Get 2 GB Hotmail!
January 3rd, 2006 at 07:54pm
Still stuck with 2MB or 250MB hotmail mailbox ? Follow these three simple steps in IE… and enjoy!
Step 1: Log into your hotmail account using Internet Explorer - Does not work if you try to activate this using Firefox. Also make sure your address in your hotmail account is United States.
Step 2: Click on this link
(better copy the link given above and paste it into the window in which you have your hotmail account opened!)
Step 3: Click Join Mail Beta
Now your hotmail account is upgraded to Live Mail with 2GB of storage!
This procedure worked fine for me when I tried it out a couple of mins back.
Not sure how long it would last!
Tags: 250MB, 2gb, 2MB, hotmail, live, live mail, mail, more, popular, storage
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Try it!
Thanks
Comment by perrin — January 4, 2006 #
You’re still using hotmail?
Comment by Vinaya HS — January 4, 2006 #
Hotmail? Huh?
Comment by Someone — January 4, 2006 #
@Vinay: no way! But there are lots of people who do use it ;) thats why I posted this!
@Somone : :)….I use gmail / yahoo
Comment by Arjun — January 4, 2006 #
Its working and looks kewl too.
Comment by Aravind — January 4, 2006 #
hi
i tried it..but still its showing 25mb..??
bye
Inder
Comment by inder — January 4, 2006 #
Make sure that your address mentioned in the profile is a US address.
Comment by Arjun — January 4, 2006 #
hi
yes my profile is in US..
but still its showing 25mb..
Inder
Comment by inder — January 4, 2006 #
Inder they take sometime to upgrade and that many vary from a week to weeks :)
Comment by Harsh — January 5, 2006 #
Damn .. i knew dis b4 n i have tried it severl times but no use.. its still stuck at 250MB.. huh :(
~ Amjad~
Comment by Amjad — January 15, 2006 #
“Is something missing? Read this.
We just started building this version of the Mail Beta that works for all browsers. We’re not done yet, so some functionality is missing right now. You can read your mail right now by clicking on the Inbox.
Note that the web browser you are using does not yet support all Mail Beta functionality. You can still use this browser to access basic Mail Beta functionality, like reading and composing messages. We will make more functionality available for this web browser soon.”
this is the message that i received when i logged on after a week, though i have been upgraded to 1 GB earlier.
Me using Firefox, and Live mail looks quite clean (No comparision to gmail which still rules at this point) and sexy (unlike gmail) but the reason i wanted this hotmail back is for outlook style browsing and that is not still available for me or i may not have enabled it.
may be u need IE for that and i have disabled the IE.
I hope MS give due importance to Firfox so that I may decide to start using me oldest email address AGAIN :)
Comment by Harsh — January 15, 2006 #
I checked everything before and it does not work, i don’t know why. Time or shit……?
Comment by Mike — January 17, 2006 #
Hey … ARJUN & ARVIND … I tried everything .. But no results ..
Cud u provide ur address & all its relevent fields ??
HELP ME …. I want tat n e ways … PLZZZ
Comment by Sameer — January 18, 2006 #
no man it’s not working
Comment by raju — January 24, 2006 #
try to help me to make 2gb hotmailbox today help me
Comment by Hunain — January 28, 2006 #
thank u
Comment by kazem — January 28, 2006 #
does it work from 2mb as wel. i just did it for a 2mb account and yet its not workin?
Comment by blueminies — January 30, 2006 #
very good step
Comment by ahmad — February 8, 2006 #
great, well done.
Comment by momand — February 14, 2006 #
thanx alot
Comment by sultan — February 14, 2006 #
Where is the link? I dont see any link related to hotmail. Could you guys just paste the link here please so that i can use it as well. Thanks
Comment by Anonymous — February 15, 2006 #
i tried but it is still 2mb wher should i paste that link?
Comment by lina — February 19, 2006 #
it still shows me 25mb
Comment by lina — February 19, 2006 #
it still shows me 25mb
Comment by eiyad — February 19, 2006 #
How are you
Comment by Rajesh — February 25, 2006 #
I’m still stuck with 25mb, wtf?
Comment by woller — March 1, 2006 #
lol…msg from 26 ar hilarious…i’m stuck….wtf? LOL
yeah same ..i’m stuck at 25mb..wft? lol
Comment by Ben — March 4, 2006 #
Guys
Pls could you provide me with “link” to catapult me out of 25MB zone? I have tired but cold not identify wither the link nor where it should be posted.
Thnk 4 ur help.
Comment by Colliom — March 4, 2006 #
The 250MB link worked wellfor me. However, I could not get around implementing the 2GB instructions. Had probs identifying the “link”. Pls Help!
Thnx
Comment by Colliom — March 4, 2006 #
Hi All,
Here is the link, i tried it but it doesent work
http://by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/BetaOptIn?page=option&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000001&a=b9a426ebd4880ad9d14db4b4c55a69f8bb8dea2282102422220030b2b6bb98c8
Comment by Shadi Atshan — March 7, 2006 #
plz send me an invitation for windows live mail
mybreath1@hotmail.com
thanks
Comment by muath — March 7, 2006 #
kindly send me the invitation too !
addiejafri@hotmail.com
Thankz !
Comment by Asad Jafri — March 9, 2006 #
Yes dude, this ain’t working. ur 250mb thingy worked, but not this. y y y?
Comment by raji — March 24, 2006 #
upgraded to Live Mail with 2GB of storage DOES NOT WORK.
Comment by XaVioUr — April 6, 2006 #
hi,
this method is not working for me ….
