I received an email from the Windows Live "team" stating that my email preferences are pretty much not tolerated.

Here's the email from one of my other accounts:

Dear Windows Live User,

We are contacting you regarding your communication preference settings for Windows Live and MSN.

Currently, your settings do not allow Microsoft to send you promotional information or survey invitations about Windows Live and MSN. We would like to communicate important product updates to you, so if you would like to change your settings, please visit your account profile here to change your preferences.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Team

Note: You can also change your Account settings by going to your browser and typing in: http://account.live.com. After logging-in to your account, look for 'Additional options' and click 'Marketing preferences'. Then uncheck the top preference box and click 'Save'.

As you can see, I see that the personal preferences of individual users of Windows Live isn't what Windows Live wants from you. They want to email you with useless information, information that you can get elsewhere. I don't like the Email communications from Windows Live, and usually, I filter them to a folder that isn't the inbox so that I don't have to read it right away. I sent feedback to Windows Live expressing my extreme displeasure at their "strong-arm" tactics in this case.