Vista - how to sign in without @live.com account / live messenger

I want to sign in to live messsenger with my personal email address, not a
@live.com address. Everyone that I work with has this set up and I can not
figure out what I did wrong during install. It will not allow me to use
anything other than a @live or hotmail etc.
I have uninstalled 2 times and restarted my computer. WTF is wrong. Please
help ASAP.
Thanks

You can use an existing address (i.e. not name@newsgroup or
name@newsgroup) as a Live identity. Before WLMessenger can use
your personal address to sign in, you must register the address
as a passport via the Windows Live website.

Open your web browser and navigate to http://login.live.com.
Click on "Sign up for an account". Select "Yes, use my email
address" - and click on continue.

On the next page, enter details of your existing email address.
You must also select a password for use with the Live identity
(which can be different from the password you use for emails with
your existing mail provider).

Microsoft Live will send an email to your personal email address.
You must respond, to confirm that you are the owner of that
address.

Having registered your existing address as a Live identity, you
should be able to use it to sign in with WLMessenger.



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