Many owners of various devices from Microsoft sooner or later face the problem of creating a Windows Live ID, which is a kind of user account.
Under such a concept as Windows Live ID should be understood primarily as the email address and password that will be used to log into various services. For example, using this ID, a user can sign in to: Xbox LIVE, Zune, Hotmail, MSN, Messenger, search for a phone, or OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive). Thus, it turns out that a Windows Live ID account is needed to synchronize various information: contacts, download games and applications, work on the Internet, etc. If a user does not have a Windows Live ID, then he is unlikely to be able to download anything through special Microsoft applications, restore his notebook on a new mobile device, etc.
In order to create a Windows Live ID account, the user will need either a personal computer with Internet access or a Windows-based mobile phone (this will also require a network connection). The very procedure of creating a Windows Live ID takes a few minutes, after which you will be able to use absolutely all Microsoft services and the capabilities of the Windows operating system.
Create a Windows Live ID on your computer
In order to create a Windows Live ID account through a computer, you should go to the official Microsoft website. After you enter the site, you will have to fill in absolutely all the fields on the site. You can fill them in as you want, but you need to take into account that if you specify the age under 18, then you will not be able to download anything from the Microsoft store. You can specify any available mailbox. Next, you will need to indicate your mobile phone number. Of course, you can specify any other, but then you will not be able to recover the password if you forget it. It is also necessary to indicate the region and postal code. After you fill in all the fields, click on the "Create an account" button. This completes the registration of your Windows Live ID account.
Create Windows Live ID via mobile device
The owner of a Windows-based mobile device can create a Windows Live ID when setting up the phone for the first time. To do this, just follow the instructions of the phone, after its first launch, until you reach the item "Windows Live ID". Then you can click on the "Login" button if you already have a Windows Live ID, or on the "Create" button and follow all the instructions. Here you will need to indicate your: full name, mobile phone number, e-mail address, password, country of residence and postal identifier. After you create your Windows Live ID account, you can link it to the services on your mobile phone through Settings.
