Switch/Revert to Classic Old Version MSN Hotmail
From now on every user in Hotmail will be automatically redirected to the latest full version of user account. However if you miss the good old Hotmail inbox, you can actually do some easy tweaking to switch / revert it to the classic old version of MSN Hotmail Login Page. Here’s how it is done:
Login to your Hotmail account. After that choose the ‘Option’ button on the top right corner. There will be a drop down menu, in which you will need to click on the “More” option. You shall see this message if you do it correctly.
You are using the classic version of Windows Live Hotmail.
Have a fast connection and want more features? Try the full version to see message previews in your inbox. (It’s free, too.)
You can also Switch to MSN Hotmail.
Yeah, no more full version of Hotmail, just the classic old version of MSN Hotmail
You expain how to avoid swithing in the first place. What you fail to do is to explain how to SWITCH BACK if you switched to Live in the first place. The More Options menu in Live does not have the option to switch. It might be hidden somewhere in an obscure menu but God knows where.
I am also having same problem to switch back. Please someone help.
I am also having same problem to switch back – please help.
I HAVE SWITCHED TO OLD HOTMAIL CLASSIC VERSION INTO NEW HOTMAIL VERSION. I WANT TO SWICH BACK TO OLD CLASSIC VERSION BUT MY OPTION BUTTON DOES NOT SHOW SWITCH TO CLASSIC BUTTON. SO KINDLY TELL ME THAT HOW I CAN CHANGE MY NEW HOTMAIL VERSION INTO OLD CLASSIC VERSION
Likewise here… all switchback options have been removed from my account. How do I get back to classic?
I’m in the same boat, no switch back to classic . I’m about fed-up, I’ll be going to Yahoo! Chris
Help!
I cannot switch back to classic hotmail…it is NOT listed on the More Options drop down…………………….
I agree – yahoo is sounding REAL good right about now.
GRRRRRRRRRRRR.
SOB Microsoft geeks had to justify their paychecks by toying with something, and the assholes picked Hotmail. They totally succeeded in screwing it up and they’ve managed to take away the users ability of choosing themselves between new and old!!! F—–g INGRATES!!!! That includes YOU, Mr Multi-Billionaire.
Time to dump Hotmail AND Microsoft stock. Jerks.
I HATE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Windows Live is a piece of CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!
None of these help instructions are useful, none of the methods taught here to switch back to classic hotmail are really avaialble.
There is no button on the bottom left to “Switch back to Classic”
There is no menu option in the Options dropdown menu to “Opt out of Windows Live” or to “Switch back to Classic”
I can’t stand the new interface, and I too was upgraded to this new CRAPPY Live without consenting.
I tried to log into my old classic Hotmail and wa presented with a page that asked if I wanted to upgrade to new Live, I clicked the NO button, but wham-bam, thank-you ma’am it was sent to the new CRAP and am now stuck with it.
I’ve sent numerous emails to their Feedback, Help Central, Contact Us links, etc … and no reply.
If they don’t resolve this or provide a way to switch back SOON …. I will forward all my email and setup a new account on Yahoo or some other service and LEAVE this DUMBSH!T, CRAPPY, Live bull dung.
With all the AJAX crap, half the crap no longer loads, it constantly freezes up and I have to switch to Task Manager and end the IE session … it’s a big bunch of CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is the gayest freakin update… i didnt even get to choose it forced me to have to have the new one which is ass fucked, If someone find a solution please let me know..
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO SWITCH BACK TO THE OLD VERSION? PLEASE POST IT HERE. HEY, MICROSOFT, ARE YOU LISTENING? DO YOU READ ALL THIS STUFF ONLINE ABOUT YOUR EMAIL USERS? POST AN ANSWER HERE, PLEASE.
WE HATE THE NEW HOTMAIL.
I’m in the same boat as all of you, trying to switch back to classic in my other account. And today, was a nightmare when I opened my other account to see this live hotmail new version staring at me. Can’t even retrieve all my sent folders so that I could abandon my two hotmail account. Can anybody help. Been messaging to feedback etc. but seems all of them are sleeping or dead.
