Yahoo Widgets 4: Where has the heads-up-only display settings gone?

Why can't I log into my yahoo mail account?

• I will receive pop-ups at the bottom of my screen notifying me that I have new mail and from whom, but once I try to log into yahoo mail I get the following error: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage. I can, however, access my yahoo calendar, my addresses, and my notepad tabs. I've even gone as far as uninstalling yahoo and reinstalling it, but that doesn't work either. I've checked my internet settings and everything is fine there as well. I've also read just about anything in the yahoo mail help section and haven't found any answers there either. I've notified yahoo of this, but they just send me e-mails (to my yahoo account) that I can not open because of this problem. That just makes no sense, and quite frankly, I'm getting very frustrated. This has been going on since last night, and I need to check my e-mail. Does anyone know what could be causing this or a fix for this issue? Any input would be much appreciated.

• Answer:

  Yahoo has been having major server issues since at LEAST Jan. 10, seemingly just with particular servers. And what's happening to you is unfortunately one of the many problems that people are having because of them, and Yahoo doesn't seem to be in any particular hurry to solve them. And the problems are not just w/Yahoo Beta or IE7; I and others not using either are having similar problems. But both do have more problems; if you're using Beta, it's still in the testing stage and has a lot of problems, so go back to original Yahoo mail, and the same w/IE7, go back to IE6 until MS irons out all the problems. I've had to use another acct.provided free by my ISP to send/rcv important e-mails since Jan. 10, and it's been working just fine the whole time. If you don't have another acct.w/another provider besides Yahoo, I'd strongly advise to get one; it makes a good backup in case of problems like this. Please see my posting from Fri. Jan. 12 under the heading "Anyone having problems of any kind w/Yahoo Mail, PLEASE READ THIS" for more info and on reporting problems to Yahoo. Since that original posting, they've also sent another e-mail that they've escalated the problem (or should I say problems!) to their engineering department, which is an indication of major problems, and not just a minor S/W "glitch." And again, these problems are not exclusive to Yahoo's Beta, but it does seem to compound the existing problems. This would indicate to me that there are also compatibility issues btwn. the H/W and S/W, besides the server problems. So it's not anything you're doing, your computer, or your internet connection, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. And BTW, deleting temp files (which your computer automatically does anyway every time you shut down your computer), cookies, or history will absolutely NOT fix the problem, nor will running disk cleanup or defrag or a system restore.