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Archive for the ‘Windows Live’ Category

December 18th, 2007

Windows LiveWriter Cutting Off Category Labels

I absolutely love using Windows Live Writer to do all my blogging work. I think it’s a great tool, with loads of features and flexibility. After finding and downloading a number of additional plug-ins, I like it even more.
I’ve got a small little issue though. Something happened recently where the labels on my categories […]

By Jason Bean -- 7 comments

December 6th, 2007

Windows Live SkyDrive

Playing around a little bit with the SkyDrive service that’s part of the Windows Live suite. I think this is a good idea, but it needs a few things immediately for me to really think of it as an everyday option for usefulness.

Absolutely need to increase storage size up from 1GB. I’ve got a […]

By Jason Bean -- 5 comments

December 4th, 2007

Windows Live Writer Plug-ins Goldmine

Why in the world it’s taken me this long to search for, download and install some additional plug-ins for LiveWriter; I have no clue.
As you can see from the images above, I downloaded quite a few files that I’ve now installed and can use with Windows Live Writer.
I’m sure you’ll be seeing the results […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

October 23rd, 2007

Significantly Less Spam with Hotmail Through Outlook

Not too long ago I wrote about downloading and installing the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector to begin managing my Hotmail account with Outlook on my laptop. Something significant has happened since I started doing that, I’ve barely gotten ANY spam into my account.
It appears that it’s not even hitting Outlook at all because my Junk […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 17th, 2007

Another Reason to Like Windows Live Services

I know it’s not something that other blog writing tools don’t have, but I just tried the “Blog This” feature in Internet Explorer 7 that’s available since I have Windows LiveWriter installed.
It makes it super-easy to add something to one of my WordPress blogs from a website I’m reading. Since all the blogs I manage […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 14th, 2007

Manage Your Hotmail Windows Live E-mail with Outlook

Would you like to manage your Hotmail or Windows Live Mail account with your installation of Outlook on your computer?
Honestly, my Hotmail account is one I don’t use much anymore because of all the spam I get in the process. It’s now become the address I use on websites when I have to provide an […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 9th, 2007

Yahoo Mail and Live Messenger Start Playing Nicely

I just logged into my Yahoo e-mail account and saw this message. Looks like Yahoo! and Microsoft are playing nicely together now.
That’s a pretty interesting development. Does that mean I can now see my Yahoo contacts in Hotmail and Live Mail? Not that I’ve seen so far.
Is the walled garden of instant messaging clients […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

August 31st, 2007

Should Microsoft Stop Selling and Just Rent Their Software?

An article by Dana Blankenhorn on ZDNet.com has an interesting question she’s posing. At least I think this is a question she’s posing. Her article actually states that Microsoft should be afraid of open-source software, but I’m not sure that’s actually the case.
What they may need to be concerned with is a change in the […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

July 13th, 2007

Windows Live Writer Now Managing All My Blogs

A huge Thanks to Joe Cheng who shared a solution for a problem I was having with Windows Live Writer.
I followed his advice; downloaded and reinstalled IE7. After quite a lengthy uninstall and reinstall process, although it pretty much ran itself completely, everything is back up and running and all fresh and ready to explore.
But […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

July 13th, 2007

Adding New Blog to Windows Live Writer

I thought for sure I had posted about this error I was receiving when trying to use Windows Live Writer, but I couldn’t find anything in my previous posts. If I’ve overlooked it, I apologize, but as it’s still bothering me and I’d like a solution I’ll write about it again anyway.
Is anyone else seeing […]

By Jason Bean -- 6 comments