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Why can't I log into spectrum.net on my PC ?
johnnylim
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I have always logged into spectrum.net to pay my monthly bill using my PC and the FireFox browser. But today when I tried to login to pay April's bill, I get an error message (IDID-1060) then I get sent back to the sign in page to try again. This is the very first time this has happened.
Has this happened to anybody else on this forum? I did call support but they say clear your cache which didn't work. Is this a problem with FireFox? I did manage to login with my tablet but I still want to use my PC to login. It connects to my router via ethernet so it's more secure.
Thanks for any help.
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55_and_Counting
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Two weeks ago, I called in and reported the IDID-1060 error message to Spectrum. Support indicated it was an outage and wait for 24 hours. Two days later, I had the same results. Using Firefox, error IDID-1060. So, I called in again. This time, Spectrum Support indicated the issue was a Firefox problem, because when I used Chrome the login was successful. So, I contacted my computer technical support person for assistance. After long technical troubleshooting sessions, including uninstalling and re-installing Firefox, the issue remained. After yesterday's 2+ hrs of remote access without success, my technical support person found this discussion and suggested I call Spectrum again. So, I did. This time, the support person told me that Spectrum recognizes the issue and their technical team is working to correct the problem. Supposedly, another customer has the same IDID-1060 error using Edge. No ETA to correct the problem was provided.
Currently, the work-around for Firefox, is to open a Private Page. Then enter Spectrum.net and proceed accordingly. This works for me. But, who knows for how long. As a senior, I'm not very computer savvy, but I know how to be persistent on the telephone. I hope my response helps whomever is getting this frustrating IDID-1060 error message.
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Yes it happened to me also. The answer was to go to help in Firefox, select refresh Firefox, when it brings up the option window select clear STARTUP cache. That fixed the problem.
Which Firefox are you using? I don't see the menu options. I'm running Version 87.0. Maybe this version in incompatible with spectrum.net.
This appears to be a back end service issue, not browser related. I was able to login 20 minutes later with same accounts that were failing, without modifying any browser settings or clearing cache. This also happened to me about a year ago, and waiting resolved the issue then as well.
When logging in today I received the error: "We're sorry, something didn't work quite right. Please try again. IDID-1060", and was returned to the login screen. I received the message with multiple accounts.
Found Clear Startup Cache under help>troubleshooting information. Haven't chose it yet, just want to be sure I don't mess up my computer.
DiggerDave, your error message is just like mine. I'm still waiting. However I was wondering, how come I can login into community.spectrum with the same name and password but can't login into spectrum.net. What a puzzle. I'll wait until my next bill to see if I can login, if not it's time to clear the startup cache.
DiggerDave, you're right. Waiting works, even though it took a week. Now able to login into Spectrum.net. Good thing I didn't clear the Startup cache. Thanks for posting what you experienced.
I get the same thing and I'm being told the same as everyone else. Did anyone else notice this only started happening when Spectrum added a new home page. WHY add a NEW home page? Never had issues with signing in til changes were made in March. I use Firefox for all internet as I've had issues with Edge and Chrome and found Firefox didn't cause issues. WHY is the issue only with Spectrum and not other sites? Get rid of that new home page and see if the issue corrects itself. WHY have a page (new home page) that says sign in only to go to another page to sign in? Before you had sign in/create it was the same page.
johnnylim that's my point I've been trying to make to people at Spectrum. WHY?
I had exactly the same issue today, for the very first time. I used a private page and worked. Thank you all!
Same problem trying to log into Spectrum account via Firefox and received error IDID 1060. I tried several of the suggestions going to Firefox Help. Refreshing Firefox worked once. Then when I tried to log in again I received the same rejection. I have had a Spectrum account(s) for many, many years and have always found numerous problems with this provider. My alternative is ATT but not sure I want to go that route yet. Spectrum always blame Apple, or Firefox or other systems except themselves when there is a problem. Often time resolves most of the problems but they also eat up a lot of everyone's personal time trying to fix things. I'm trying to use polite language to say how I feel about Spectrum but you all may guess what I'm thinking. I can log in using Google Chrome.
The suggestion by 55_and_Co to open a Firefox Private Window to log into Spectrum still works. As I mentioned, log in using a tablet running Chrome also works.