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![OnLineIDCpl dll 02 13 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/OnLineIDCpl_dll_02_13.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Windows 7 has the ability to link your Online ID with your Windows User Account. Currently, only Windows Live accounts work and I can’t see this changing in the near future.
What are the benefits of linking your online ID with your user account?
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Got that? Want to go ahead and link your online ID with your Windows 7 user account?
Step 1.
Click on the Start Menu, type link id and click Link Online IDs from the search results.
![LinkID 1 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-1.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Step 2.
In the Control Panel window click, Add an online ID provider.
![LinkID 2 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-2.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Step 3.
You’ll be taken to this site (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows7/online-id-providers). Download and run the appropriate installer for your PC.
![LinkID 31 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-31.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Accept the licence agreement and click Install.
![LinkID 4 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-4.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Choose whether you’d like to help improve Windows Live and click Next.
![LinkID 5 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-5.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Once the installer has done its thing, click Finish.
![LinkID 6 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-6.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Step 4.
Windows Live ID will now be listed in the Control Panel window from before.
Click Link online ID.
![LinkID 7 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-7.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Step 5.
Enter your Windows Live login details and click, Sign In.
![LinkID 8 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-8.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Step 7.
The control panel window will now reflect your Windows Live ID and offer links to update the credential or remove it.
![LinkID 9 Link Online ID with User Account [How To]](http://mintywhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LinkID-9.png "Link Online ID with User Account [How To]")
Click OK and you now have your Online ID linked to your Windows 7 user account.
Having troubles?
Head over to the forums for assistance.
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