My Hotmail is Now Windows Live Mail Beta

by on May 19, 2006 in Microsoft (MSFT)

My Hotmail account has switched over to a shiny, new Windows Live Mail Beta account. I had received an invitation for the beta about a week ago and got another e-mail for the switch over this week.

It looks like a really clean Hotmail account with Word merged into it, which is probably pretty close to the reality. Web based spell check now happens as you are typing! This new feature differentiates it significantly compared to Gmail and Yahoo! Mail as they require you to hit a spell check button manually before sending which can easily be forgotten and embarrassing for the sender. Yahoo! Mail has been hinting a new version for some time, so it may soon have this feature.

In terms of ads, there is presently only a large banner ad on the top of the page. At this time, when reading an e-mail in Windows Live Mail Beta there are no text ads on the side as with a Gmail account. It will be interesting to see if it stays that way.

130 Responses to “My Hotmail is Now Windows Live Mail Beta”

  1. Jon Doyon February 27, 2009 at 2:29 am #

    Well this just happened to me as well…
    log into one account, sign out and relog in and it says wrong password… try logging into my other account and it automatically goes back to first account saying bad password…

    I FOUND A SOLUTION IN 5 MINUTES !

    at least it works for me….
    if your clock is off by 4 minutes or more… it messes a few things up including windows update. After correcting the time, everything is back to normal… let me know how this work for you all :P

  2. Elaine Brown March 23, 2009 at 9:57 am #

    I an having this problem for several weeks now when I try to log into my email i get a messaga saying windows can’t open this site and it shuts off. Looks like someone could fix this. I don’t want to go through getting a new account but looks like that might be the only to solve this mess.

  3. Joyce Jordan April 27, 2009 at 3:13 am #

    I just stupidly switched to this windows live. I am angry. it took all my hotmail e-mails away and my contacts. How do I get them back and get rid of this horrible mess?

  4. Joyce Jordan April 27, 2009 at 3:14 am #

    help me get my e-mails back

  5. Karen Stoneberger April 29, 2009 at 9:52 am #

    Help Me get my old e-mail back. I can not read any of my old mail. Help!!!

  6. rayland Currie May 18, 2009 at 11:02 am #

    I can’t get my old emails from my hotmail account. How do I do this?

  7. chris June 4, 2009 at 2:30 pm #

    WHAT MIST I DO OR WHERE MIST I LOOK NOW TO LOCK ON TO MY EXSITING HOTMAIL THAT I HAD BEFORE NOW THAT WINDOWS

  8. Richard Stetler June 29, 2009 at 8:19 am #

    can not get my password to work
    windows live keeps telling me there is a problem
    so how do i get into my mail

  9. felicia payne July 12, 2009 at 1:14 am #

    need to get my email tell me how thanks

  10. Slawomir Wycech September 9, 2009 at 2:18 am #

    I don’t need strategy, where is my data?

  11. Ilse Dujmovic October 2, 2009 at 11:35 pm #

    I just downloaded the new live msn and I can’t find my inbox and cannot retrieve my messages. The same as everyone else . I am furious. Get this undone, now.
    What is this all about? I have a lot in my msn e-mail account. I need it.

  12. Ilse Dujmovic October 2, 2009 at 11:37 pm #

    What about my contacts, address booketc. I am seeing red.

  13. Ramzi Hilal October 12, 2009 at 3:04 am #

    I can not access into my hotmail from my computer. While i can from other computers.

  14. T October 12, 2009 at 12:30 pm #

    HELP! Just like everyone else Windows Live will not let me log on, telling me I have the wrong password! I finally can get in through Yahoo Messenger Page to MYMSN but no longer have my saved messages etc that were on my computer. Alot of it was research!! I need it back….What do I do?…I see alot of replies here but no answers!!

    T

  15. cesar November 22, 2009 at 10:22 pm #

    nesecito micontraseña

  16. Yorak Untt November 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm #

    Howdy Y’all…
    Anyone knows how to get emails from before 5 years ago? I’ve had my hotmail account since 1998 and can only see emails back up to 2004.
    Thanx lots.

  17. Maria January 8, 2010 at 4:15 pm #

    I had a hotmail account about 5 years ago, maybe more. I am trying to sign into another account that uses that email. I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR 3 DAYS AND I CANNOT DO IT. how can i restore my hotmail account, I NEED TO SIGN INTO THIS OTHER ACCOUNT.

  18. oliver January 14, 2010 at 11:11 am #

    You’ve tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect e-mail address or password, or someone else is trying to sign in to the account

  19. Lisa Mitchell Sapienza February 7, 2010 at 9:58 pm #

    I am wrting with the same problem as everyone else. My best friend was recently murdered by her husband, allegedly, and I need to retrieve the volumes of email that she used to send me to my hotmail account, but never got a chance to read in entirety. The family is totally in denial,well her mother isn’t, but she’s an old woman completely controlled by her husband.

    Thank you, Lisa

  20. Rose Teal February 13, 2010 at 12:26 pm #

    I have been trying to get my e-mail and can’t. It says that my account is closed. I don’t know what I have done abuse my contract whit you. Please give me some kind of answer. Thank you Rose Teal

  21. Rose Teal February 13, 2010 at 12:30 pm #

    I can’t get my e-mail from Windows Live Hotmail, I t says rhat I have abused my contract. I don’t know what I have done to do so. I would like to know.

  22. richard pearsall March 6, 2010 at 12:35 pm #

    i had hot mail account. now cant find it. iwould like to find it. i love it.

  23. Drew March 11, 2010 at 10:36 pm #

    How do I open My Hotmail email? I’ve tried to change or use my established password. I am apparently locked out of my “Hotmail” account. I am not referring to the “Hotmail Live.” Why is this happening and how do I open my “Hotmail”? Thanks in advance

  24. Eugene Crouse March 21, 2010 at 10:37 am #

    I have all the same problems of losing all my contacts & emails on hotmail as all the people above .Please what can we do to fix the problem,I’m desperate HELP

  25. Eugene Crouse March 21, 2010 at 11:31 am #

    Further to my comments above,Inotice people have been having this problem since back in january 2007,I’ve been using the old hotmail for over 5 years and just got locked out on friday march 19th 2010.It seems people are being scammed out of thier hotmails on a continuing basis.

  26. jade April 9, 2010 at 8:05 pm #

    i had an old account with hotmail too and i cant access it for over a yr cudnt find any solution.. its ridiculous

  27. chris April 12, 2010 at 4:56 pm #

    Where’s my hotmail account? I have 15 years worth of e-mails and contacts and now MSN made my hotmail account disappear? That’s 15 years of business! and nobody to get in touch with to get help. WTF!

  28. melissa mcneill June 28, 2010 at 11:57 am #

    I was just notified that I still have a profile with you from 5 years ago, I was not a paying member even back then. I am considering it now but your service will not allow me to access the old account or activate a new one???

    What to do, What to do? You want my business, it’s all up to you. I would like the opportunity to create a new provile as life has changed considerable since then. HELP!

  29. carlotta kennedy July 14, 2010 at 9:32 pm #

    i went to check my e-mail yesterday and couldn’t it wanted me to do a windows acct since i’ve stayed logged on for yrs i didn’t know my password when i try to reset it and it says go to my inbox to get my new password well it doesn’t let me go to my inbox how can i get to my hotmail emails which i want

  30. archie toombs September 27, 2010 at 1:03 am #

    just went to live and can’t get to my emails this sucks I want the old style back since I can’t get to my emails please call at 337-528-2218 asap I need my emails for my job

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