Setting up MSN

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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/