Hi all,
I had changed my live account password and tryed to login some times but it could not login. i searched about this problem but i could not find helpful instruction. Today, i saw that Windows live essentials do not support strong (more than 16 words and numbers) password. i can not report this problem to microsoft, so i want you to do this. but if you know what i can do please tell me.
hearty wishes,
Alireza
Sorry Alireza,
Windows Live does not support passwords more than 16 characters. Unfortunately, we are not affiliated with them in any way, so we can't contact them better than you can.
However, 16 characters should be plenty strong enough. Just be careful to include numbers, lower and uppercase letters, special symbols (like $ and *), and NO DICTIONARY WORDS!
Welcome,
Here is some information about the features of a strong password. Hope it helps.
Strong Passwords | Microsoft Security
I can understand your confusion.
According to this site: http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi
An 8 character password using Upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols would take 83 days to crack using supercomputers.
I can't imagine how long a 16 character password using those characters would take to crack.
Hey buddy this is the same password but not original password. check it out pleaseI can understand your confusion.
According to this site: http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi
An 8 character password using Upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols would take 83 days to crack using supercomputers.
I can't imagine how long a 16 character password using those characters would take to crack.(Xny)-\&Tscj259Jeo653&/-(9)
I'm sure this won't help anyone, but I made up a website using the Windows Live deal. I got it free for purchasing Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate [$700.00]. After making up the website which took me several days of constant work, I was never again able to login at Windows Live, which was required to access the site, and ended up having to abandon the site because nobody could help me with support. Needless to say, I'm more than unimpressed with Windows Live!
Most hacking is done when passwords are leaked, not by brute-force anyway.
Now if you change that password every 3 months, you can consider yourself very safe.
I had changed my default password to a new password 2 weeks or maybe 3 weeks ago. if i need to change this password, i must login to my account. but i can not do that now! because ... . you are saying me that i have to wait for microsoft live. yes?
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