Problem to get to hotmail directly

Mediat

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« on: September 01, 2010, 07:52:27 am »

Hi all,

I'm very happy with aMSN, but I enconuter a slight problem, when I click on "nnn new message(s) in Inbox", a new window is opened into my web browser, but it's not an hotmail window, it's an error window :

"You do not have javascript enabled. Automatic signin might not work."
and a button : "Click here to get redirected".

I understand that the problem does not com from aMSN but from my browser's configuration, but I don't know which parameter I must change.

I use IE8 (it was the the same with IE7) with Windows XP SP3

Thanks in advance

Greetz

Mediat

PS : all "activated" button in the "script" section in the security folder are checked.


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2010, 07:16:07 pm »

Hi Mediat,

you could try the following:
go to the scripts folder of your amsn installation (maybe c:\Program Files\aMSN\scripts)
Open the file 'hotmail.tcl' with your favorite text editor (emacs, vi, notepad, etc...) and search for a line that looks like this :

Code:

set page_data {<html><head></head>}

and replace it with this:

Code:

set page_data "\n<html><head></head>"

Before you edit the file: please make sure you have a backup copy of 'hotmail.tcl', just in case...
if you have problems after the change, just copy the backup back.

please note: this won't work everywhere (depending on security settings of IE)

more information about the way this works can be found here


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2010, 07:20:06 am »

Hi BW,

Sorry for the delay and thanks for your answer, but unfortunately it doesn't work any better.

Greetz

Mediat


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2010, 11:52:04 am »

ok, next try:
replace

Code:

set page_data {<html><head></head>}

with this

Code:

set page_data "\n<html><head></head>"

if it still doesn't work:
just to make sure these changes work as expected, please open the file that IE loads in a text editor
and post the first few lines (until '<FORM method=post ...') here


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2010, 06:23:54 pm »

Hi
Thanks again for your quick answer ; I've tried the localhost trick (thanks to your link), but no more chance.

Here is the hotlog.htm first lines :


<html><head></head><body onload="document.pform.submit(); ">
<form name="pform" action="https://login.live.com/ppsecure/sha1auth.srf?lc=1033"method="POST">

Thanks for your time

Mediat


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2010, 06:51:32 pm »

so let's check a few things:
1. you have enabled javascript for Internet Zone and Local intranet Zone as described here?
I expected it from because of

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all "activated" button in the "script" section in the security folder are checked.

2. after about 60 Seconds this page with 2 input fields should automatically switch to an other page (http://de.selfhtml.org/cgi-bin/auswert.pl...); does that work for you?


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2010, 07:13:14 pm »

Hi again
you're very kind
Yes Javascript is enabled both for internet and local intranet.
Yes the page switched to the 2nd one Huh

Greetz

Mediat


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2010, 08:42:03 pm »

there is an option in Internet Options - Advanced - 'Allow active content to run in files on My Computer' (at Security)
restart of IE is necessary; have a try with that option switched on; (I wouldn't recommend to leave it switched on)

apart from that, 'til now I couldn't reproduce the behavior you have.
If you still searching for a solution:
1. the button "Click here to get redirected" works, doesn't it?
2. I'm puzzled about the first lines in your hotlog.htm; for me only the first line has a line break after it
like this:

Code:

<html><head></head><body onload="document.pform.submit(); "><form name="pform" action="https://login.live.com/ppsecure/sha1auth.srf?lc=1033"method="POST">

3. please save this page on your computer (as Web Page, complete .htm), open it from the local file and have a look if it still switches to the 2nd page; and please open it in an editor and post that here
4. may I ask for your system language and your amsn version (to be found on help - about)


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2010, 09:28:30 pm »

Hi,

Many thanks, your last idea ('Allow active content to run in files on My Computer' ) worked perfectly.

The button "Click here to get redirected" workeds in any condition.
I added the carriage return in le file for readibility.

Thanks for your time and and for sharing your knowlegde.

Greetings

Mediat


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2010, 05:02:46 pm »

i tried all you say here but still no working. The page that say "click here...." keeps and does not open anything


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Re: Problem to get to hotmail directly

« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2010, 11:42:17 am »

Hi pablo,

so just to make sure we don't miss anything:
1. the button "Click here to get redirected" works, doesn't it? (so the problem it only the automatic redirect)
2. you have enabled javascript for Internet Zone and Local intranet Zone as described here?
3. the change in hotmail.tcl as described in Reply #1 doesn't help?
4. the change in IE Options 'Allow active content to run in files on My Computer' in Reply #7 doesn't help?


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