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> MS accounts ask for a crapload of information.

The only information you need to provide for a Microsoft Account is recovery email or phone, name, and birthday if you reside in a country with a law governing minors on the internet.

What information are you referring to?

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Perhaps it’s been a while since I signed up for a Microsoft account. Sounds like it’s changed... before they wanted full mailing address etc.

That takes me back, I remember trying to switch my (then) Windows Live ID to the United States so I could test Skydrive. In doing so I was locked out the the account since I didn't have a US postal address, with no way to revert my actions. I don't think I was even a teenager at the time

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