Comment by Ankur — April 10, 2006 #
hi,
the 250 mb trick i think takes some time to activate ( if i m not wrong ). what abt the 2gb trick ? will it also take time to activate it or it becomes immedialtey i signup for beta mail ?
Comment by Ankur — April 10, 2006 #
didnt work leh? hows? u bluff one.. da 250mb to 2gb.. i complaint to bill gates can ah? i dont fwen u! +P blEAK!!!
Comment by calvin — April 12, 2006 #
I had trouble with this and I can tell you this method works:
1. Before you do anything, log into Hotmail in a browser window.
2. COPY that link address and PASTE it into the window you logged into Hotmail with, hit Enter.
It really is that simple, just don’t click the link, copy and paste it.
Comment by David — April 19, 2006 #
hi,
i did the same thing, but now neither my acct is getting any bigger then 25 mb nor getting upgraded to 2gb …. :((
Comment by Ankur — April 19, 2006 #
hallo
thanks for your offer
i tried it
but it didn’t work unfortunately
what can i do ?
waiting 4 reply on that e mail
prandtle012@hotmail.com
please don’t be late
thanks in advance
have a sweet life
Comment by prandtle — April 23, 2006 #
this isn’t working so what should i do please help me
Comment by crystal — May 9, 2006 #
Ok, let’s try another way just to avoid any misinterpretations or errors, bookmark this page then write the instructions below down, or copy it out to notepad then close all open browsers, EVEN this one
Open your browser and go to your Hotmail inbox, log in… DO NOT log out, instead come straight to this page (using your favourites) in exactly the same window you were just in Hotmail in. Click the link and you should see a page where you accept to join the beta Live Mail trial… this is the new name for Hotmail and gets you 2GB.
If the link above takes you straight back to this page and not to a Windows Live Mail page then you have missed something.
I’m sorry I’m not going to personally e-mail people about this because I don’t want to get bombarded with “help it doesn’t work” from everyone, I’m sure you can understand!
Keep trying, and good luck! :-)
Comment by David — May 10, 2006 #
hey every1 i found a link that converts ur 250 mb or 25 mb account to 2 gb ( it doesnt work for 2 mb accounts ) here :
http://www4.imagine-msn.com/minisites/sweepstakes/mail/register.aspx
Comment by muath — May 12, 2006 #
Full Fledgedly working buddy …. ;) … thank u very much …
Comment by Ankur — May 13, 2006 #
if any1 cant do it here’s my e-mail : mybreath1@hotmail.coml
Comment by muath — May 13, 2006 #
if any1 cant do it here’s my e-mail : mybreath1@hotmail.com
Comment by muath — May 13, 2006 #
try it urself buddy, tis very simple, click on the link, it opens in a new window, there put ur mail id, then it will ask u to login. and there u go …. got live mail …..
but i can’t c 2gb newhere …. do somebody has a clue where it can b ?
Comment by Ankur — May 14, 2006 #
i m not sure wether is 2gb but the interface has changed.
Comment by blueminies — June 1, 2006 #
muath
this also does not work
Comment by charanjit — June 3, 2006 #
ha, it worked for everybody that i know!!!!!
Comment by muath — June 4, 2006 #
be sure that ur mail size is 25 mb or 250 mb ( this way doesnt work for 2mb emails )
Comment by muath — June 4, 2006 #
hi
i have tried it and signed up the beta version ..but it nowhere shows that i have 2Gb space…kindly clarify on this please
badri
Comment by ybadrinatrh — June 6, 2006 #
ya i have 25 mb space
Comment by charanjit — June 6, 2006 #
ybadrinatrh u hv to wait 2 days to 1 week then ull hv the new interface
Comment by muath — June 7, 2006 #
I’ve just been looking at mine and I can no longer see anything specifying how much space there is. There used to be a bit on the left that said “2000MB” on mine but it has gone.
I think it is fairly safe to assume that if you’re using the Live Mail Beta then you have a 2000MB limit, if you’re still only on Hotmail I would guess it still says how much you have on the left.
Comment by David — June 8, 2006 #
try this: do you see in the upper right a help button ? click it , then search for ( size ) click the second result and then read the notes . anything else ?????
Comment by muath — June 8, 2006 #
I followed what you said muath and it confirms it, if you have Live Mail you have a 2GB limit.
For anyone else having problems, I followed another guide to get past the 2MB limit to 250MB first (also on this site afaik) then I found this one. Maybe that is what is catching people out?
Just out of interest, what happens if you hotmail people go to http://mail.live.com and try to log in?
Comment by David — June 12, 2006 #
Another thing, not to do with the 2GB limit, but any of you still on Hotmail make sure that you either log-out or close your browser when you leave the PC you’re on.
A while ago I found a very quick way around entering a password on a page where the e-mail is already filled in and that person has logged in previously.
Live Mail has corrected this (probably because I or someone else told them) but it’s likely Hotmail is still prone, so when you’re done, shut your browser!
Comment by David — June 12, 2006 #
i have a 250 mb on my email. i tried to get 2g and i go to “windows live mail beta” page then i click on de above link on the page and it returns to my hotmail, i don´t no what´s wrong, can anyone help me?
Comment by Filipe — June 18, 2006 #
Has the 2GB thing changed already? Is the beta period over?
Randy
Comment by Randy — August 30, 2006 #
yeah got that working thx for the help
Comment by EvilSpirit — February 13, 2007 #
yes it worked for me.. thanx
Comment by smaranika — February 20, 2007 #
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