A little about Windows Live Hotmail … and more!

Windows Live Hotmail, formerly known as MSN Hotmail is a free web-based email service operated by Microsoft as part of its Windows Live group. [Read More...]

The Great Race of the E-Mail Service Providers

Google’s Gmail has surpassed AOL as the third most visited e-mail service in the U.S. and is poised to pass Windows Live Hotmail in about seven months. [Read More...]

How to create a @msn.com email address.

You can always create a @hotmail.com or @live.com email id. Very rarely is one offered or one creates a msn mail id.  But for some reason, if you wish to create a @msn.com email id, you can do so as follows: [Read More...]

Get & read all your e-mail in Hotmail

Hotmail customers in the US, Canada, and Brazil can now add other e-mail accounts to Hotmail! No need to sign into multiple services to check all your messages on the web. Instead, you can see any POP-enabled e-mail account (including Yahoo! Mail (Plus), AOL Mail, and Gmail) right from your Hotmail account. You can put all of your messages together in your inbox or each e-mail account in its own folder, your choice.  [Read More...]

MSN Web Messenger to be retired.

With new web-based instant messaging (IM) now available from Windows Live Hotmail worldwide, Microsoft is preparing to retire MSN Web Messenger. The old MSN Web Messenger experience will end on June 30, 2009. [Read More...]

Make Windows Live Messenger 2009’s Hotmail button use IE.

In the earlier versions of Windows Live Messenger, when you clicked on the Mail icon / button, Internet Explorer would automatically open up and log you into Hotmail, irrespective of your default browser. [Read More...]

What to do if your Windows Live account has been stolen.

If you find that an unauthorized person has used your Windows Live ID to sign into your Windows Live Hotmail acccount, or any other Windows Live service, then this write-up may help you.

Ask yourself: Did you share it with anyone, inadvertantly? Or did you provide your username and password anywhere? Maybe in some website? If you remember the site or link where this had occurred, please report it as a phishing site and let Microsoft know. [Read More...]

Send instant messages from the Windows Live Hotmail

Instant messaging from the web is here! Now you can send instant messages from the Windows Live Hotmail and People pages! This means that, even if you’re on a public computer where Windows Live Messenger isn’t installed, you can still send IMs to your Messenger contacts!  [Read More...]

How to access Hotmail account in Windows Live Mail

Through Windows Live Mail, you can manage all your e-mail accounts including Hotmail and third party accounts from within Windows Live Mail. Now you don’t have to log in to multiple accounts. [Read More...]