Windows Live Photos
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Your photos on the web
In a few clicks, you can connect and share your photos—and discover new photos of the people you care about most.
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Screen capture demonstrating Photo sharing your way
Photo sharing your way
It’s easy to share your favorite pictures with the friends in your Windows Live network—and with the “
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People tagging
Tag your friends in your photos so everyone can get to know your favorite people.
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Instant comments
It’s simple to see what friends have to say about your photos and to add your own comments on their photos.
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Photo mail
Use Windows Live Mail to add borders and comments to your favorite pics, then share them with friends and family.
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Take your pics with you wherever you go and post photos directly from your phone to the web.
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Photos features
- Basics
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Just getting started?
With Photos, you can post your favorite shots for friends, comment on their photos, and see the latest pics in the “
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Create an album
Organize your photos in albums according to events, places, people… whatever you want!
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Add photos to an album
It’s easy to add new photos to existing albums.
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- Share
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Share photos
There are lots of easy ways to share your favorite photos with friends and family.
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Set permissions
You decide which people – in your Windows Live network and outside it – can see your photos.
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- Socialize
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Make and view comments
Share your thoughts on your photos and your friends’ photos.
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People tagging
Tag your friends in your photos so everyone can get to know your favorite people.
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“What’s New” feed
See which of the friends in your Windows Live network posted new photos.
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Learn more from people like you
Check out what our bloggers have to say about Photos
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Windows Live Wave 4: The Tide Is Coming In
9/11/2009 1:35:50 AM, Michael
Yesterday I saw a few tweets about updates to Windows Live and got very excited, then I saw it was only a few upgrades to the Windows Live Photos service. I am glad to see these updates as I didn’t like having to reload the page every time I clicked on ...
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Windows Live for Newbie's 11.
10/17/2009 11:41:05 AM, Technogran
Using your SkyDrive. What is your SkyDrive? Well think of the hard drive in your computer where obviously all of your files are stored. SkyDrive is like your hard drive but online. You can use it to store your photo albums, your documents such as Word ...
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Find your photos 3 – Windows Live Photo Gallery
10/8/2009 6:13:33 PM, Ludwig J.
When I show of space photos and come to a picture with an astronaut, it helps to be able to tell who it is. All my life I have been a space fan. So my photo collection contains a number of astronomical and space program photos. A few from NASA, some ...
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Now back: Attaching photos to messages in Hotmail
10/15/2009 11:48:30 PM, mynetx
Turned off last month due to a security issue with Internet Explorer and Active X, the Photo feature for Windows Live Hotmail has now been fixed and made available again. The Windows Live Team announces: Instead of adding pictures as attachments to your ...
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Reaching out
9/23/2009 9:17:05 AM, Greg
I recently mused in one of my Windows Live Groups about the future of Windows Live Home, the role of the What’s New feed, and dragging people kicking and screaming into my Windows Live network. It seemed like interesting fodder for a Clubhouse post, so ...
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Find your photos 5 – Windows Live Photo Gallery
10/27/2009 3:48:18 PM, Ludwig J.
Previous posts covered finding photos in Windows Live Photo Gallery by file name, folder, date taken, descriptive tags, people tags, and ratings. This last installment looks at Search. Towards the upper right there is a text entry box with the faint text ...
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