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need a password recovery download. anyone help?

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hi all,

i have a hotmail account that i have not used for ages, forgotten password and stupidly the security questions too.

can anyone recommend a password recovery download?
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  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
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    i think the password recovery programs only work for files on your local PC, not servers on the internet.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,641 Forumite
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    hi all,

    i have a hotmail account that i have not used for ages, forgotten password and stupidly the security questions too.

    can anyone recommend a password recovery download?

    i think the only solution is for you to remember the security questions,
  • Bowling_4_Gold
    Bowling_4_Gold Posts: 1,771 Forumite
    Just try and remember the security questions, but maybe do them slightly differently- e.g. Capital letter at start of each word etcetera.
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  • hotkee
    hotkee Posts: 505 Forumite
    Hotmail email addresses normally expire after a certain period of non activity - 90 days I think.

    Hotmail support (if you can find some means to contact them) won't be able to do anything.

    Once an account disappears, someone else can register that email address (not sure how long it takes for it to become available). That's your best bet - but all your existing emails will of course have disappeared.

    Another way to avoid password issues is to have a secondary email address associated with your account, like a yahoo account linked to your hotmail account - that can help with recovery process. But too late if you have not done that.
  • Awec
    Awec Posts: 261 Forumite
    As already has been pointed out, password recovery programs are no good here.
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