Geek Speak #2 - Cheat your way to 250MB Hotmail

It has been a long time since Microsoft announced an upgrade of its hotmail service, with an increased space of 250MB. Except a handful of people, most of people are still stuck with 2MB of space. After numerous research and failed attempts, I have finally found a way that works thru here. Now, my hotmail has finally been upgraded. You can upgrade yours too.

Here's how:
1. Turn off any running MSN Messenger and sign in to your Hotmail account.
2. Click on options/personal and then go to My profile.
3. Change your country code to USA, pick one of the states and enter a zip code. (eg. Florida and 33332)
4. After you change this, click on update to continue.
5. While you are still logged into Hotmail go here and deactivate your account (I have tried and I have not lost any mail. If u don’t feel safe, just back them up first before trying).
6. After this, you go back to hotmail.com and log in with your username and password and you will automatically re-activate your account.

After the re-activation, you should initially have 25MB. After a few days (or even a few hours like me), your account should be upgraded to 250MB.

Enjoy =)