Windows Live web services hints and tips

This tutorial is cross-posted from webDotWiz Online’s column of Thursday, 8 July 2010. What’s in the Live web services The Live web service that most would be familiar with is Hotmail, the web email service that’s been part of Microsoft since the late 1990′s. In the past few years, Microsoft have added more online web [...]

Live Essentials (beta)–Getting around the ribbon with the ALT key and keytips

The Windows Live Essentials programs using the Ribbon menu derived from Office 2007 have similar features to the Office 2007 ribbon. One of these is the use of the ALT key to bring up KeyTips so you can access the menu item of your choice by simply clicking on the appropriate letter. Here’s the feature [...]

Windows Live Essentials beta version–Installing and features tried thus far

On Friday, 25 June webDotWiz awoke to the news that the beta (techgeek for trial) version of the new Wave 4 (the current, “old” version was known as Wave 3) Windows Live Essentials suite had been made available for download and installing. So away he went on his home Win 7 machine to get it [...]

New Windows Live web services – webDotWiz is looking forward to…

From previews and reviews by those trialling the new version – nicknamed Wave 4 – of the Windows Live internet web services, webDotWiz is looking forward to the following new features and functionality in the different services. The Windows Live internet web services consist of: Live Hotmail Live Home Live Profile Live Photos Live Skydrive [...]

A day in the life of Windows Live – webDotWiz Online column Oct 22, 2009

Live Photo Gallery So your young ‘uns have made you set up a Facebook account but you don’t really feel like adding much to your Facebook pages when you’ve already got lots of services in Windows Live. You’ve just uploaded some photos to an album on Live Photos to share with your family and friends [...]

Panoramas created by the webDotWizards on DeepZoomPix

Here are links to various panoramas created by the webDotWizards using Windows Live Photo Gallery and uploaded to DeepZoompix for all to view in awe: GenieChene (http://cheniechene.spaces.live.com): The Big Dry Panorama: deepzoompix.com Murchison Gardens Panorama: deepzoompix.com JbMurch (http://jbmurch.spaces.live.com): Murchison Paddle Steamer: deepzoompix.com Murchison Panorama: deepzoompix.com Murchison Bridge over Goulburn River Panorama: deepzoompix.com PoppyIronBark (http://poppyironbark.spaces.live.com): Special [...]

Count the blue cars in this panorama

A panorama created by one of the webDotWizards using Live Photo Gallery.

Did you know – choose photo size when uploading photos to photo album or Skydrive

There are a couple of different scenarios where you’ll come across the option to choose the size of your photos that you’re uploading: publish to an online album from Live Photo Gallery, and upload to a folder on your Live Skydrive (1) Publish to an album from Live Photo Gallery The latest trial release (Dec [...]

Did you know – share your favorite websites on Live Skydrive

Being able to take your favorite websites with you wherever you went with Internet access was a Windows Live feature introduced a couple of years ago but it was a cumbersome process to add sites to your list involving copying and pasting basically. Now it’s much easier with the Windows Live Dec refresh as long [...]

Windows Live Essentials update Dec 15/16 2008 – some screenshots to get you started

It’s Dec 16 here DownUnder but it may be still Dec 15 for you. The important point is that the Windows Live Essentials beta (trial) programs – Live Mail, Live Messenger, Live Photo Gallery, Live Movie Maker (Vista only), Live Toolbar, Live Writer and Live Family Safety – have been refreshed and you can download [...]