How to Create a Free MSN Hotmail Account For Windows Live Hotmail
These days, it is really easy to create a free Web-based email account. Increasingly, these free accounts are offering substantial mailbox sizes and additional features like virus detection, spam filtering and search options, making them viable alternatives to paid email services. There are many free email providers, with MSN Hotmail being a popular choice.
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Go to the home page for MSN Live Hotmail.
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Click on the "Sign up" button towards the bottom of the page. This will take you to a new page where you can enter a name for your account. Click the "Check availability" button immediately below the Windows Live ID field to see if the name you chose is available or not. If not, tinker with the name until you get one that is available. One way to generate unique names is by adding numbers at the end of the name, e.g., michaelbrown1234.
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Enter a password into the password field, and retype it in the field immediately below.
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Enter your first and last names and your location information in the appropriate fields. You do not have to provide your personal details here. You can use a pseudonym and a generic location if you do not want your intimate personal details to be associated with this email address.
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Enter your gender and birth year in the relevant fields toward the bottom of the page.
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Type in the characters you see above the text capture field. This step verifies that a real live person is creating the account, rather than a computer program.
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Click the "I accept" button at the bottom of the page. You will now have a free MSN Hotmail account.
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