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Originally Posted by alcofribas
Well, as certain as I can be, I suppose. I wrote the username and password in a text file. I did contact Microsoft Live, and as I said, they referred me to my e-mail provider Verizon, which of course makes zero sense.
I found this page:
https://accountservices.passport.net...nt.srf?lc=1033
which says:
"Inactivation and Deletion of Account
Microsoft will delete your account on the Passport Network if it remains inactive for an extended period of time. Inactivity is defined as a failure to sign in to any site or service on the Passport Network using your credentials.
If your credentials on the Passport Network are associated with a free MSN or Hotmail e-mail inbox, your account will be made inaccessible if it remains inactive for 120 days, and any account information you have provided will be deleted. If you have credentials on the Passport Network that are not associated with a free MSN or Hotmail e-mail inbox, your account will be made inaccessible if it remains inactive for 365 days, and any information you have provided will be deleted. Accounts associated with paid subscriptions for MSN or Hotmail are not made inaccessible due to inactivity."
So at this point, I assume my account is probably gone. |
I agree, it doesn't make sense that your email provider would have anything to do with your Passport account, unless you used the email account from your email provider when you set up your Passport account - then there might be a slight, and only a slight connection because your Passport account would still be good even after an email account might be terminated.
If Microsoft deleted the account for inactivity, I wonder if you can just use the same login to create a new passport account.