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How to change your Hotmail password isn't always obvious, particularly when Windows Live keeps changing. I'll walk through changing your Hotmail password.
I cannot get into the account summary page or options of my Windows Live Hotmail account. I needed to change my password.
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This is something that changes from time to time as Windows Live Hotmail updates. As I've said before, if you use Windows Live Hotmail, you should expect change. Sometimes small change, sometimes dramatic change, but change nonetheless.
Including the steps to change your Windows Live Hotmail password.
I'll walk through the steps to change your password in the current (as of this writing) design.
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Change Your Hotmail Password
After you login to Windows Live Hotmail, click on the Options menu:
On the resulting drop down menu, click on More options:
On the resulting "Hotmail Options" page, underneath "Manage Your Account", click on the Account details (password, aliases, time zone) link:
For security, Windows Live may ask you for your password again. Once you've entered it, you should end up on an account information page, that includes "Account Information":
Click on the Change button and you'll be taken through the steps to change your password.
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Note that this changes your password for your Windows Live account, and will affect all Windows Live services on which you use that account. We got here through Hotmail, but if you use this account for Windows Live (MSN) Messenger or any of the other Windows Live (formerly MSN branded) services, this password change will apply to all of them.
(This is an update to an article originally published December 4, 2008.)
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October 27, 2012 1:36 AM
thank you for your reply but I put my password in correct then it asks me for new password that is when it goes wrong I put my password in then new password and repeat it and all I get is incorrect yet I know its right as Im still using it but need to change it its driving me mad thank you
January 6, 2013 10:06 AM
very very thank you leo
March 7, 2013 9:35 AM
My address to login to messenger is the following: {email address removed} , so it is not accepted, program request another one like *@hotmail.com. My question is: Is possible to login with my address {email address removed}, or may I give up? Thanks Leo.
March 31, 2013 5:32 AM
i couldnt access my hotmail account please send me reset link
thanks
March 31, 2013 7:17 AM
@Abdul
Leo cannot recover hacked accounts, lost or forgotten passwords.
These articles may be of some help:
What are my Lost Hotmail Account and Password Recovery Options?
Would you please recover my password? My account has been hacked or I've forgotten it.
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