Inline(below)...to answer your questions **
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....winston
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Is there a site where you can find out if emails, allegedly from
Windows Live support, are legitimate?
**No, there is no site that monitors and reports the legitimacy of emails
sent to you and/or accessible by you.
Within one hour, I have received two identical emails from
"" in regard to a change of password at
a Hotmail account I have not used in many years. The identical emails
ask me to click "Yes" or "No" to make the password change. I certainly
won't click "Yes," but if I don't click "No," can whoever is
attempting to use this account somehow make the change? Thank you.
**Don't click anything...an unanswered request will render any requested
change null.
**Are you receiving these requests in the Hotmail account or the email
account established for resetting password (at account.live.com) ?
- If you configured your account profile with an alternate email address
only that account will receive the password request.
i.e. there really is not much value in sending a password reset request
to the account that needs the password reset(since most resets are due to
forgotten or expired passwords...the latter is a configurable option at
account.live.com
- If you did not configure an alternate email account ...now would be a
good time to do so.
**Can you access the Hotmail account at
http://account.live.com
- If so, establish an alternate email address for password reset.
**The email address you posted...is the correct address that dispatches the
verfication requests (Yes or No)...though with any request it is probably
wise to look at the message source to ensure it was sent from that
address()
**Finally, if your password has not been changed in years...it is
recommended to change it on a periodic basis(years would not meet the
definition for periodic).
Good Luck!
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