This is a cautionary tale that may help somebody
I have just bought a new laptop with win 8.1 and Outlook 2013 installed.
We set off from London on a grand continental tour and in Paris I logged onto the hotel internet and for a few minutes Outlook worked OK then it refused to send any emails and costantly demanded my name and password. Also my browser was reluctant to let me access Google - all of which suggested malware and possibly some sort of DNS problem. So, I gave up
In our next hotel in Vichy, 270 miles away, I logged on and exactly the same problem. So, I did a system restore to an earlier date that I knew was OK but the same thing happened - constant demands for name and password.
My girlfriend also had problems with her PC. So, this, allied with a host of other problems (not computer related) meant that we gave up and returned to London
In London, on my own wifi setup everything worked perfectly.
So, it would appear that we were either extremely unlucky or most hotels in France are a serious hazard.
So, be warned!
I have just bought a new laptop with win 8.1 and Outlook 2013 installed.
We set off from London on a grand continental tour and in Paris I logged onto the hotel internet and for a few minutes Outlook worked OK then it refused to send any emails and costantly demanded my name and password. Also my browser was reluctant to let me access Google - all of which suggested malware and possibly some sort of DNS problem. So, I gave up
In our next hotel in Vichy, 270 miles away, I logged on and exactly the same problem. So, I did a system restore to an earlier date that I knew was OK but the same thing happened - constant demands for name and password.
My girlfriend also had problems with her PC. So, this, allied with a host of other problems (not computer related) meant that we gave up and returned to London
In London, on my own wifi setup everything worked perfectly.
So, it would appear that we were either extremely unlucky or most hotels in France are a serious hazard.
So, be warned!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1