Use two (2) Hotmail email accounts
Posted on September 29, 2009 under Email, Hotmail | 2 Comments
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My wife and I both have Hotmail email accounts. I am unable to access mine. When I try to sign in, Hotmail goes directly to her inbox, i.e., the sign in page never comes up on the monitor, HELP! How can we use two Hotmail emails accounts on one computer?
Mel Gould
The solution to Mel’s problem is quite simple, but before we delve into that let me explain how this issue came about. By the way, there is nothing stopping you from using two or more email accounts (whether from Hotmail, Yahoo or Gmail) from the same computer and even the same web browser.
The “Remember” feature on Hotmail sign in page
The Hotmail sign in page has a couple of options which, when used, will help the web browser remember the email account. These are (as shown in the image below): “Remember me on this computer” and “Remember my password“.
The “Remember” feature (as I like to call it), offers the convenience of not having to enter the login details each time you want to access your email account. If you don’t sign out, the Hotmail email account with the list of emails will be displayed when you open the login page – the exact problem Mel is facing.
Force Hotmail to show the login fields for username and password
Let us now look at some solutions – forcing Hotmail to display the login fields for username and password. If you want to use the same web browser, the easiest is to delete the cache. Then make sure that you don’t use the “remember” feature the next time you sign in and always sign out once your work is over. However, this does mean having to enter the username and password every time you want to check the email account.
But if you like the convenience of the “remember” feature and want to use two Hotmail email accounts from the same computer, I suggest you use a different web browser from the other account. There are tons of free browsers available. For a start, pick one from the 5 most popular web browsers in the world.
For two or more Gmail and Yahoo email accounts
The other two popular email services – Yahoo and Gmail – too have a similar “remember” feature – refer image below. Please understand that this is a double-edged sword. Though it does offer the convenience of not having to enter the login details each time, you are more likely to forget the password of your email account. I leave the choice to you.
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I encounter the same problem. Thanks for sharing this, Now I can resolve this. Glad that I found this site!