Sign in to Hotmail as a different user (another email account)

For security reasons, Microsoft has unfortunately discontinued the "Linked IDs" feature, which used to allow you to quickly switch from one linked account to the other without having to sign in and sign out multiple times. Right now, there are mainly three ways to check different accounts from the same computer - here they are, from most practical to least:

• Use a different web browser for each Hotmail account: you now know that cookies will "remember" your settings in that particular browser, so if you use the "Keep me signed in" option in multiple browsers, simply typing "hotmail.com" in that browser will go straight to your inbox! What happens in one browser doesn't affect the others, so there won't be any issues with mixed preferences or anything like that.Tip: list of web browsers supported by Hotmail (Windows, Mac, Linux).
• To temporarily access another account without logging anyone out, you can use the web browser's "Private Browsing" feature: it creates a separate session, which is destroyed when you close the browser window. This is less practical because it means that you'll have to manually login every time you want to access that account in private mode. See our tutorial on "anonymous browsing", in this case for Internet Explorer.
• This last option is feasible, but can be cumbersome: every browser stores cookies, auto-complete data, and preferences inside your profile, which is tied to your Mac / Windows user account.
  
  So, if you use Internet Explorer in one operating system account, you could also use it in another Windows account to check a completely different Hotmail account! No conflict, since these profiles are completely isolated by design. And that approach allows you to save your login in each browser - no need to ever sign out.