How would I either close or shrink the advertisment page on the right hand side of my inbox page?

@lauree41:

The ads on the right side of Hotmail's pages can be COMPLETELY REMOVED!!
(For obvious reasons, the moderators in these forums will tell you that the ads cannot be removed from the free version of Hotmail and will provide alternative email solutions, but will not tell you about the following solution ... which allows you to continue using the free Hotmail service with the ads completely removed).
 

First, install the Firefox browser, and make it your default.

 

Then, install the extension to Firefox called Greasemonkey (this will allow scripts to be run within Firefox).

 

Finally, install the specialized script that will remove all ads from Hotmail and reuse the space vacated by the ads.

 

See this page for links to firefox and greasemonkey:

http://userscripts.org/about/installing

 

... and see this page for a link to the script you need:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8228

@ Lauree41

If you're using a free Hotmail account, it is by design that there’s an advertisement on the right hand side of your inbox page and there's no option to disable it. However, if you want to have an ads free account, you'll need to upgrade to either Hotmail Plus or MSN Premium account. If you're interested in subscribing to our paid accounts, please visit the following links:

To upgrade your account to Windows Live Hotmail Plus, you can go to
http://www.gowindowslive.com/hotmailplus/en-us/default.aspx

To upgrade your account to MSN Premium, you can go to
http://get.msn.com/?prod=premium&tb=FeaturesTab