Firefox and Hotmail login error

[teh roxxors]

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Once that message appears during login with Firefox, the browser can no longer be used to login to Hotmail (or whatever they're calling it this year).

This happened a month or two ago, and I think I fixed it by doing a refresh on the browser, which meant losing all my add-ons, NoScript settings, and so on. Really, a PITA of a fix. And, yes, I can access Hotmail via another browser, but I'd like to use Firefox. I don't want to refesh the browser every couple of weeks.

I can access Hotmail/Outlook with Firefox in safe mode, which I believe means that one of my add-ons is causing the issue. I only have three, so it's probably No-Script (the other two are video downloaders).

Any very smart person out there know why this happens and how to prevent it?

Thank you.

[DanRaisch]

Have you confirmed that you are using the latest version of NoScript?
Have you tried running Firefox in standard mode with just NoScript disabled?

[LIMPET235]

Hi teh roxxors,
If you find that it is No Script that is causing the error, (&....I suspect it is), then make sure that you use the latest version, as noted by Dan
& open No Script (Left click the icon/button) & set all your Hotmail page links to "Trusted"...

No Script is very "selective" with it's default settings.
You may have to set each site you visit this (^) way.

I had to do this with a few of my sites that were not loading correctly or at all.
Keep an eye out for any red indicator on the icon/button.

[Mo_D]

Any very smart person out there know why this happens and how to prevent it?

I'm not a smart person, but I was having this same problem and found a solution.

Normally NoScript will detect all domain/scripts on a page, but for some reason, on Hotmail / Outlook, it doesn't detect ow2.res.office365.com. That domain must be allowed to run scripts manually by going into NoScripts' preferences and pasting that URL to the Whitelist.

I'm still using the pre-quantum NoScript. It may work different in the current version.

Also, I learned of this through the NoScript forum in a post in French language, and in that case, it was: "ow1.res.office365.com". If you right-click on the Hotmail page and choose "view source", you can find the URL for the script in your region.

[therube]

On, https://outlook.live.com/owa/, NoScript sees: live.com, msecdn.net, & office365.com.

NoScript defaults to only allowing live.com.
With that, the https://outlook.live.com/owa/ page appears "blank".

Not sure if msecdn.net is actually needed, but by allowing office365.com, the page the displays, allowing you to click, 'login', where you can enter your UN/PW... and login, successfully. (My second time, now - ever, at "outlook.com".)