Setting up MSN
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| ==Procedure== | ==Procedure== | ||
| - | *Go To https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf and select "asdfa" | + | *Go To https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf and select "Yes, use my e-mail address" and hit Continue |
| - | *Fill in | + | *In the fourms, add your alternate email address in full (eg: jon.dowe@email.com), then add a password of your chouse and retype. |
| - | *Do This | + | *setup you password reset option, if you have forgotten you password |
| - | *Do That | + | *For the security of making sure you are not a computer yourself, you have to type the letters that you see in the piture, then hit continue. |
| - | *Now do this | + | *in this screen you are required to add information about who owns this account, after this you are done. |
| ==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
| + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Messenger | ||
| + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging | ||
| + | http://pidgin.im/pidgin/home/ | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 9 May 2007
MSN is a commonly used Instant messaging protocol (once called windows messenger, or MSN messenger, now Windows Live Messenger). Anyone with a hotmail account can use msn, but many people dont realise that you can use MSN messenger without a hotmail account.
Traditionally Microsoft required you to use hotmail, however microsoft were forced to allow users to sign up using their own address.........
Requirements
You will need the following:
- An existing email address
- A computer with an internet connection
- An installed copy of MSN messenger/Windows Live Messenger, or another MSN compatible IM client such as Pidgin (Gaim)
Procedure
- Go To https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf and select "Yes, use my e-mail address" and hit Continue
- In the fourms, add your alternate email address in full (eg: jon.dowe@email.com), then add a password of your chouse and retype.
- setup you password reset option, if you have forgotten you password
- For the security of making sure you are not a computer yourself, you have to type the letters that you see in the piture, then hit continue.
- in this screen you are required to add information about who owns this account, after this you are done.
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Messenger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging http://pidgin.im/pidgin/home/
