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New Windows Live SkyDrive : Features and Review

Today a new version of Windows Live SkyDrive, the free file hosting and sharing service from Microsoft, has been launched taking advantage of modern browsers like Internet Explorer 9 and HTML5 to make this version of SkyDrive faster , with [...]

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How to add friends from other services in Windows Live Messenger 2011

Windows Live Messenger isn’t just a messenger which can be used to chat with your Windows Live or Facebook friends only. But it supports a wide variety of other services also which makes it a multi-service chat messenger.

Win a trip to Thailand with Hotmail Fun-tastic contest

In the recent past, Microsoft has announced many contests, most of them geeky at times, but here comes a very simple and interesting promotion for Hotmail users in India.

Windows Live Messenger 2011 stopped working due to unknown reasons: No Error Code

Most of the times, if any of Microsoft’s products stop working due to certain reasons, it generates an error code which helps us to reach to root of the error and its best known solutions, provided by Microsoft. But there [...]

Repair Corrupted Contacts Cache in Windows Live Messenger 2011: Error Code 80070422

A few days ago my Windows Live Messenger 2011 was badly messed up. Each time I tried to login, it gave me an error message with Error Code 80070422 and asked me to retry. I did, but the issue remained. [...]

Windows Live Profile Notes and Private Messages service discontinued

Windows Live users at some point of time must have experienced some spam comments in profile notes from strangers apart from its regular use. And with Windows Live adding new features and improving by incorporating Social activities, many of us [...]

How to add watermark and links to your images using Windows Live Writer

Windows Live Writer is one such utility which you cannot resist using, if you are a passionate blogger, who blogs often using Word Press, Blogger or any other blogging service provider. It is simple yet powerful and elegant at the [...]

Configure Gmail in Windows Live Mail using POP

Most of us today use multiple email accounts for personal and work. And we have to check each one of them separately so that we don’t miss important email. It is much easier if you use a desktop email client [...]

Use Linked IDs to switch between multiple Windows Live IDs

Windows Live Hotmail has got an exciting feature called as Linked ID’s, which lets you link your multiple Windows Live ID’s with each other easily. If you have more than one email id then this feature is meant for you!

How to create a custom Email ID for your domain in Hotmail

Hotmail is one of the most popular and most widely used email service in the world right now. If you own a domain name and want to create a custom email ID associated with your domain name, you can easily [...]

Hotmail Adds Message Count Notification to Pinned IE9 Windows 7 Taskbar Icon

As you might already know, in Windows 7 you can also pin websites to the taskbar other than programs. So by clicking the pinned icon, you will be directly taken to that website thus avoiding the need for opening your [...]

FAQ: Forthcoming Windows Live Essentials 2011 QFE1 Performance Update

If you are a user of Windows Live Essentials 2011 on Windows Vista or Windows 7 and have enabled Microsoft Update, then an update will be made available in the coming week (Mar 21st, 2011). This update includes a set [...]

Fix: Windows Live Photo Gallery database corrupted in Windows 7

If your Windows Live Photo Gallery freezes, crashes or does not start in Windows 7, it is quite possible that the database created by Windows Live Photo Gallery to track photos and videos may be corrupted.

How to migrate from any email account to a Hotmail or Live mail ID

This article will tell you how to migrate from any email account to a Hotmail or Live or MSN mail ID. In fact you can even migrate from a @live.com to @hotmail.com and vice versa.

How to use Facebook chat in Windows Live Hotmail

A week or so back, Microsoft officially integrated the option of chatting with Facebook buddies right in to your Hotmail account. To use this service you need to authorize and connect your Facebook account with your Live mail account.

How to create a @live.com mail ID, in markets where it is not offered

While the @hotmail.com is offered to all markets, the @live.com mail ID is not offered in all markets. This post will tell you how to create a @live.com email address.

Configure Windows Live Writer for Blogger and enhance it using Plugins

Windows Live Writer 2011 is a part of the Windows Live Essentials suite from Microsoft. It offers variety of plugins, in addition to very easy UI to work and even simpler way to post blogs directly to your blogging site.

Share your photos directly to Social Media from Windows Live Photo Gallery

You all might come across situations where you want to share your pictures and images to various social media like Facebook , Twitpic, YouTube, etc, or want to make a collage from them. Or maybe you want to first use [...]

Create and manage multiple email aliases from a single Hotmail account

You can now create and manage multiple email aliases from a single Windows Live Hotmail account. The new aliasing feature makes it easy to create disposable email ID’s and use a different email address and still get all the benefits [...]

Troubleshoot issues with Windows Live Messenger on Windows 7

Maybe on one or more occasions, you might have experienced certain issues and errors with your Windows Live Messenger, like say, sign-in issues or frequent disconnections, freezing etc. Today, I will suggest few steps to resolve such issues. These steps [...]

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