.0.1 localhost '.

HTH,
JW

Tags: Windows

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