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Windows Live

Windows Live makes communicating and sharing with your friends fast and simple. It includes all those well known services like Hotmail and Messenger as well as loads of new and improved products - photo sharing and editing, social networking feeds and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage.

All you need to get started is a Windows Live ID to access all Windows Live products for free.

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How it Works

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What is a Windows Live ID?

A Windows Live ID is simply an email address and password; it’s what you already use to login to Hotmail or Messenger . If you need one, sign up for a Windows Live ID.

Windows Live ID

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Your Home online

Your Home online

Use Windows Live to keep up to date with all your social networking feeds in one place, see what your friends are doing on Windows Live, Facebook, MySpace and more.

You can also view your emails at a glance and communicate with friends, all of this and much more is given to you in a snapshot on your very own Windows Live homepage.

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Share Yourself with Windows Live

Share Yourself with Windows Live

By updating your profile, your friends can easily keep up to date with what you’re doing on Windows Live and other websites. Whether you’re playing games in Messenger, updating your personal status message or loving a track on last.fm, your friends can see what you’re up to.

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What it all means

Here are some great examples of ways to stay in sync with friends using Windows Live online and Windows Live Essentials for your PC.

Talk with your friends

Talk with your friends

Move a conversation from e-mail to IM and back again. When you IM with Messenger contacts from your Hotmail inbox, you'll see your friends' status so you're never out of touch.

Share your photos

Stay in touch - anytime, anywhere

Windows Live for Mobile has an easy-to-use interface designed for a mobile screen, which makes it easy to read, write, and manage your e-mail and IM wherever you are.


Stay in touch - anytime, anywhere

Share your photos

Let your friends and family see all your latest adventures. Use Windows Live Photo Gallery to edit photos.



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