If you have ever tried to Contact Microsoft for help and support
You would have noticed how difficult it is finding the right area
I am therefore creating some common (worldwide) links below
General
Contact: http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/phone/contact.aspx
E-mail or individual chat support: http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx
Advanced Search: http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1
Technical
Help and Support: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
Product Assistance: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/assistsupport
Product Assistance Index: http://support.microsoft.com/selectindex/?target=assistance
How and when to contact Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295539
Technical Communities: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/default.mspx
Automated Customer Service Agent: http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/conversation.aspx
Fix it Solution Center: http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_fixit_main/
Other
Regional Service Learning Centers: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/support/worldsites.mspx
MSN Worldwide: http://www.msn.com/worldwide.aspx
Windows Live ID: https://login.live.com/login.srf
Location
- North and South America Region. If you live or your business is headquartered in Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, United States, Uruguay, or Venezuela, then you are contracting with Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond , WA 98052, United States
- Europe, Middle East and Africa. If you live or your business is headquartered in Algeria, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, or Yemen, then you are contracting with Microsoft Luxembourg S.Ã .r.l., 20 Rue Eugene Ruppert, Immeuble Laccolith, 1st Floor, L-2543 Luxembourg
- Japan. If you live or your business is headquartered in Japan, and you receive software from us as part of the service, then, unless we tell you otherwise, you are licensing the software from Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd, 1 Marina Boulevard, #22-01 One Marina Blvd, Singapore 01898. Otherwise you are contracting with Microsoft Company Ltd (MSKK), Odakyu Southern Tower, 2-2-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8583
- Asia Pacific. If you live or your business is headquartered in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore or Thailand, then you are contracting with Microsoft Operations, Pte Ltd, 1 Marina Boulevard, #22-01 One Marina Blvd, Singapore 01898
- India. If you live or your business is headquartered in India, then you are contracting with Microsoft Regional Sales Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada, USA, with a branch in Singapore, having its principal place of business at 438B Alexandra Road, #04-09/12, Block B, Alexandra Technopark, Singapore, 119968
- China. If you live or your business is headquartered in China, then you are contracting with Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, United States
- Korea. If you live or your business is headquartered in Korea, then you are contracting with Microsoft Korea, Inc., POSCO Bldg, 8th Floor, 892 Daechi 4-Dong, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea 135-777
- Taiwan. If you live or your business is headquartered in Taiwan, then you are contracting with Microsoft Taiwan Corporation, 8F, No 7 Sungren Road, Shinyi Chiu, Taipei, Taiwan 110
If I'm missing any (common MS links) that took you hours to find, please reply with them
