Microsoft Reader 2.0 - registration

[Neville]

I have a Microsoft Passport and cannot register my Pocket PC 2002 Reader because of the cookies on my desktop.
Microsoft FAQs tell me to delete five cookies. These are:
[YourName]@passport.com
[YourName]@passporttest.com
Cookie:[your name]@das.microsoft.com/
Cookie:[your name]@passport.com/
Cookie:[your name]@passport.com/ppsecure
but I cannot find all of these using the tools menu from IE6 as Microsoft recommend. Anyone overcome this?
(I am replacing my passport address where the brackets are)
I am contemplating setting up another passport just to register my iPAQ Reader which seems a bit like using artillary to shoot a few rabbits. (Sorry animal lovers but only illustrative)
:twisted:

[James]

the whole DRM thing is just broke, especially Microsoft's implementation. Join the boycott :)

[spg]

I might try using the Windows Find to see if you could find it. If that doesn't come up with anything, just create a hotmail account to activate them. I already have two passports anyway, just because you can't change the e-mail address of a passport created by hotmail. Hmm, Microsoft wanting you to stick with their e-mail service?

the whole DRM thing is just broke, especially Microsoft's implementation. Join the boycott :)


I'm on board! :D

[crashdau]

You , just because you can't change the e-mail address of a passport created by hotmail.

Actually, spg, that's not entirely accurate. I've had a passport since around the time MS started with them. I've recently loaded XP on my home system and wanted to change my e-mail address associated with that passport since I changed ISP's and wanted to change my passport account to match my current e-mail.
Go to this URL:
http://www.passport.com/Consumer/Default.asp
and click the "Edit the information in your .NET Passport" link below the "Signup for your Free .NET Passport" sign. Once your on your profile click the link under your e-mail address that says "I need to change this".
Wa La ! :P

Cheers ! :D

[speter]

I couldn't activate Reader using IE. I had to use Netscape. Strange, but true.

[spg]

You , just because you can't change the e-mail address of a passport created by hotmail.

Actually, spg, that's not entirely accurate. I've had a passport since around the time MS started with them. I've recently loaded XP on my home system and wanted to change my e-mail address associated with that passport since I changed ISP's and wanted to change my passport account to match my current e-mail.
Go to this URL:
http://www.passport.com/Consumer/Default.asp
and click the "Edit the information in your .NET Passport" link below the "Signup for your Free .NET Passport" sign. Once your on your profile click the link under your e-mail address that says "I need to change this".
Wa La ! :P


Actually, it is entirely accurate in my case. You can change the e-mail address there IF your passport was not created when you created your hotmail e-mail account. That was what I was saying. My other passport started with a non-hotmail e-mail address and I can change it, but I cannot change the one that was created when I signed up with hotmail.

[James]

I think tying things to email addresses is one of the evils in the Passport design. The address is not ever guaranteed to be uniquely tied to a particular individual, be it from an ISP or someone's work mail.