Tag Archives: Windows Live

Six Years ago: Goodbye Spaces!

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Ludwig

Six Years on WordPress   Amazing how time flies. It was just six years ago that Microsoft helped bloggers on its Spaces site to move to WordPress. The Microsoft “Clubhouse” was still the place for geeks to gather. Spaces evolved … Continue reading →

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Publishing photos to SkyDrive via email to end

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Ludwig

Another Microsoft Live service will be discontinued. Publishing photos to SkyDrive has been offered for a long time, but not many people knew of the options and few used it regularly. Now the Microsoft SkyDrive Team has announced that “we … Continue reading →

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SkyDrive improvements coming?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Ludwig

Windows Live SkyDrive offers some awesome features but also aggravating complexity and annoying limits. It has evolved over time, the most recent update in June 2011 was a decidedly mixed bag (The new SkyDrive – Bouquets and Brickbats). The claim … Continue reading →

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SkyDrive Cloud Hopping: Obscurity is not Privacy

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Ludwig

It is easy to think that because of the tortuous URLs of SkyDrive albums and folders that this obscurity also provides privacy. Setting albums to “Everyone (public)” to make sharing easier does risk exposing them to uninvited eyes. Let me … Continue reading →

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Setting up a Windows Live Group

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Ludwig

Windows Live offers a wealth of tools and services. Live Groups have some great features to help members stay in touch and to exchange photos and documents. Live Groups are a great way for families, teams, clubs, or any kind … Continue reading →

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Sharing photos with SkyDrive albums

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Ludwig

Sharing photos by using Windows Live SkyDrive albums is a many-splendored thing. SkyDrive serves many purposes and there are many ways of creating and sharing albums. How you start and the order of your procedure results in different outcomes. This … Continue reading →

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