How to register an @live.com address early Javascript dropdown trickcustomer adventures, How To, .NET — by TDavid @ 10:20 am PST
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One of the many reasons I like to sign up early for new sites/services is to be able to get my name reserved. The chance of getting your name goes down dramatically the longer a service has been around and more popular it becomes. In the case of the possibly soon to be coveted @live.com email addresses, this morning my friend Forser from Sweden shared in IRC a post where Ryan shares the following trick he learned from wbeta for adding @live.com to the registration dropdown options:
1. Right-click on this link and copy it to the clipboard. It won’t do you any good to just click on the link, you need to actually copy it to use later.
2. Go to http://get.live.com/getlive/overview in Internet Explorer and click “Sign Up.” I tried doing it in Firefox but couldn’t get it to work.
3. Paste what you just copied in step 1 into the address bar and press enter to execute it. The script adds a “Live.com” option to the drop-down menu of domain choices.
4. Fill out the rest of the details and you’re all set!
I see by the other comments on Ryan’s post that others got this to work using browsers other than IE. I had to logout of my existing .NET account to get to the signup screen where the Javascript needs to be pasted, but I confirmed this still worked this morning. I was able to visit ideas.live.com, download and install the desktop version of Windows Live Mail, import my existing email accounts and send and receive email successfully.
Don’t expect this trick to last long, so hurry and get your @live.com email address while you still can. I’d do it as soon as you read this, only takes a minute or two.
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Got mine! Thanks for the tip.
Comment by n00b — November 10, 2006 @ 11:34 am PST
YW, n00b, glad to have helped
Comment by TDavid — November 10, 2006 @ 2:03 pm PST
hi erm yea… just wondering… does this method still work? b cuz when i copy the javascript thing into the “details filling in area” it just links me back to http://get.live.com/ and it just wont allow me to get the @live.com….. this stopped working in 2 days? or did i do something wrong?
Comment by new guy — November 11, 2006 @ 5:25 pm PST
wait wait….. sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy… IT WORKS NOW!!!!!!! it was me… my bad ^ ^”
it works!!!!
Comment by new guy — November 11, 2006 @ 5:28 pm PST
It doesn’t work anymore, you’ll get an error.
When you register an @live.nl address (via http://imagine-windowslive.com/mail/launch/default.aspx?Locale=nl-nl) it works, but with the javascript it doesn’t!
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Well! Windows Live Mail with domail @live.nl is available for everyone in Netherlands but why they are not offering @live.com, @live.co.uk, @live.ca, @live.be etc., etc.??????????????????????
I’ve seen that huge list of people who just entered in the world of Internet got @live.com, @live.co.uk emails with their names. They are lucky but what about people who are using from many years but they are still on @hotmail.com & crying to get @live.com & @live.co.uk.
What you say about this? When they will give it to all or some other countries???
What is the real problem with Microsoft???
Very frankly!
Best Regards,
Abid
Comment by Abid — November 22, 2006 @ 7:23 pm PST
No longer working I think. Tried with firefox and IE and always get an error when I click Accept
Comment by Me — January 24, 2007 @ 12:58 pm PST