Social networking is not just a trend, it is here for good. You should not be stuck behind without your very own social network. From Facebook to Twitter and everything in between it can be hard to choose what social network to use. I would suggest that you choose Windows Live Spaces because you can keep all your social networking activities together in one place and use cool Windows Live programs in conjunction with it. This is why I use Windows Live Spaces! Using my private Windows Live ID and password to login - Windows Live Spaces makes it easy, practical and safe for me to orchestrate my online life.
Remember all the passwords you created for your different online activities? Probably not! With Windows Live there is no more confusion or hassle trying to manage all you passwords and ID’s. I have all my emails, pictures, friends, schedules and very own blog in one personalized place on the web. And by having a social network my online life goes where I go. I can accesses important business documents from my Skydrive or send my photos to my friends from any location with a wireless network! Windows Live has applications that link you to Facebook, Youtube, Snapfish and many other online programs. When I want to publish (upload) a picture on the internet and share them online I sign into Windows Live Photo Gallery with my Windows Live ID. When I want to check my email I log into Hotmail with my Windows Live ID. When I want to blog about a recent event or activity in my life on my Windows Live Spaces page I sign in with my Windows Live ID. Get the point? Everything is in one place and only uses one private ID and password. In fact, Hotmail or Windows Live Mail will allow you to concentrate all of your emails from other accounts (Yahoo, Gmail, Outlook, Comcast, etc.) into one location using your Windows Live ID.
To sign up for a Windows Live ID and create your own Windows Live Spaces page follow these easy steps.
To create a Spaces page, you first have to sign up for a Windows Live ID as follows . . . .
1. Open the Internet
a. Click on Windows Start button
b. Click Internet: Internet Explorer
c. From any computer, please go to http://home.spaces.live.com to sign up.
2. Request to sign up
a. Click sign up
b. Enter basic information
c. Follow prompts to choose ID and password (write these down!)
d. Click I accept
e. You will be automatically directed to your new site to begin customizing it
3. Choose a web address
a. Make choices on initial “Getting Started” page. Click Save.
b. Click Create your space
c. Click choose web address
d. Enter user-friendly address – i.e., “SusanSmithAlaska” - (All website addresses are what you created followed by .spaces.live.com)
e. Check availability
f. Click save and write down complete URL (a URL is a Uniform Resource Locator better known as a website address)
When you sign up for a Windows Live Spaces you also get a free 25GB online storage facility called the Skydrive. The Eurodam has it’s own Windows Live Spaces website at www.mseurodam.spaces.live.com . Check in on the Digital Workshop all the information you need in Skydrive, download pictures from the photo albums and write a comment in the guests book.
If you would like to become part of the Digital Workshop network on the Eurodam send a friend request from your Windows Live Spaces page to mseurodam@live.com
Visit www.microsoft.com and click on Windows to read about all of the free Windows Live features.
Here is a Word doc. you can download and read to get a better understanding about the privacy measures Windows uses to protect you use Windows Live.
Written by: Jeffrey J. Tiefenthaler – EUDM Techspert
