The sentence "I tried to log in" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when you want to indicate that you attempted to access something (e.g. an account, website, application, etc.) with a username and password. For example: "I tried to log in to my bank account but the password I entered was incorrect.".
Wednesday was kind of a busy day, but late in the afternoon I tried to log in to my bank's Web site to see what checks had posted (I bank with PNC).
I know when I tried to log in last week I was having intermittent connections.
Qilroy is ambitious but still very much in beta (the service showed me an error message when I tried to log in with my Twitter account and I experienced various other bugs).
Every day 50% of its registered users log in at least once – and as news spread of its failure, more and more tried to log in, making the problem worse.
I don't know what provoked its suspicion, but every time I try to log in, it asks me to confirm my identity by taking a brief quiz.
Then on Sunday morning (Australian time) I try to log in and get the message that I've been 'disabled by an administrator'.
Hulu, which has been throwing me the above 500 error all morning as I try to log in with my beta credentials, will be open to the public tomorrow.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia