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Summary: Your alternate email address is a second email address used to recover your hacked or lost HotMail account. You must change your alternate email address if you lose access to that second account, or you risk not being able to recover your Hotmail account should you lose the password or get hacked. Can you show me how to change my alternate email address on MSN Hotmail? I looked through the options and didn't see it. You didn't find it because ... well, because it's not there. Apparently that would be too easy. Can you tell I find that frustrating? Yep. Me and thousands of others, I might add. It's simple once you find it, but finding it? Aye, there's the rub. • To the point - go here: MSN Account Services. You'll need to log in, of course, but once you do, you'll be able to change all sorts of things about your MSN Account, including your alternate e-mail address. "When you sign up for a Hotmail account, you are
actually creating an account with MSN that can be used on any of the free MSN
services ..."
"MSN Account?" you ask, "But this is my Hotmail Account". Yes, I know. There's a bit of an identity crisis going on. MSN (An acronym for MicroSoft Network) provides a number of services, Hotmail being only one of them. When you sign up for a Hotmail account, you are actually creating an account with MSN that can be used on any of the free MSN services including MSN Messenger, My MSN, and more. But wait. There's still more confusion, and identity crisis to be had... As you navigate your MSN Account settings, or even when you sign on to MSN services like Hotmail, you'll see references to something called "Passport". A Passport is that single account that you create that lets you log into all the different MSN services. In fact, Passport was originally created with the goal of being the one login for all websites from many different vendors besides Microsoft. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be happening, and even MSN seems to be shying away from the term "Passport" - but you'll still see it in various places. So in a nutshell, to change your Hotmail account alternate email address, visit MSN Account Services and you'll be all set. Important: If it's your actual email address you want to change (not your alternate), then you need to read this article: How do I change my Hotmail name or address?. Related:
• Recent Comments
how do i change my msn address to hotmail.com Posted by: cesar cruz at February 13, 2007 06:52 PMi dont remeber cause it does not work for me why you aswer that qestion how do you change password`s If i've forgot my password and my secret answer question how do i get on to my e-mail account to get the password it said has bein sent to me?? Please help i need it urgently!?? Posted by: Secret at February 17, 2007 11:06 AMThis is weird. I just got my gmail account to work on the new live msn thingy. Now when I try to change my name, I cant select the thing..how come? Posted by: bowa at June 13, 2007 08:54 AMlovely Posted by: icekram deleon at August 29, 2007 11:36 AMmy x and his girl friend are breaking in to and tasmpering eith my e mail sacurity please i would like to change my email and forward my saved and new email to a new acount Posted by: Aimee at January 1, 2008 04:41 AMI would like to be able to read & respond to my emails from my home computer here at work. How do I go about doing that? Posted by: Dav Vandervoort at January 9, 2008 04:10 PM-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- If you're using Hotmail, then just login to Hotmail from Leo
iD8DBQFHhqJxCMEe9B/8oqERAix1AKCBu+xDGKFouHrIfDOiMAfPD5j3CwCbB+By Dear Leo: I read the article, but was unable to find an answer to my concern. I am having trouble with certain e-mail addresses. I write the message, then press SEND, but at that point Hotmail informs me that I can't send it because it doesn't provide free access to certain services anymore. Why are we told this after it's sent and not before, and why is this policy in place? Posted by: Doug Blackwood at February 17, 2008 01:50 PM-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Sounds fishy, but I'd have to see the *specific* and Leo
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