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Getting a .NET Passport
Along with your internet connection, you need a Microsoft .NET Passport to run Messenger, even to chat within your local area network. Your Passport is Microsoft's way of identifying you uniquely on the internet. It's free and requires only a (real) email address.If you already have a Passport, and it's linked to your user account, you can skip this section. Windows sometimes nags you to set up a Passport (Figure 15.1 ), or if you open Messenger, the .NET Passport Wizard appears when you try to sign in. You also can launch the wizard yourself.
Figure 15.1. This pop-up balloon appears periodically in the notification area (system tray).
| 1. | Choose > Start > Control Panel > User Accounts; click your user-account icon; then click Set Up My Account to Use a .NET Passport.The .NET Passport Wizard appears (Figure 15.2 ).Figure 15.2. Microsoft implies otherwise, but a .NET Passport is required for Messenger only, not for other Windows programs or features. |
| 2. | Click Next to skip the Welcome page. |
| 3. | On the Do You Have an E-Mail Address? page, specify whether to use your existing email address or sign up for a new, free one with MSN.com (Figure 15.3 ); then click Next.Figure 15.3. Any (nonbogus) email address works; earlier Passport versions required a Hotmail or MSN address. |
| 4. | Follow the onscreen instructions, and click Finish when you're done.Along the way, you're asked for your name, location, and other personal information. (Your Passport password doesn't have to be the same as your Windows password.)When the wizard finishes, Windows starts Messenger and signs you in automatically. |
