Unit 9 P6 Hotmail System

Those who are using Hotmail have the option of determining whether they want the system to keep them signed in or if it should ask them for their password and email address every time they want to check on their emails. When they are signing in for the first time they will be provided with the Hotmail sign in page. On the left of the screen, users will be provided with the information they require to sign up while on the right side, they will be provided with the textboxes, checkboxes and buttons as well as links that will be useful when it comes to logging in.

On the Hotmail sign in screen they will be presented with a field known as the "Windows Live ID" where they are required to enter their email address. The next field is the password that they used in creating their account. When they have done this, they have the option of making the system remember them each time they use that particular computer. If they check the "remember me on this computer" box, they system will create a small cookie that will store their email address each time they open the log in page. It is important that they keep in mind that the system will only remember them if they use the same browser, any change of browser will not display their email address when they want to log in.

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Those who feel that it is not sufficient can check out the enhanced setting offered to make their communication more secure. They will need to click on the "use enhanced security" link that will increase their security level. With this enhanced setting, the platform will use an encrypted page when the users want to sign in but once they have logged in, it will go back to the normal settings for receiving and sending mails. To know that the enhanced settings are in use, most address bars will change in color to signify that it is using the extended validation