Tag: Windows Live

How to change languages in Windows Live Hotmail (Quick Tip)

How to change languages in Windows Live Hotmail (Quick Tip)

| September 4, 2011 | 0 Comments

If you need to work in a different language in Windows Live Hotmail, you can change the default language used by the web mail service. Lets take a look at how to do that: Click Options, then click More options… Under Customizing Hotmail, click Language. Choose one of the available languages. Scroll down to the [...]

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How to enable Read Receipts in Windows Live Mail or Microsoft Outlook (Quick Tip)

How to enable Read Receipts in Windows Live Mail or Microsoft Outlook (Quick Tip)

| September 3, 2011 | 0 Comments

Ever send out an important email message and spent time after wondering if the recipient read it? Well you can confirm it from now on using Read Receipts. With Read Receipts you can verify when a message you send has been read by the recipient. Let’s take a look at how to set it up [...]

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How to use the new Windows Live Skydrive

How to use the new Windows Live Skydrive

| July 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

Microsoft announced an update to Skydrive, the company’s cloud storage service that lets you store 25GB of documents, photos and even music for free. Although similar to other cloud storage services such as Dropbox and Apple’s new iCloud, Skydrive delivers much more storage for free. I’ve been using Skydrive for quite a while now and it has gradually [...]

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How to Share Pictures Online

How to Share Pictures Online

| March 31, 2011 | 0 Comments

One of the benefits of digital cameras is the ability to instantly see what you have captured, another key benefit is ease with which it makes sharing those memories. For years now, there have been a host of online services available to share photos. In this article, we take a look at three popular services [...]

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How to Store and Share Large Files Online

How to Store and Share Large Files Online

| March 30, 2011 | 1 Comment

We live in a connected world and we always want access to our most important information, anytime, anywhere. The buzz word lately is the cloud, which is a way of utilizing the Internet to store, manage and share information. Utilizing the cloud is still a new idea for many although we have dabbled with in [...]

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How to Fix Bad Group Photos with Photo Fuse [Fix a Face]

How to Fix Bad Group Photos with Photo Fuse [Fix a Face]

| March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments

Have you ever taken a group picture and later found out one person wasn’t looking? Don’t you wish you could fix this on your computer without being an expert? Well, the good news is that with Windows Live Essentials 2011 you can go “To the Cloud” and use Photo Fuse to fix group photos. I recently [...]

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How to use Message Rules in Windows Live Hotmail For a Cleaner Inbox

How to use Message Rules in Windows Live Hotmail For a Cleaner Inbox

| February 2, 2011 | 3 Comments

Do you ever wish you could send emails to a specific folder automatically so that you can choose when to deal with them? Well, you’re in luck. You can use message rules in most email programs to send emails to specific folders or even to delete them. In this guide we will show you how [...]

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How to Make a Movie with Windows Live Movie Maker

How to Make a Movie with Windows Live Movie Maker

| December 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

With release of Windows 7 Microsoft made some changes to the operating system. Programs that were once bundled such as Windows Movie Maker and Windows Mail are no longer included. You can still get them for free by downloading Windows Live Essentials 2011, which includes additional programs for Instant Messaging, Data Syncing and Blogging. Introduction [...]

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Windows 7 Year in Review – A Look Back after 240 Million Licenses Sold

Windows 7 Year in Review – A Look Back after 240 Million Licenses Sold

| October 22, 2010 | 0 Comments

It seems like just yesterday Windows 7 was released to manufacturing. Time flies indeed! I remember my first experience with Windows 7 which was the developer preview build 6801 released at the Microsoft Public Developer Conference in October 2008. Of course, it was still early in the development phase and you didn’t see a lot [...]

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