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It took me a good 10 seconds to locate it. Also, I signed in with my Microsoft ID which was confusing as it logged into outlook using my existing, non-microsoft

It took me a good 10 seconds to locate it. Also, I signed in with my Microsoft ID which was confusing as it logged into outlook using my existing, non-microsoft email. If you don't have an @outlook.com email, it'd be nice for them to pop a prompt.

milesskorpen 14y ago
This is a bigger issue—I can't figure out how I'm supposed to get an account @outlook.com.
- Pwntastic 14y ago
  You can sign up for a new one on the outlook.com site but I have no idea how to migrate an existing hotmail.com address to outlook.com. I can't even get to the new outlook.com with my hotmail.com address; it was only after creating a brand new outlook.com address that I was able to see what all the fuss was about
  - cico71 14y ago
    You should simply be able to do it by: logging in into your hotmail account and going to http://outlook.com http://outlook.com while still logged in. After that, go into mail "More mail settings" (click on the upper-right gear) and choose "Create a Outlook alias" if you want to add e-mail aliases @outlook.com But now that you already signed up for a new account it may not work straight away...
    - Pwntastic 14y ago
      Yeah I don't have that option anywhere. I've seen other sites say that there should also be an option to upgrade but I don't see that either. Maybe they're rolling it out in phases? Oh well, it's not like I ever used hotmail to begin with
- jjguy 14y ago
  If you create a new account, it will allow you to select an @outlook.com email address. There is no ajax on the account name, you'll have to enter the captcha to know if your chosen email address is available. - Click your username in the upper right, click sign out - click the 'sign in' button on the next page - click the white 'sign up' button on the bottom left - see @outlook.com text box four entries down
  - nfriedly 14y ago
    Yea, re-typing that captcha about 9 times was the most annoying part. (I only tried 3 different addresses, but it didn't like what I typed in the captcha the other 6 times.)

milesskorpen 14y ago

This is a bigger issue—I can't figure out how I'm supposed to get an account @outlook.com.

Pwntastic 14y ago
You can sign up for a new one on the outlook.com site but I have no idea how to migrate an existing hotmail.com address to outlook.com. I can't even get to the new outlook.com with my hotmail.com address; it was only after creating a brand new outlook.com address that I was able to see what all the fuss was about
- cico71 14y ago
  You should simply be able to do it by: logging in into your hotmail account and going to http://outlook.com http://outlook.com while still logged in. After that, go into mail "More mail settings" (click on the upper-right gear) and choose "Create a Outlook alias" if you want to add e-mail aliases @outlook.com But now that you already signed up for a new account it may not work straight away...
  - Pwntastic 14y ago
    Yeah I don't have that option anywhere. I've seen other sites say that there should also be an option to upgrade but I don't see that either. Maybe they're rolling it out in phases? Oh well, it's not like I ever used hotmail to begin with
jjguy 14y ago
If you create a new account, it will allow you to select an @outlook.com email address. There is no ajax on the account name, you'll have to enter the captcha to know if your chosen email address is available. - Click your username in the upper right, click sign out - click the 'sign in' button on the next page - click the white 'sign up' button on the bottom left - see @outlook.com text box four entries down
- nfriedly 14y ago
  Yea, re-typing that captcha about 9 times was the most annoying part. (I only tried 3 different addresses, but it didn't like what I typed in the captcha the other 6 times.)