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Chapter 1 Pre-Flight Checklist:What to Do Before YouGet Your Windows Phone
FIgure 1-1: Here, you can begin your new online life with Windows Live.
Click the Sign Up button to continue. The Create Your Windows Live ID page will
appear. As shown in Figure 1-2, you will need to ll out a form listing information
about yourself and pick a Windows Live ID, which will take the form of name@live.
com or [e-mail]. This ID will also be used for a Hotmail e-mail address.
FIgure 1-2: You can check the availability of the name you want before proceeding.
In the Windows Live ID eld, experiment with different ID names to nd one that
is available. Note that common names, such as Paul, were taken long ago, so you may
need to get creative. The form will make suggestions or provide an advanced search
box, shown in Figure 1-3, if you pick an ID that’s already taken.
If the Windows

Live ID field on
the right of this
page is already
filled out, this means
you could already
have an active
Windows Live ID.
So make sure you
really intend
to create a
new account.
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