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Creating a new Hotmail account is very easy and it takes few minute to get it done and you can easily access your account and check emails.
Hotmail is the oldest web-based email service that is now obtained by Microsoft. Now it is in form of new outlook.com. But still, you have the option to create Hotmail account using Outlook services.
Creating Hotmail Account:
Visit the official website of Outlook.com you will directly take to the login page. You will see an option to “create account” click on it. Now you will be taken to creation page. There you will be required to enter your name with the desired username. You can opt for many emails like ‘Hotmail.com’, ‘outlook.com’, ‘outlook.in’. Next, you have to enter the password with case sensitive and that is easy to remember for you.
After this, you have to enter your personal details like your country, your birth date, postal code and your mobile number for security purpose. Next, you will be asked to enter your alternate mail if you forget the mail-id or password to recover it. At last, you have to enter CAPTCHA code and finally enter key to create the account. You can now sign in to Hotmail by using your new username and password.
Hotmail offers the best web based mail services for free so that you can easily connect with your family, friends, relatives all over the globe at any time you want. The thing you have to do is just enter your username and password and you can create mail or check the mail. But sometimes we face a certain issue when signing to Hotmail account. The following are some of the common sign-in problems that you might face and the remedies for you to overcome the problems.
1) Incorrect Password
Many times we entered the wrong password when signing in Hotmail account. If you are prompted with the wrong password, then you should check whether caps lock is on or off. The password is case sensitive. If you have forgotten or lost your password, then you have to reset your password. To reset your password, you need to click on reset password option and then choose the reason why you want to reset the password. Click on Next button and enter your Microsoft Email. Next, you have to enter the captcha code in the given space. Next, you will be asked for the security code where to send whether on Mobile number or Alternate mail address you have given. Select the option according to you and you will receive One Time Password which you need to enter in space provided on next screen to create a password.
2) Page Loading Problems
Many times you might have faced page loading problems while signing in Hotmail account. The Hotmail login page might take more time to load. This might be due to the slow speed of the internet connection. There are even times when the Hotmail server also takes more time to load the page. If this happens, you need to switch the tab and open the Hotmail sign in page in the new tab.
3) Hacked Account
If you feel that your account has been compromised due to hacking, then you might not be able to access your account with your password. You will have to reset your password. Before you do this, you should clear your computer of all the viruses in the system using a good antivirus software. you will have to change the password and create a strong password that cannot be hacked easily. It is better to use a password that has a mix of alphanumeric characters as well as uppercase and lowercase characters with one or two special characters attached to it.
If you have a Hotmail.com app downloaded in your Smartphone, then you can access Hotmail at any time and at any place. You are free from being in front of your computer to check out emails.
4) Hotmail on Android Phone
Microsoft offers a Hotmail.com Android app that you can find on Google Play Store. You can download the app for free from Play store to check out emails from your mobile phone. This app will work perfectly for Outlook.com as well. Just enter your username and password and you will be able to access your mail on your phone.
You will be finding the user interface of Outlook.com to be quite different from Live or the Hotmail user interface. There are lots of new features and additions made to Outlook.com to make emailing easy and lightning fast. The outlook is an upgraded version of Hotmail and Live. It is modern and comes with the stylish and clean design. It is easily connected with other networking platforms so that you can carry out conversations with friends and family members, share photos, Tweets and also do Facebook updates right from your inbox. You have lots of free storage space so that you do not need to delete your inbox for the rest of your life. With just one Hotmail account, you have access to all services offered by Microsoft like Skype, Bing, OneDrive, etc. There is very less spam with Outlook and it works perfectly on PC, Mac, tablet and mobile phones. All your emails, email address, passwords, and files will remain the same across all the devices and you need not create individual accounts to access your emails.