User Manual

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Using Windows Live ID to Access Your Social Networks and Other Services
FIgure 1-21: Here, you connect your Windows Live ID to a Zune account.
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I recommend not getting cute here. While many people create nonsensical
Zune Tags, remember that this is the name you’ll use when you communicate
with others. So rather than be known as Flatulent Fred or whatever, try to pick
something that you won’t be embarrassed by later on.
A Zune Tag can consist of letters (A–Z, a–z), numbers (0–9), and single spaces. But
it can’t start with a number. And it can be up to 15 characters long, maximum.
My Zune Tag, incidentally, is Paul Thurrott. Yeah, it’s boring. But people instantly
know it’s me.
As with your Windows Live ID, your Zune Tag must be unique. That means you
can’t pick a Zune Tag that’s already in use by someone else. So Paul Thurrott,
obviously, is taken. So, too, I’d imagine, are names like Bob Smith. The sign-up
wizard will let you know if the name you want is available, as shown in Figure 1-22.
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