Re: get live account with desired name before someone else snatches it!

de John Jay Smith 06/16/2006 07:47

Lol MS probably found out that
thousands of people were getting names.. so they shut it down !

It was nice while it lasted.....

"John Jay Smith" <1@2.3> wrote in message
news:4492cf8c$1@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> live.com is the new free service of microsoft.... so you might want to get
> the
> account name you desire before someone else gets it.
>
> for example smith@live.com instead of smith2193@live.com
>
>
> To do it, follow these steps:
>
> How to get a Live.com ID
>
> Go to https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf register an passport
> account with a NON-HOTMAIL/MSN email address
> Sign in to http://login.live.com with your passport that you just
> registered.
> Paste https://account.live.com/EditProf.aspx into address bar.
> Edit your registered information, input your birthday (18+) and change
> your Country/Region to 'United States'.
> Paste https://account.live.com/LoginChangeName.aspx to address bar, then
> your can change your passport to @live.com.
>
>
> Note:
> If you do not change to US (skip step four), you'll get @windowslive.com
> domain address
> If you change to 'China', you'll get @live.cn domain address
> If you change to 'Korea', you'll get @live.co.kr domain address and so
> on...
> It seems like Windows Live Mail only works with @live.com addresses at the
> moment
> Please note that after migrating to @live.com domain, your previous
> NON-HOTMAIL/MSN email address will no longer be associated with passport
> Currently, it only works for NON-HOTMAIL/MSN email addresses (in Step 1)
>