MSN Sign-In Screen Prompts Repeatedly in Windows NT

 Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q176828
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • The Microsoft Network, version 2.5

SYMPTOMS

When you use Windows Messaging, Microsoft Outlook 97, or Microsoft Outlook Express in Windows NT to access your Internet e-mail on MSN, The Microsoft Network, the MSN Sign-In screen may repeatedly prompt you for your user name and password. This prompt may occur even though you are typing the correct sign-in information.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you are using a POP3/SMTP Internet e-mail program and your MSN e-mail account has not been migrated from the MSN Classic e-mail servers to the MSN POP3/SMTP servers.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, use MSN version 2.5 on a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 to migrate your MSN e-mail account to the MSN POP3/SMTP servers. After this migration is complete, you can use Windows Messaging, Outlook 97, or Outlook Express in Windows NT to access your Internet e-mail on the MSN SMTP/POP3 servers.

For additional information about migrating your MSN e-mail account, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176276
   TITLE     : Frequently Asked Questions About Mail Migration on MSN

MORE INFORMATION

MSN e-mail accounts can be migrated to the MSN POP3/SMTP servers only by using MSN version 2.5 or later. MSN requires Windows 95 and is not supported with Windows NT.

Additional query words: permission denied 4.00 msnetwork
Keywords : NTRAS NTSrvWkst kbenv
Version : WINDOWS:2.5; WINNT:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt

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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
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