For long time, MSN has supported email adresses from other domains than msn, hotmail or live.com.

But for some time, I get an error message when signing in, stating that my Windows Live ID doesn't exist anymore, or that my password is wrong (I've verified it, and I confirm my gmail account hasn't been hacked :)

Am I alone in this case?
Why does MS do that now (Honestly, I'm suprised they ever authorize that in view of their traditional policies)?
Do you think it is a collateral damage of the Giants' war over Yahoo?

My Gmail.com address is still working in Windows Live, having said that, I recently made the switch to a live.com address – Windows Live Messenger has improved its importing/exporting facilities thus making it a whole lot easier to switch accounts.

I'm using Live with a custom address (nor hotmail nor gmail), without problems.

All right. MS finally authorized me to reset my password. And it works well now. And Microsoft, excuse me for the underlying accusation, I was wrong. Sorry... but I'll keep my gmail adress as primary adress and my live.com one for all "spam-registration" ;-p

ive signed up for a new account changed my password yet iam still havein problems

can any one tell me yhe easy way about this has its doin my head in now? thanks