Using Microsoft Store

For the best experience:

• Use a browser compatible with Internet Explorer 6 or higher

• Enable JavaScript and cookies

Whatever browser you use, it needs to have JavaScript and cookies enabled in order for you to sign in and make purchases. If you don't have JavaScript or cookies enabled, when you attempt to sign in with your Windows Live ID, you'll see an error message. Please consult the documentation for your browser to see how to enable JavaScript and cookies.

You can browse and make purchases at Microsoft Store without signing in. At the time you make a purchase, you’ll be asked to provide your email address. If your email address is not already a LiveID, we will create a LiveID for you at that time. You’ll then use your LiveID to sign in when you return to the Store to shop or check your account information.

The information you choose to keep in your Account on Microsoft Store can be used for making future orders. For more details about how Microsoft helps protect your privacy, please see the Microsoft Online Privacy Statement.

Note: If you lose your password, use the FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD? link below the PASSWORD field to reset it.

MULTIPLE WINDOWS LIVE ID ACCOUNTS

You can have multiple Microsoft Store accounts if you sign in with different Windows Live ID credentials, but information is not shared across accounts. For example if you sign with one e-mail address, that information is not available to you if sign out and sign in with a different e-mail address.

To determine which type of software to purchase:

• Right-click on COMPUTER in Windows Vista or MY COMPUTER in Windows XP and click PROPERTIES

• Look for the SYSTEM TYPE which will tell you whether your computer is using a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system (you may see the label "x86" on 32-bit computers or "x64" on 64-bit ones)

For more information see the How to determine whether your computer is running a 32-bit version or a 64-bit version page on the Microsoft Support site.

To purchase items using the Shopping Cart:

1. Find an item you want to purchase.

2. Click the ADD TO CART button.

3. You can continue adding items to your Shopping Cart if you want to.

4. When you are finished adding items to your Shopping Cart, click the Checkout button.

5. Follow the instructions on the checkout pages.

To modify your order in the Shopping Cart or during the checkout process:

• To remove an item, click the REMOVE link below the item

• To purchase multiple quantities of the same item, select the number in the Quantity drop-down box

Microsoft Store’s Wish List allows you to add and save items you may want to purchase later.

1. Choose a product and select “Save to Wish List”.
2. You must be signed in to your Microsoft Store account to save items to your Wish List.
3. If you are not signed in to your Microsoft Store account with a Windows Live ID, you will be prompted to sign in or create an account if you don’t have one.
4. When you are ready to purchase an item saved to your Wish List, click on the Wish List option at the bottom left of any page.
5. If you are not signed in to your Microsoft Store account with a Windows Live ID, you will be prompted to sign in.
6. From Wish List, you can add single items or all items to your Shopping Cart and proceed to Checkout to purchase those items.

Find a great deal worth sharing? Share Microsoft Store products with your friends & family through e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook.

1. Select a product you want to share.
2. Select the appropriate icon on the right side of the product page.
3. When you are ready to purchase an item saved to your Wish List, click on the Wish List option at the bottom left of any page.
4. You can email a link, or post the link on your Facebook or Twitter page.