Hotmail is part of the web-based email service of Microsoft. It is the new integrated face of Outlook which allows you to sign up for a Hotmail email address as well.
How to Create a Hotmail Account?
Those who wish to sign up for a Hotmail address need to do so through the Outlook domain. The steps to do so are as follows:
- Visit Microsoft’s official page and look for the Outlook.
- Here you will find the option to sign up for a new account.
- Click on the signup link which leads to a registration page for creating a new account.
- The form for creating a new account seeks basic information from the customers.
- The first field asks users to choose a unique username; as one key in a username, there are hints provided to make the username choice unique.
- The next field requires customers to select an account password; this should be ideally of at least 8 characters including alphanumeric, special characters, and a combination of upper and lower case alphabets.
- Other fields in the registration form require users to key in their first name, last name, and gender details; the form also needs confirmation of their country of origin.
Inputs to Secure your Account
The next page requires additional information to ensure the security of your account:
- Users need to provide additional information regarding account security as an alternate email address and a registered phone number.
- Both forms of information need to be validated; hence Outlook sends out a verification code or link to the email address and phone number to allow new users to validate the same.
Once the security-related information is validated, customers need to agree to the terms and conditions on the site. They also need to key in the captcha code correctly before the signup process is completed.
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Logging into your Hotmail Account
Steps to log in securely to your Hotmail account are as follows:
- You can bookmark outlook.com to get easy access to the login page and your email account.
- You will be prompted to key in the username which is the email address you registered.
- After that, the next page will ask for the account password.
- After you have keyed in the password you can access your email account page.
For ease of access to your Hotmail account, you can choose to check the box for saving your account password. It will help you open up your inbox easily every time you wish to log into your Hotmail account.