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Sharing pictures with Live Messenger
11/21/2009 5:51:53 AM, Gumby
For a more direct sharing process with Messenger, I’ve just noticed something which I hadn’t before. We all know about SkyDrive, but tbh, most of my contacts don’t. If I were to share a photo on their they probably wouldn’t bother to click on the link. ...
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Windows 7 – Make Windows Live Messenger minimizes to System Tray
11/13/2009 6:18:56 AM, Khai Liang
If you’ve used Windows Live Messenger on Windows 7, you’ll probably notice that Windows Live Messenger minimizes to the taskbar instead of the system tray like in Windows XP & Windows Vista. So, the Windows Live Messenger icon always appears on the ...
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Still on Messenger 8.5? You need to upgrade now.
11/6/2009 12:25:06 PM, mynetx
If you are not running Messenger 2009 yet (14.0.8089.726), you have to upgrade now. The server-side support for Windows Live Messenger 8.5 (2008) has been retired. The next time you sign in, you will get to see a dialog like this one: What’s new in ...
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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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Sharing e-mail
10/15/2009 7:33:16 AM, Seika
A small lesson from today (not my experience), although sounding very obvious. When you share e-mail address in public in expectation of having e-mail correspondence with your readers, and strictly e-mail correspondence, then avoid using Live, Yahoo, ...
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Windows Live Web Messenger, reinvented
10/14/2009 1:19:26 PM, mynetx
Microsoft Singapore have recently released their web-based Messenger, built on top of the Messenger Library. You don’t need to install anything, as messaging works out-of-the-box. Check it out for free: http://webim.live.sg/ What do you think? Related ...
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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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Messenger problems: Your login data can’t be remembered?
10/7/2009 7:18:25 AM, mynetx
If Messenger doesn’t remember your e-mail address or your password, then you have installed both Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. You have to revert a registry setting that has been changed while Yahoo Messenger was installing. Then you will ...
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More than 20,000 Hotmail passwords leaked
10/6/2009 7:57:42 AM, mynetx
Several thousands passwords for European users of Microsoft’s e-mail and identity service Hotmail/Windows Live ID have been published on the Web, according to information published by Neowin. The Windows Live team states: We immediately requested that ...
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Windows 7 Launch Party!
9/22/2009 8:07:20 PM, Jay D
I received notification that I was accepted as a Windows® 7 Launch Party host this morning. To say I’m excited would be an understatement! I’ve planned my party for October 22 @ 8PM. Logging into the House Party website I was presented with a host of ...
