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Bad news for spammers: The instantly available “No Name” accounts seem to be a thing of the past. And, new users must agree to a no spam clause…
3/20/2010 8:46:21 AM, X-Evolutionist
There are still many “No Name” accounts in existence, but it appears that they are no longer available for new accounts. Here’s the background: At least as recently as a few months ago when I previously had logged out and tested it, a “No Name” account ...
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Thank you Windows Live Administration for adding Spaces issues to the “Windows Live Solution Center”
3/15/2010 6:31:23 AM, X-Evolutionist
The Windows Live Solution Center just opened last week. The url is: http://windowslivehelp.com/. This is the introductory text of the forum: Welcome to the Windows Live™ Solution Center, a Community for Windows Live™ products and services where you can ...
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Microsoft settles IM spamming case
3/13/2010 2:05:22 PM, mynetx
Today, Microsoft has settled a lawsuit with a Hongkong-based spammer out of court. The company Funmobile had sent its advertisement messages to Windows Live Messenger users. Besides advertisements, phishing messages have been sent, tempting users to ...
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Techies Insider: A look at Messenger’s client caps
3/13/2010 6:39:43 AM, mynetx
You’re interested in possible Client Capabilities of Messenger 2010? Take a look at this summary of the current dogfood build 2583. 3056373808:2088848 Decimal B62C9030:1FDF90 Hexadecimal B....... CapabilityMsgrVersion11: Supports MSNC11 (WL Msgr ...
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Windows Live Writer Wave 4, some more screen grabs.
3/13/2010 2:45:00 AM, Technogran
Of all the leaked screen grabs of the upcoming Windows Live Wave 4 updates posted on the Internet so far Windows Live Live Writer certainly seems to be the furthest ahead in terms of development judging by these pictures. The screen grab ...
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Uploading folders to SkyDrive
2/20/2010 10:02:00 AM, Ludwig J.
There are times when I want to upload not just a few pictures but a whole collection to my SkyDrive. Turns out that this is not as simple as I first imagined. Here is the procedure I attempted. You may have run into this yourself. I logged in to my Live ...
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Video on your Spaces page
2/19/2010 3:58:55 PM, Ludwig J.
You want to perk up your page, so you come across Video and Windows Media Player in the Add modules tab: Oh joy, oh rapture! Video on my page, Media Player on my page, hurray! Let’s start with Video. In the edit window you find that can embed videos ...
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There are no Windows Live items in the What’s New feed this morning…
2/19/2010 9:53:25 AM, X-Evolutionist
Something must be going on in Windows Live. It is my personal hope that essential services are being shut down for testing and Wave 4 is getting ready to roll out. I am looking forward to what improvements might be forthcoming in Spaces, Groups, etc. My ...
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Windows Live: Access to foreign accounts investigated
2/18/2010 4:15:48 AM, mynetx
Microsoft has started an investigation after having received reports that some users got access to other users’ accounts when using mobile devices. A limited number of cases is currently inspected where users of the mobile versions of Windows Live ...
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Spaces – Your showplace on the Web
2/17/2010 8:01:37 PM, Ludwig J.
Your Spaces page is your face on the Web, this is how friends, family and strangers see you. It is easy to shape your face to your personality. Windows Live Spaces pages contain “modules”. You can select what modules to show, how they are arranges, design ...