One of the advantages of a Windows Live ID is that you can use it to log on to numerous Microsoft applications and services, from Hotmail to SkyDrive to Office Live 365. If you have forgotten your ...

Users can unify multiple sign-ons for Windows Live services, including e-mail, IMs, and blogs, under one ID and password, even from a mobile device Microsoft on Tuesday expanded the capabilities of ...

Microsoft's Windows Live service will also become an OpenID provider, the company said Monday. With the announcement, Microsoft has put its full support behind the emerging OpenID standard. What this ...

Reports cropped up across Twitter around 1:30 ET on February 16 from individuals having problems logging into Microsoft's Hotmail, Xbox Live, as well as other Windows Live services. No word yet from ...

Next time you sign in to Active Directory at work, you just might be signing in to your Windows Live account as well. Using Windows Live ID, Microsoft plans to introduce enterprises to a single ...

Microsoft is making it simpler to log into online services and apps ahead of Windows 8, which could be revealed on 20 June. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big screen, ...

In the rare case that you DO NOT sign in to Xbox.com or another website that uses Windows LIVE ID (like Hotmail) it is possible that your Windows LIVE ID expires (goes dormant.) An Xbox LIVE Gamertag ...

Since reporting on the "FIFA hack" and related security concerns with Xbox Live and the Windows Live ID system, we've received stories, documentation and theories on how this is happening from dozens ...

Microsoft has released a software development kit for a service that enables users who log in through one Web site to be authenticated on many others. It’s the company’s latest attempt to get other ...

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Microsoft's Hotmail e-mail and Windows Live Messenger instant messaging programs are working again after a brief outage on Tuesday. Some users of the services could not log on to their Hotmail or ...