Live.com is a popular free web email service commonly used for personal account creation. It’s a URL used by Microsoft for their outlook.com and one drive products. It’s also a personal information manager web app from Microsoft consisting of webmail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks services. It helps you keep track of appointments and schedules.
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Although, in august 2012 the live.com brand has been banned, not literally banned though but discontinued, since the release of windows 8 to its manufacturer. This means live.com is not in existence. Live.com is actually a brand name that has been changed to Outlook.com by Microsoft. If you have a live.com account, you need not worry about it because it has automatically been updated for you.
Creating a Live.com Email Using @outlook.com Address
Here is how to create a live email using the @outlook.com address. If you a live.com, you need not worry about this because it has automatically been updated for you.
- Open Outlook.live.com in your web browser.
- Click on the “Create Free Account” option, which is located at the bottom right-hand side corner of the screen.
- Signup.live.com will open in the same tab.
- In the blank space, make the email ID you desire.
- On the right side, select @outlook.com from the drop-down menu.
- Now click next.
- Type the password you want to set up for your account.
- Make sure you remember the password (better to note it down somewhere).
- Now enter your first name in the first blank space.
- Enter your second name in the second blank space below the first name.
- Click next to continue.
- Select your country or region from the drop-down menu.
- Enter your date of birth comprising your birth month, date, and year.
- Click next to proceed.
- A CAPTCHA will appear, enter that, and then click “Next.”
- Once you’ve completed your registration process, you’ve owned a live.com account automatically.
You can also create a live account using hotmail.com. I will show you step by step process to follow. It’s just the same procedure as using outlook.com but with a little bit different interface.
How to Create a Live.com Email Account Using Hotmail.com
- Open Outlook.live.com in your Chrome or Firefox web browser.
- At the bottom right-hand side of the corner, you’ll find the “Create Free Account” option; click on it.
- You’ll be directed to Signup live.com on the same tab.
- In the new email field, enter your preferred email address.
- On the right side, select @hotmail.com from the drop-down menu.
- Click “Next” to continue making your account.
- On the Create Password page, create a password for your account.
- Please make sure to use a password you can remember or save it using the Google save password
- Fill in your first and second name in the space provided on the search space.
- Click next to proceed.
- On your “What’s Your Birth Date” page, choose your country region from the drop-down menu.
- Fill in your date of birth which include; your birth month, date, and year, and click next.
- A captcha challenge will appear known as. Enter it and then click “Next.”
- If the CAPTCHA is unclear to you, click on “New” to request a new CAPTCHA.
Once you are successfully complete the process you’ll be automatically be logged in to your new account with the @hotmail.com domain.