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But… I just wanted to sync some files!
11/3/2009 11:39:44 AM, mynetx
Yesterday I needed to set up an automatic backup system for files on 2 Windows servers. I figured out that Windows Live Sync might be good for—synchronizing files (well, yes ). And as I never tested Sync thoroughly yet, I figured out this was a good ...
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Windows Live Sync updated
10/23/2009 11:29:06 AM, mynetx
You can use Windows Live Sync to synchronize folders with multiple computers. The Sync team has released an update that fixes a compatibility problem with Windows EasyTransfer (view full announcement). Get the update at ...
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Windows Live and You: “Listen to and talk with customers all over the world” (Marcus Schmidt, Microsoft)
10/8/2009 5:34:47 AM, mynetx
Summer is over—but my interview series “Windows Live and You” is not. Today I talked with Marcus Schmidt, who is working for Microsoft and keeping in touch with people like you, to find out what users truly think about Windows and Windows Live. Marcus ...
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How-to: Connect to a synced folder with Windows Live Sync
9/8/2009 3:00:08 AM, mynetx
If you have Windows Live Sync installed on your computer, you can connect a computer to a synchronized folder to synchronize files. You must install the Sync software from the Sync website, on every computer that you want to synchronize files on. You can ...
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Windows Live and You: “Making my views known on behalf of the ‘little everyday user’” (Technogran)
8/21/2009 8:00:58 AM, mynetx
Talking about Windows Live always means talking about its users—the tech-savvy ones as well as the “normal” users. Today I am talking with Technogran, a ‘geeky grandma trying desperately to keep up with it all’, as she describes herself. She lives in ...
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Sync Windows Live Calendar with Windows Mobile, iPhone, etc…
8/13/2009 7:52:43 AM, Andreas J.
Lot’s of people have been asking Microsoft to add a calendar syncing feature for Windows Live Calendar. Since Microsoft has not yet added this feature, I’m going to post a work around that will allow you to sync Windows Live Calendar with ...
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Windows Live and You: “Hmm, I wonder if I can do this better” (Frans–Willem Hardijzer)
7/1/2009 3:00:43 AM, mynetx
This is the first interview in the Windows Live and You summer edition. I’m sure that my conversation with Frans-Willem Hardijzer, who developed the Messenger add-on StuffPlug, and is also known as “The Blasphemer”, will be especially interesting for ...
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Everything I own and the Kitchen Sync
6/30/2009 11:11:51 AM, Michael
Being a student at university in the UK I find it almost essential to be able to access files from the university network, my home PC, my uni PC, and Netbook in a variety of locations. To be able to do this I don’t want to have to carry around a memory ...
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Opera Unite vs. Windows Live, or: How will the client-server future look like?
6/16/2009 1:05:13 PM, mynetx
Opera Unite, released as Beta on 16 June, can transform any computer into a web server. How might the underlying idea this affect our daily web usage? Once upon a time, web servers were invented. These used to serve first static, then dynamic content to ...
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Windows Live and You: “Development of Messenger has been phenomenal” (Sean Bradford, Neowin)
6/5/2009 10:53:56 AM, mynetx
Ever wanted to meet an unofficial Microsoft Evangelist? Sean Bradford is one of them, and he has some interesting points on Messenger and the other Windows Live products. mynetx: Wonderful that you take some minutes to talk with me about Windows Live and ...
