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Archive for the ‘Windows Live’ Category

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

July 12th, 2007

How To Use Previously Uploaded WP Images with Live Writer

I am absolutely loving using Windows Live Writer for all my blogging. Well, except for the fact I’m not able to use it for all my blogging because of this weird error message that I can’t seem to get a solution for up to this point.
Yet, one of the frustrations I have of the program […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

July 12th, 2007

Windows OneCare Beta 2

I received an email last night to download and install the Beta for v2 of Windows Live OneCare. I’ve been very pleased with OneCare, so I jumped at the chance.
I’m still learning and looking around for things that have changed, but the thing that caught my attention right off the bat was the ability […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

June 21st, 2007

Windows Live Writer Gripe

I found a drawback of using Windows Live Writer for all my blog posting. It doesn’t allow me to manage and use images that have already been uploaded to my site. It would be nice if stored little thumbnails of the images that are already loaded onto the server.
I think this is one area that […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

June 7th, 2007

Playing Around with the Latest Windows Live Writer

Just playing around with the latest version of the Windows Live Writer interface. I had used it before, but then uninstalled it for some reason. When I went back to download it and install it again it wasn’t available because they were working on this new version.
I’ll tell you what, I’m very impressed with this […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment