Hotmail Sign Up Without Changing The Primary Email Address
Hotmail just announced a new feature that allows every Internet user to sign up for Microsoft's messaging service without creating a Hotmail email address.
This was one of the features that users were requesting and Microsoft decided to implement the feature so that users can use Hotmail features without having to create another (Hotmail) email address.
Windows Live ID users without a Hotmail account can simply visit hotmail.com to sign up for an account using their Windows Live ID.
That's the most comfortable option. Everyone else may use the option to sign up with an existing email address so that no hotmail.com email address gets created during signup.
Some of you sent feedback asking if there’s a way to use these features without the hassle of getting a brand new email address.
We understand. You already have at least one email address and you probably don’t need another. You may also use your existing address for things other than just email, such as signing in to online shopping sites, which makes changing even more challenging. Also, you might have an address that you really like, but a similar name might not be available on another email service. So we looked for a way to make it easier for people to give Hotmail a trial run.
Hotmail walks you through setting up the connection to the old service, so that existing emails are imported to Hotmail using POP, and that you can send and receive email messages from Hotmail with the primary email address.
The big question is: What's the benefit of signing up for Hotmail this way?
Probably the most noteworthy benefit are abilities to make use of Hotmail features, such as the 25 Gigabyte SkyDrive storage that can be used to send large attachments without cluttering the inbox. If you are new to Hotmail you may want to check the Hotmail page over at Windows Live which offers a feature overview, walkthroughs and tips.
Some of the more interesting features include:
Sweep unwanted mail out
View photos and videos in your inbox
Unsubscribe from newsletters
View by conversation
View Microsoft Office files
It is a step in the right direction, to make it easier for users to use Hotmail without having to create another email address. The feature is currently rolled out. According to Dick Craddock, it may take a few days before the new feature set is available for all customer's worldwide (via).
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You said that Outlook isn’t your main email client, so which is your main one?
I think its thunderbird
It is Mozilla Thunderbird.
Awesome! This actually solved my problem… what a stupid bug.
If this is the same bug that I’ve encountered, there may be another fix: (1) hover over open Outlook item in Taskbar, cursor up to hover over Outlook window item, and right-click; (2) this should give you Restore / Move / Size / Minimize / Maximize — choose Move or Size; (3) use your cursor keys, going arbitrarily N/S/E/W, to try to move or size the Outlook window back into view. Basically, the app behaves as though it were open in a 0x0 window, or at a location that’s offscreen, and this will frequently work to resize and/or move the window. Don’t forget to close while resized/moved, so that Outlook remembers the size/position for next time.
THANK YOU Claude!!! I could get the main window to launch but could not get any other message window to show on the desktop. You are my hero!!!!
Solved my issue! 6 years later and this is still problem…
Fantastic. Thank you. Size did the trick.
This solved my Outlook problem, too. Thank you. :)
Thank you so much, this started happening to me today and was causing big problems. You are a life saver, I hope I can help you in some way some day.
You are a god – thank you!
thanks a lot…. work like charm.. :-)
Yah…thanks Claude. I’ve been having the same problem and tried all the suggestions…your solution was the answer. It had resized itself to a 0/0 box. Cheers
Excellent post. This had me baffled even trying to accurately describe the problem. This fixed it for me.
Thank you
Thanks a lot for the article. Don’t know why it happenend, don’t know how it got fixed, but it was really annoying and now it works :-)
Thanks a lot. I was facing this issue from past 3 week. I tried everything but no resolution. The issue was happening intermittently and mainly when I was changing the display of screen ( as i use 2 monitors). The only option i had was to do system restore. But thanks to you.
I’ve been tried to sole this problem for 12hours. Your comment about changing the display of screen helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Thank you…don’t know why this happened but your instructions helped me fix it. Running Windows 10 and office pro 2007
Great tip! Thanks!
Worked for me, too – thank you!!!
It’s Worked for me, too
thank you very much!
I had a similar issue with Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 and this helped me to fix it. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much. Solved!
Considering you published this in 2012, incredible not been debugged by Microsoft.
Thank you again. M
This problem was faced by only one user logging to TS 2008 r2 using outlook 2010.The issue was resolved.
Thanks.
Great tip. Thank you!!!! If it helps, I had to use the Control Key and the arrow keys at the same time to bring my window back into view. Worked like a charm.
Thank you, this worked !!!!
Man, you are a fucking god. Thanks a lot, what an annoying bug!!
Awesome, this post solved the issue. Many thanks!