WLM signs me out of Passport sites

I just upgraded to WLM. It works great, except that whenever I switch tabs,
say to Alerts, I get logged out of any Passport sites that I'm logged into
via the browser (IE6). Example, (1) I open My MSN page (my.msn.com) and login
via Passport using the 'save my e-mail address and password' option; (2) I
open WLM and switch to the Alerts tab or to the CNBC on MSN Money tab (aka
Stocks tab); (3) I close the browser, reopen it and the go to My MSN page.
RESULT: I have to log back in to Passport. It does the same thing for other
Passport sites too, such as Hotmail.

Anybody have an idea what's going on or if there's a way to fix it? Your
assistance is much appreciated.

Joey

Greetings Joey,

I assume you're using separate passport accounts? If so, the tabs in Messenger are simply a
hosted Internet Explorer window and as such, can and will sign you out of Passport to re-sign
you in using the Messenger account.

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"Joey" <> wrote in message
news:B7072199-666A-4658-9E90-...
>I just upgraded to WLM. It works great, except that whenever I switch tabs,
> say to Alerts, I get logged out of any Passport sites that I'm logged into
> via the browser (IE6). Example, (1) I open My MSN page (my.msn.com) and login
> via Passport using the 'save my e-mail address and password' option; (2) I
> open WLM and switch to the Alerts tab or to the CNBC on MSN Money tab (aka
> Stocks tab); (3) I close the browser, reopen it and the go to My MSN page.
> RESULT: I have to log back in to Passport. It does the same thing for other
> Passport sites too, such as Hotmail.
>
> Anybody have an idea what's going on or if there's a way to fix it? Your
> assistance is much appreciated.
>
> Joey

Hi Jonathan,

Actually, no, I'm using the same Passport account, which is the only
Passport account I have. As you mentioned, I figured the tabs were hosted IE
'sessions' and were interacting with Passport to retrieve my personal stuff,
such as my stock settings and alerts. However, I'm guessing that there is
some sort of bug in the way WLM uses these IE sessions to interact with
Passport such that it sign out or something after it retrieves what it needs.
Or maybe it authenticates with Passport in a manner that is similar to the
"Save [only] my e-mail address" or "Always ask for my e-mail address and
password" options as found in the interactive login to Passport. Or, of
course, maybe I'm way off base and it's something totally different.

I never experienced this problem using prior versions of Messenger. Do you
know if anyone else is having this problem? Do you have any other ideas about
what's causing it or how to fix it?

And thanks again for your help.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Joey,
>
> I assume you're using separate passport accounts? If so, the tabs in Messenger are simply a
> hosted Internet Explorer window and as such, can and will sign you out of Passport to re-sign
> you in using the Messenger account.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Joey" <> wrote in message
> news:B7072199-666A-4658-9E90-...
> >I just upgraded to WLM. It works great, except that whenever I switch tabs,
> > say to Alerts, I get logged out of any Passport sites that I'm logged into
> > via the browser (IE6). Example, (1) I open My MSN page (my.msn.com) and login
> > via Passport using the 'save my e-mail address and password' option; (2) I
> > open WLM and switch to the Alerts tab or to the CNBC on MSN Money tab (aka
> > Stocks tab); (3) I close the browser, reopen it and the go to My MSN page.
> > RESULT: I have to log back in to Passport. It does the same thing for other
> > Passport sites too, such as Hotmail.
> >
> > Anybody have an idea what's going on or if there's a way to fix it? Your
> > assistance is much appreciated.
> >
> > Joey
>
>
>