Hi Trendy,
Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.
Before we proceed, I need more information to help you better.
1. When you say ‘windows live.mail’, are you referring to the Outlook.com (web based interface) or Windows Live Mail?
2. When you say ‘I can't get access to windows live.mail without having a microsoft account’, how were you accessing your emails earlier?
3. When you say ‘How can I go back to using the internet as before’, what do you mean by that?
4. On your Mac desktop are you accessing your account through the Safari web browser?
5. On your Samsung phone are you accessing your account through the Outlook app?
6. Can you please provide us the brief description about the issue?
To know which email system you are using, refer to the following Wiki article created by JMH3143. (MS - MVP) on
Email Systems... Differences explained.
I suggest you to refer to the section: What is a Microsoft account?
from the following Microsoft article on Help with Microsoft account.
Reply with the necessary information and we will be glad to assist you further.