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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft Tuesday expanded the capabilities of its Windows Live ID service by adding support for single sign-on for its Windows Live services and making it possible for users to sign up for an ID from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pssst…have you heard? Microsoft has some great Web services. Microsoft’s Web services are so often overlooked that they’re just about the software giant’s ...

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 ...

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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 ...