A new product from the busy Windows Live team is Windows Live Account at account.live.com. The Hive describes it as: "...a new control panel for your Windows Live ID (AKA Passport) account. Change ...

So, you've bought a shiny new Windows 10 laptop or tablet. It's unpacked, plugged in, and humming gently. What's the first thing you should do? The answer is set up a Microsoft account. Don't be ...

Want to get a whole new Live ID and start fresh with Microsoft? Here's how to transfer your account. Microsoft's Live ID (soon to be renamed "Microsoft Account") is the key to all things from Redmond ...

To set up your Windows account you need to fill in an online registration form. Access the form by visiting account.live.com in your web browser, or by tapping 'Create a new account' when prompted ...

Discovered in 1997 by Aaron Spangler and never fixed, the WinNT/Win95 Automatic Authentication Vulnerability (IE Bug #4) is certainly an excellent vintage. In Windows 8 and 10, the same bug has now ...

This week the folks at Microsoft have revealed a feature that should very well have been part of the ecosystem all along: the Xbox Live account migration tool. This process allows you to port your ...