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Signup captcha appears to be case sensitive (or something??). After try number 6 I give up. Nice work, Microsoft.

by yoblin 14y ago

IanDrake 14y ago
Captchas everywhere are starting to get impossible for humans. MS should have solved this problem better though, they have the talent.
bcrescimanno 14y ago
I've tried about a dozen of them; no luck so far in getting it right.
yesimahuman 14y ago
I came here to also complain about the CAPTCHA. I almost gave up after the 4th try but I really wanted to see what this was all about. I don't know what they are thinking with that monstrosity.
- seshagiric 14y ago
  it is likely the email id you are trying to use is already taken up. If you scroll up a bit, there may a error mark near the email field (I had this issue and but was trying to change the captcha).
  - knz 14y ago
    The first couple of times I tried the error message wasn't even being shown, but when I changed the username it worked.
  - yesimahuman 14y ago
    That did happen initially but then it only complained about the captcha
sigkill 14y ago
Well I'm not sure about you, but my hotmail id works with this. Unless, you don't have a hotmail id in the first place... in which case, ignore this comment.
aes256 14y ago
So I go to register at Outlook.com... 1. Enter details with a short, simple email address. Submit the form; 2. Sign up fails. I provided an alternative email address but not a phone number; apparently both are required for password recovery (why?), despite there being no indication both fields are required. Grudgingly give up phone number and try again; 3. Sign up fails. Apparently my phone number isn't valid, and I have to delete the first digit (0 in the UK, to be replaced by +44) for the form to accept it. Try again; 4. Sign up fails. For some reason the form has kept all my other details but has decided to lose the month and year of my DOB. Re-enter those details and try again; 5. Sign up fails. I was presented with the same CAPTCHA for the first three attempts but apparently it's now changed; Enter new CAPTCHA and try again; 5. Sign up fails. Finally, the form tells me the short, simple email address I chose is taken. There was no indication when I entered the address; 6. Give up and forget about it.
- tobias3 14y ago
  They don't allow the password to have more than 16 characters as well.
knz 14y ago
I'm pretty sure that it's because the username is already taken and the error message isn't showing up correctly on the page. They had me excited when I thought I could get my first initial and last name (both common names) as an email address.

Signup captcha appears to be case sensitive (or something??). After try number 6 I give up. Nice work, Microsoft.

by yoblin 14y ago

Signup captcha appears to be case sensitive (or something??). After try number 6 I give up. Nice work, Microsoft.

Captchas everywhere are starting to get impossible for humans. MS should have solved this problem better though, they have the talent.

bcrescimanno 14y ago

I've tried about a dozen of them; no luck so far in getting it right.

yesimahuman 14y ago

I came here to also complain about the CAPTCHA. I almost gave up after the 4th try but I really wanted to see what this was all about. I don't know what they are thinking with that monstrosity.

seshagiric 14y ago
it is likely the email id you are trying to use is already taken up. If you scroll up a bit, there may a error mark near the email field (I had this issue and but was trying to change the captcha).
- knz 14y ago
  The first couple of times I tried the error message wasn't even being shown, but when I changed the username it worked.
- yesimahuman 14y ago
  That did happen initially but then it only complained about the captcha

sigkill 14y ago

Well I'm not sure about you, but my hotmail id works with this. Unless, you don't have a hotmail id in the first place... in which case, ignore this comment.

aes256 14y ago

So I go to register at Outlook.com... 1. Enter details with a short, simple email address. Submit the form; 2. Sign up fails. I provided an alternative email address but not a phone number; apparently both are required for password recovery (why?), despite there being no indication both fields are required. Grudgingly give up phone number and try again; 3. Sign up fails. Apparently my phone number isn't valid, and I have to delete the first digit (0 in the UK, to be replaced by +44) for the form to accept it. Try again; 4. Sign up fails. For some reason the form has kept all my other details but has decided to lose the month and year of my DOB. Re-enter those details and try again; 5. Sign up fails. I was presented with the same CAPTCHA for the first three attempts but apparently it's now changed; Enter new CAPTCHA and try again; 5. Sign up fails. Finally, the form tells me the short, simple email address I chose is taken. There was no indication when I entered the address; 6. Give up and forget about it.

tobias3 14y ago
They don't allow the password to have more than 16 characters as well.

knz 14y ago

I'm pretty sure that it's because the username is already taken and the error message isn't showing up correctly on the page. They had me excited when I thought I could get my first initial and last name (both common names) as an email address.