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Microsoft Online Services Sign In Tool V1 released by rodtrent

Move Outlook, IE, and LiveMeeting to the Cloud today: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=01f6c0e4-f897-442a-8462-425f8edddad9&displaylang=en&tm

Live Mesh updated with a slew of new features by rodtrent

Windows Mobile is now supported (along with Mac).  Unfortunately for me, I still have a WM 5 device. Read through the nifty new features: http://blogs.msdn.com/livemesh/archive/2008/10/30/service...
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Live Mesh gets an update today… by rodtrent

Live Mesh notified me of an update a few minutes ago. It’s now installing and configuring… Man…still no mobile client.  When is that planned for?  If there was a mobile client available, I’d...
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2 days in a row – IE8 uses DEP to close Live.com search page by rodtrent

Hmmm…what’s up with that?  Several times in the past couple days, when opening Live.com search, IE8 throws up a Data Execution Protection error and closes the “offending” tab. Could the new Live.com...
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Today’s Live Search photo… by rodtrent

Have you been following the Live.com search photos?  Each day a new photo appears along with pop-up text references for parts of the picture.  It’s always a great way to learn something using...
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Update to Windows Live Writer changes the application directory location by rodtrent

Old:  "C:\Program Files\Windows Live Writer\" New: "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Writer\"   So, the update looks like it removed the old application to install the new one...

Thought I was getting the Windows Live Writer update… by rodtrent

…ended up getting hammered with a new app (Movie Maker) and 6 updates…

New beta for the MS Outlook to Live/Hotmail connection by rodtrent

With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail...
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‘tis the month to learn about Microsoft Online Services – for business by rodtrent

Microsoft is hosting a number of WebCasts in September that talk directly to their plans for supporting your business online. Technical Overview of the Business Productivity Online Suite from Microsoft...

Windows Live Translator by rodtrent

I didn’t realize until after installing IE8 that Windows Live has a translator engine… http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/
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Live Mesh updated for me today… by rodtrent

I think it’s great how Live Mesh only restarts your desktop and taskbar, instead of requiring a full system reboot. Still no device updates, though.  I keep waiting for Windows Mobile device support...

Live Mesh expanding later today by rodtrent

The Live Mesh team is pleased to announce the release of our next update, available later today. We are making Live Mesh available to more people and we've greatly streamlined the sign-up process....
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Windows Live Search background just changed… by rodtrent

Right before my eyes… Something new is coming? A quick refresh of the page, and all is back to normal… Strange. OK…yeah…one more refresh, and there really is something going on.  There are spots in...

Microsoft’s online services taking a beating… by rodtrent

  http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/144264.asp?source=rss      

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 released by rodtrent

With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can use Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to access and manage your Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail...
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Live Search unavailable… by rodtrent

Here’s a Live Search message I’ve not seen before…
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Just Released: Windows Live for Windows Mobile by rodtrent

http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/templates/IndustryNews.aspx?articleid=5334&zoneid=71

Live Mesh is now openly available to anyone in the U.S by rodtrent

The Live Mesh team is pleased to announce that anyone in the U.S. can now use Live Mesh just by signing in to www.mesh.com with a valid Windows Live ID. No sign up needed to participate! International...

Yahoo’s pie is getting smaller, while Microsoft’s is getting bigger by rodtrent

Wow…nobody seems to like Yahoo any longer… But, the real news is that Microsoft’s pie piece is getting bigger at the expense of both Yahoo and Google. Look at a recent pie piece… http://myitforum.com/cs2...

Did you know? Windows Live has OneCare for Servers? by rodtrent

Windows Live OneCare for Server has all the award winning functionality of Windows Live OneCare, with exciting support for Windows Server environment. Windows Live OneCare for Server is designed with small...

Some Windows Live Writer plug-in is giving me fits today by rodtrent

Last night I added a couple additional plug-ins for Windows Live Writer that I thought sounded useful.  Today, while keeping Windows Live Writer open, like I do, I periodically receive the following...

New Windows Search 4.0 kills MS Outlook performance by rodtrent

I’m hoping this is just an initial indexing problem after installing the newly released Windows Search 4.0, but ever since installing it, MS Outlook is running dog slow (sorry to all the dogs out there...

Windows Search 4.0 released! by rodtrent

This release focuses on performance and reliability improvements.  Here are some highlights: Faster queries, often several times faster Faster indexing / reduced resource usage Support for EFS (encrypted...
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Another reason why I love Windows Live OneCare by rodtrent

OneCare fixes things that I don't even know about sometimes. I read the monthly reports periodically and they always have some interesting tidbits to share. This month, Windows Live OneCare fixed a...

Live Search Mobile draining my battery? by rodtrent

I loaded this yesterday, and it was the ONLY thing different about my Windows Mobile device yesterday. Today, my Windows Mobile device cannot hold a battery charge for longer than a few hours. I suspect...

Put Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone by rodtrent

Windows Live for Windows Mobile is now available to download for your Windows Mobile phone. Windows Live for Windows Mobile lets Windows Mobile users sync their email from Windows Live Hotmail as well...
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