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Register Your @Live.com Address – No Hacks Involved [Unavailable Now]

Jul 13, 2007 5:33 am by ScottIsAFool | 13 comments

I just went to register a new hotmail address, so I went to www.hotmail.com, clicked on Sign Up, selected a free account, and what did I get presented with? Well, this:

Upon investigation, it looks to only be the @live.com domain at the moment and can only be accessed from a browser showing as English (US). However, if you are more than happy with an @live.com (not .co.uk, etc), then go to ~~https://signup.live.com/newuser.aspx?mkt=en-us&revipc=US&ts=3960746&sh=fNtI&ru=http%3a%2f%2fmail.live.com%2f%3fnewuser%3dyes%26hm%3d1&rx=http%3a%2f%2fget.live.com%2fmail%2foverview&rollrs=04&lic=1~~ and register your address now smile_regular .

The other interesting thing to note is that you can no longer register for an @hotmail.com address, so looks like they might be moving away from that.

Update: Well, it appears the US one has gone offline now, that link now redirects to http://get.live.com/ but the UK ~~link~~ now works (which offers an @live.co.uk address)… So it could be that they are just cycling through the different markets at the moment. If the links go offline, then simply follow the process I did, and you might get lucky.

Update 2: Looks like even following my original steps now puts you back at the original @hotmail.com. So if you got your address, well done. If not, the wait continues I’m afraid.

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derviskemal

in the UK when you click signup it says live.co.uk too with no hacks!
rhann

both offline
http://scottisafool.spaces.live.com ScottIsAFool

Yeah, looks like it :( If I follow the steps I followed before, I now only get hotmail.com. Which I wasn’t getting a couple of minutes ago.

SL
derviskemal

.co.uk now down but new get.live.com up!
sboots

Psyche! I think you’re right, Scott – testing. I imagine this means that the real thing will appear soon.
mrx9898

well I already got mine with one of the previous hacks. lol.
AndyD

I got mine also before with the hacks.

I also got a @windowslive.com email after the hacks were fixed, which was wierd. But, hey, I’m not complaining. :-p
http://msftandthefuture.spaces.live.com quikboy

I hate these teasers! Either they implement it fully, or they don’t. It’s so mean. You’re off just by a few mintues, and your oppurtunity is already gone. That is just so mean of Windows Live.
Mephiles

oh well, more waiting then…
Chris

quikboy: this was an error rather than deliberate implementation, scott just happened to be around to pick it up.
http://msftandthefuture.spaces.live.com quikboy

@Chris: Ok, I’m sorry. Thanks for telling me.
Chris

no problem, just wanted to clarify that this is not deliberate on the part of Microsoft :)
newo

Gotta love how microsoft baits everyone with giving a few away. I think it helps them promote by leaking a few, then taking it away again. Don’t worry…Im sure it’ll be out in no time..