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Why can't I use my personal email to sign up for a Microsoft account?

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I have a personal email address (me@stuff.me, for example) which I would like to use for my Microsoft account. When I try to do this I get errors similar to:

"You can't use @stuff.me in your Microsoft account email address. Please try a different email address."

depending on which site I'm trying to do this on (xbox.com, microsoft.com, etc.). Normally I really wouldn't have a problem with Microsoft doing it's own thing, but if I'm supposed to use this account on my personal computer now (with Windows 8 just over the horizon), why am I not allowed to use the email that I want to use?

The better question is, how do I get around this? I've noticed restrictions and questions are different depending on which Microsoft site you try to create your account on. Is there a way to make an account using my personal email? Or a way to make my personal email the primary one after creating the account?

Thanks

(Before anyone asks, I'm using a gmail account to post this.)
- Changed type Arthur Xie Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:01 AM
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 6:11 PM

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Have you registered your account on Passport.net?
https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf?lc=9226&fid=RegCredOnlyEASI&ru=https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf%3Fvv%3D1350%26mkt%3DES-CO%26lc%3D9226&cru=https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf%3fvv%3d1350%26mkt%3dES-CO%26lc%3d9226
Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:21 AM
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Go to this address:

https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1350&mkt=EN-GB&lc=2057

And scroll down to

"Use an email address you already have" and follow "Use an email address you already have"

You will then have a live account. You can use this as you login to Windows 8, also, which will give you full functionality in the metro apps.
David Clarke
Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:47 AM
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Have you registered your account on Passport.net?
https://accountservices.passport.net/reg.srf?lc=9226&fid=RegCredOnlyEASI&ru=https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf%3Fvv%3D1350%26mkt%3DES-CO%26lc%3D9226&cru=https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf%3fvv%3d1350%26mkt%3dES-CO%26lc%3d9226
When I follow that link, I get redirected to account.live.net with the account I have under a gmail address. I'm looking to change the email connected to that account to a personal address instead of a gmail/hotmail/livemail account.
- Edited by Sam343 Monday, October 15, 2012 6:00 PM
Monday, October 15, 2012 5:59 PM
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use a live.com, or hotmail.com account and then using Live Essentials Mail you can use all of you email accounts conveniently

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Except I have a server which I use to manage all of my email accounts on already. I don't need another email address (I have something like 15, if I count all the admin email that forward to me), I want to use a personal email instead of gmail/hotmail/livemail.

Monday, October 15, 2012 5:59 PM
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Go to this address:

https://accountservices.passport.net/ppnetworkhome.srf?vv=1350&mkt=EN-GB&lc=2057

And scroll down to

"Use an email address you already have" and follow "Use an email address you already have"

You will then have a live account. You can use this as you login to Windows 8, also, which will give you full functionality in the metro apps.

David Clarke

I think this was one of the sites I tried originally. When I try to use my email account to set up a Live account, I get the error:

"We're sorry, but accounts ending in @stuff.me are issued and managed by the domain owner.
To create a Microsoft account, please use a different email address. If you don't have one, you can get a free Windows Live Mail account."

I don't understand why I'm prevented from creating an account using a domain that I own? And how do I get around this, or make that email primary after creating an account (which I have tried as well and get a similar error).

Monday, October 15, 2012 6:01 PM
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I'm trying to create a Microsoft account for my mom using her existing email because she just got a Windows 8 tablet. When I try to sign up for a new account, it tells me that the email is already in use. When I try to request the password, we get an error that says "The Microsoft account is incorrect. Please try again." How can the account name be incorrect and already in use? That makes no sense.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:39 AM
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I do not want to use this as my main email address, I have a Hotmail account for different things as well as gmail I can't seem to even get into my Hotmail account because this keeps showing up and wont allow me to read my emails . how do I go from here it maybe convenient for others but I like my emails like I have them thank you.

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