Problems logging in to MSN home page

[teetime]

I'm using Win7 and IE8. I use MSN as my home page. When I open my browser it opens MSN but I am not signed in. I click to sign in and enter my password and it responds that it is an incorrect password. I then enter the password again and it logs me in. Two questions:

1. Why does it not accept the password on the first attempt, but always does on the second attempt?

2. Is there a way to auto login to MSN?

 

[BCXtreme]

Is IE8 set to accept cookies?

 

[teetime]

BCXtreme, it is not so I went into "Per site privacy options" and added live.com (which is where you login to msn) to the "Always allow cookies" site list. Working now. Thanks for the tip.

 

[teetime]

Here's an update in case anyone else has this problem. BCXtreme's "allow cookies" mostly fixed the problem. I only occasionally now am presented with the login screen. When I am, I still have to login twice. I don't have this problem with any other site.

One thing that will ALWAYS trigger the presentation of the login screen - if my computer locks up while using IE8 and I have to reboot.