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Create a Windows Live ID or Microsoft Passport ID with Your Non Hotmail or Windows Live E-mail Address

Posted By Brent Trahan On September 11, 2006 @ 7:00 pm In All, Live Messenger, Windows | 32 Comments

This guide shows you how to register your e-mail address that is not a Hotmail or Windows Live e-mail address with Windows Live ID or Microsoft Passport ID. Doing this enables you to chat with friends on Live Messenger using your non Hotmail or Windows Live e-mail address.

Create Credentials

The first thing you need to do is sign your non Hotmail or Windows Live e-mail address up with Microsoft’s Passport Network so that e-mail address has the proper credentials.

Visit Microsoft’s Create Credentials ^[1] website to start the process.

Follow the instructions on the Create Credentials page to sign up your non Hotmail or Windows Live e-mail address with Microsoft’s Passport Network.

Verify Your E-mail Address

It is very important that you verify your e-mail address after signing up with Microsoft’s Passport Network by clicking the link that is e-mailed to you shortly after you sign up.

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[1] Microsoft’s Create Credentials: https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf?fid=RegCredOnlyEASI&ru=https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf%3Fvv%3D410%26lc%3D1033&cru=https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf%3fvv%3d410%26lc%3d1033&sl=1&lc=1033

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