I think Hotmail has changed it forever since it mentioned being faster, etc. Its probably easier and better for them and their servers so it might be this way forever. i HATE it.
time to leave hotmail. which is good if you want to copy a dozen or so emails onto your harddrive to save? You can’t do this in the new hotmail version like you could the classic..would firefox do this if you are in live mail?
I don’t even have the option for a classic view.
This is ridiculous. Microsoft wanted to make email easier to use? Then why do they now force us to go into our Deleted and Junk Mail to delete them? I used to be able to just click delete on the left pane.
Can anyone suggest a way to convert to MSN Classic Hotmail???, I’m not being given the Option to Switch Back…Please repy to (Probably my New E-Home!!!)…Thanks…Bz…
I have tried the same thing as everyone here. I hate the new version, it is awful. In fact I sent this web page to Microsoft Via the Feedback link….maybe if enough people complain? This happened once before where they changed something then a few weeks later changed it back. But that was sooo long ago. Perhaps we need to bombard them with emails…
gee look like NO ONE KNOWS HOW to switch back. windows live has gotten newer YET AGAIN, with a face lift! IT SUCKS BUTT HOLE!!!
Microsoft stuffing up again, vista was the worst, now this. always bringing out thingss before they’re finished & compatible!!
If anyone finds out let me know on MSN MESSENGER considering my WMAIL ALSO DOESNT WORK AND FREEZES UP!! grrrr
There’s no way to switch back. The only thing we can all do is complain to Microsoft. Old Hotmail is GONE FOREVER. WE ALL GOT SCREWED BY MICROSOFT UNTIL THEY FIX THE MESS THEY MADE.
this “new’ feature jus is not working out…. please hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllp ussssss!!!!!
How can i switch back to Classic Hotmail?
Seems like i am the same as everyone else even after emailing to complain every day for over a week, I can’t even access any of my folders today which drove me mad being tucked into a small scroll screen.
Help!!!!!!
I did not opt for this mess called Hotmail Live. Like so many tricks that MSN plays with subscribers, it just appeared earlier this week.
I’ve tried “Options” but there is nothing close to the option to return to Hotmail Classic.
I cannot reas my mail or work with It and I’ve bitched to the so-called Feedback with, as suspected, no repsonse.
I’m off to a user freindly YAHOO.
Screw you MSN..
Dear Hotmailers I was very depressed when i FOUND OUT MY DEAR CLASSIC VERSION OF HOTMAIL WAS CHANGED TO WINDOWS LIVE-I DONT NEED THE XTRA FEatures cause i only have windows 98 and i do not have the necessary system requirements for new shit. can someone please help. lets all dump it and go to gmail or yahoo.
the truth is there is no switchback option yuk
I guess I have to confer with my lawyer because this is not a contract that I signed into and can’t get out of…so maybe suing is the thing to do.
I recently got the new hotmail and totally hate it. Tried every where to see whether i get the older version back. I loved the old version cause I’m more accustomed to it. Now, when I click on the email, it takes for ever to open, and sometimes never does!!!! Well if some one has got a way to do it, please tell me. thanks!!!!!!!
Here goes another friggin day that I can not get my friggin emails. I have tried to get into my junk mail,andwhat I have to do is trick my refresh key, and hit my junk mail and click my junk mail key before it disapears. this totally sucks! Here I thought I signed up for high speed ! Hu, the joke is on us!
i hate the new version too for the above reasons but i can live with that. The main problem is it just keeps freezing up. No other sites do it just the new hotmail.
Is anyone else having the freezing problem? It is driving me mad.
I am also having same problem to switch back.and the new version is really too bad !! i couldn’t find my mail folders too. whats wrong wth microsoft ?????
seems many have complain but seems microsoft didn’t feekback or do anything ?
plsssssssssssss… help…under options, it isn’t there.
This is fuckin stupid windows live mail is forced us to use there CRAP livemail We should have the option to use classic hotmail or livemail the choice must be ours ,,,, Why Microsoft is forcing to use the fuckin crap livemail i cant open any of my e mails and attachments properly ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Plzzzzzzz give us classic hotmaillllllllllll back
Obviously, they’ll have to fix it or everyone will dump it for something else…only a matter of time. But they should be giving updates and not leaving us hang to dry and wonder. Horrible cust. svce.
I really can’t do anything besides see new emails that show up. All my buttons do NOT work at all. I click them and nothing happens, not even the “More” or “Options” buttons.
all I can say is…..Thank God I’m not alone in this mess!! Thanks to all of you for validation! Crap.
FIX IT!!!!!!!
I do not like the new Msn Live either. All my folders that I had stored important things in like stories, I cannot view most of them. I’ve already got a new yahoo account. The only reason why I’m keeping Hotmail is because I still have to let friends know my account.
This new account is hard to use and they give you less space.
just signing the petition, really. nothin to say but without the option of hotmail classic, msn is lookin bad. whats wrong with them? people like options, and it seems as if many liked the way it was. i had earthlink for an SP for a while, but didnt use the attached email because it was like msn is now.
someone wasted a whole of time and BGs money. well, guess he had to write it off somewhere…
however, it does say that you can foreward your email to a non-microsoft, so i wont have to change my eddress!!
Same here,… I cannot send email today and have had nothing but problems since the switch was forced on me… Freezes up,.. contact data doesn’t fit on page and so isn’t totally accessible… etc., etc… How did this company with its supposed expertise ever release such a miserable product?? This is ridiculous… I am going to try Gmail even though it is such a profound hassle and even though I have had my hotmail account for 8 years… I just don’t have any other choice…
this is really annoying. as far as i know, new things are developed to make things easier, but it seems everyone prefers the old version to the new one. it is just a shame that the classic version is making a mockery of the new version. so sad. i wonder if someone is listening to us out there at all.
I was able to get thru to mircosoft help. They as much as told me to go to hell. This no way to return to classic because they are not offering it any longer. I guess B. Gates is needing more billions for something
OK….OK….If we can’t get the old version….How about they just
FIX THIS ONE???
It freezes…..it shuts down…..sometimes I can’t sign in until I’ve tried about 8 times…..Today I was actually reading a letter I was able to open…!!!….and suddenly it slammed closed again and went back into it’s place in the inbox.
GEEEEZUZZZ……FIX IT!!!
AND….All of you are talking about Hotmail but I haven’t seen anything….maybe I missed it….about the SEARCH capabilities now. MSN/Windows Explorer….I have DSL and now, with this new LIVE crap….my pc acts like it’s on dial-up again……amazing mess.
Anyone else experiencing this?
I had some functions restored when I installed Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, especially the one i needed. hotmail comes up in Outlook and some of its functionality was restored. I am going to godaddy for a domain as you Microhard will change things.
yes!… I too am having trouble opening my e-mails on the new windows live msn!!…
It just won’t open!!… and it just shows “loading”…. when i click on the e-mail!….
I guess it’s frozen!…. but the ONLY way to view ur msg (crap way but still a way)
is to just RIGHT-CLICK on the msg u wanna see then CLICK ON…..
“VIEW MESSAGE SOURCE”…. it’s a very CRAP way of viewing ur msg’s since like all these CODES n stuff are included but.. yea… u can view ur msg… but u CAN’T see ur photos though!!
o right!… and depending on what msg u receive… u might not be able to even view ur msg at all… and instead just see the codes…
Found Better in Mozzilla (no like new hotmail.)
found– that hotmail Live works better in Mozilla and I moved my window pane from the bottom to the left or Up instead of down, now i see messages in the right hand window.
click “Options” then “More Options” then “Customize your mail” then “Reading Pane settings” It says where do you want your reading pane to appear and I chose “Right” so my email headers are on the left and can read the mails in a larger box on the right. I took if off the bottom where it was because I couldnt read all of them and couldnt compose because the window stopped near the Subject Line and couldnt get to the body just as most have experienced.
This worked for me in Mozzill and am able to “Compose Mail” and retrieve folders in Mozzilla- slow and freezes some but stuff does open. Have a good day either way ok.
MANAGED TO OPEN FOLDERS IN “NEW HOTMAIL” by using a mouse with a scroll wheel on top and also had to use the up and down arrows to see the whole message -this worked too- otherwise the scroll bar doesnt go down enough to let you see the whole message. This was done using Mozzilla.
NEW LIVE HOTMAIL- am also able to compose mail form new hotmail by using “Mozilla” I was soon able to see where to place the info in the body and finally got passed the subject line.
(Mozilla) uses (Firefox)