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Registering in Windows Messenger - used wrong email
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Can somebody please help me to change my email address registered with Windows Messenger? I used the wrong email address when I first signed up. I have tried to find an edit function but am unsuccessful. What should I do? |
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Registering in Windows Messenger - used wrong email
Greetings Greg,
First, you'll need to save your contact list (it'll be deleted if you don't). Sign into Messenger using your current Passport, click the File menu and then select Save Contact List. The default filename should be fine, and just save it on your Desktop. If you don't yet have a contact list, you can skip this. Go to the Desktop and verify that the file was created. If you do have contacts, you'll want to delete them off your main contact list (after you've saved them), so that they can remove the "wrong" address off their lists completely. Just right-click each contact, and choose Delete. Then, go to: http://memberservices.passport.com/memberservice.srf and select 'Edit my .NET Passport profile' and then under your current e-mail address click 'I want to change this', and enter the new address. Then, sign out of Messenger is you're still signed in (right-click its icon in the notification area/system tray, by the clock and choose Sign Out), then sign-in to your new Passport in Messenger (right-click the icon and choose Sign In..., be sure to click the 'Sign me in automatically' checkbox if you want it to automatically sign you in later). Then, click the File menu, then select Import Contacts from a Saved File, then locate the file you just saved on your desktop and select it. Your contacts will be readded, and they'll all need to add the new name to their list. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Greg" wrote in message ... Can somebody please help me to change my email address registered with Windows Messenger? I used the wrong email address when I first signed up. I have tried to find an edit function but am unsuccessful. What should I do? |
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