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Malicious Windows Update mails in the wild
10/25/2009 6:35:06 AM, mynetx
When I opened my mail this morning, I found a message pretending to be from Microsoft. It offered me to install a Critical Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721), and also sent the download link. The sender pretended to be ...
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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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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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How-to: Change your Windows Live password
10/7/2009 6:00:44 AM, mynetx
More than 20,000 Windows Live account credentials were published recently. That is why you should change your own password, even if your account was not among them. Here is how to change your password using the Windows Live account center. Open the ...
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This Week’s Thoughts: Hidden data
10/7/2009 12:54:44 AM, mynetx
Many people send texts, spreadsheets, photos and videos—while not knowing that they contain much information that other people can discover with ease and that might be indiscreet. Who has collaborated on the text? How often has it been revised? What ...
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How-to: Set any text color as default in Live Mail
9/27/2009 5:02:46 AM, mynetx
Setting your favorite color for e-mails you type in Windows Live Mail is possible without using custom stationery. However, when you open the dialog for setting the color (by clicking Menu > Tools > Options… > Compose > Mail > Font ...
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The days are numbered for Messenger 2008
9/20/2009 12:46:43 PM, mynetx
In this post: End of Life reached What people think Technical reasons Get Messenger 2009 In case of problems End of Life reached Starting September 15, 2009, users are required to have the latest version of Messenger installed on their computer in ...
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Messenger: more information about messages not being sent problem
9/15/2009 11:52:09 AM, mynetx
In the last hours, the number of people with problems to send instant messages through Windows Live Messenger’s network has greatly increased, fact that alerted the Windows Live Messenger team about possible server problems. The problem seems to have ...
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Clear your search history in Windows Live Toolbar
9/6/2009 3:50:18 AM, mynetx
Windows Live Toolbar remembers what you have searched for lately. Here is how you can empty this search history: Start Internet Explorer. In the toolbar’s search box, enter the first letter of a phrase you have search for previously. Then click on ...
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Disable Aero for Messenger 2009
9/3/2009 5:41:40 AM, mynetx
In Windows Live Messenger 2009 on Windows Vista and Windows 7, Aero is used for drawing the window frames of your contact list and conversation (chat) windows. You want the original Messenger frame back, but you don’t want to disable Aero completely in ...
