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Photo Sharing | Share Photos Online | Windows Live Photos
Connect and share photos online in a few clicks—and discover new pictures of the people you care about most.
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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 pictures.
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Photo mail
Use Windows Live Mail to add borders and comments to your favorite pictures, 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?
Photo sharing is easy and simple! you can post your favorite photos for friends, comment on their photos, and see the latest pictures 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 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 4 – Windows Live Photo Gallery
10/13/2009 4:05:57 PM, Ludwig J.
Star ratings! Another way to find your photos using Windows Live Photo Gallery. There are so many options! In previous posts I blogged about how to find the folders, finding by the date the pictures were taken, by descriptive tags, and people tags. Now ...
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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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Windows Live for newbie’s 12.
10/25/2009 6:12:12 AM, Technogran
Personalise your Windows Live Home! What else can we do on Windows Live? Well you can personalize your Home page in order to really make it your own. Do remember that its your Home page, no one else sees it but you! Let’s begin by choosing a theme. The ...
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Take a picture
1/26/2010 2:34:54 PM, Greg
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but that’s assuming other people can see it. While well-placed pictures are often the best way to provide a quick demonstration or example to someone in a discussion, the Windows Live Groups discussion editor ...
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Embed SkyDrive photos in Spaces HTML modules and other websites
1/3/2010 8:28:50 PM, Ludwig J.
Spaces offers a rich variety of options and when you really need full control you can add HTML modules. Embedding photos in an HTML module from your SkyDrive folders is not at all hard to do. The procedure described here will seem quite familiar to you. ...
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