In the global Internet, ICQ issues to all users a personal identification number UIN, which is assigned during the first session in the ICQ program and is requested when the program is reloaded.
The easiest way to get the ICQ number method is to register ICQ on the official website www.icq.com in the "Registration" section.
Before registering ICQ, you should create an e-mail address, if you do not have one, e-mail can be registered on any free mail server.
- To start ICQ registration, click on the "Get an ICQ Number" button.
- In the form that appears with a warning, he clicks the Next button.
- Next, a form for filling out personal data opens. Fields marked with a red "Required" entry are required. You can leave the fields with the First Name, Last Name and e-mail address blank. However, if you all want to record your e-mail, but do not want anyone to know about it, you can unpublish your individual information by checking the box next to the inscription “Don't publish my Email address on ICQ directories … ". Then you need to come up with your personal password and enter it twice. It should be noted that the ICQ, e-mail you specified during registration, you may need in case of loss of your personal password, because in this case a password recovery letter will be sent to your specified e-mail address. It is recommended that you set a more complex password during registration so that even an amateur attacker cannot break it.
- After filling in all the required fields, click the "Next" button to register ICQ.
- After registration is complete, you will have your personal identification number ICQ (marked with a marker). Please note that to allow other users to add you to their contact list only with your approval, you must tick the box "My authorization is required before users add me to their Contact List", by default it is - allowed for all contacts.
- Then he clicks the Next button.
- At this stage, turn off the "Make myself available for chat users searching for …" function and go to the beginning of the "Start" session.
- Before opening the program, a yellow square with an exclamation mark will start blinking in the tray (lower left corner of the launch). This is the first notification from the system.
