If you are running Messenger quite frequently, perhaps even permanently, the rather big Messenger icon in the “normal” taskbar might get into your way rather quickly. How would it be to force Messenger to act like in previous versions of Windows—that is, to “minimize to tray”? Here is how you can.
Author: J.M.
Windows Live and You: “Send myself through Messenger” (Frank Mänz, Microsoft Germany)
Today I’m presenting you someone with a special relation to Windows Live. I had the privilege to talk with Frank Mänz, Product Manager of the Windows Live Online Services Group in Germany about his personal experiences and opinion regarding Windows Live. mynetx: Nice that you are taking some time to
Phunk’n 2: The popular skin, reinvented
Multimedia designer and star skinner Will Ingles has released the Messenger 2009 version of his popular skin set Phunk’n. I had to completely recode the entire skin and re-think certain parts of the skin to suit Messenger 2009. While most of the skin retains the layout from the previous version
Windows Live und Du: „Mich selbst per Messenger verschicken“ (Frank Mänz, Microsoft Deutschland)
Heute stelle ich euch jemand mit einem besonderen Bezug zu Windows Live vor. Ich hatte das Vorrecht, mit Frank Mänz, Produkt-Manager der Windows Live Online Services Group Germany, über seine persönlichen Erfahrungen und seine Meinung zu Windows Live zu sprechen. mynetx: Schön, dass du dir ein wenig Zeit nimmst um
Windows Live and You: mynetx, a dedicated Windows Live user and developer
Because I am bothering my co-workers and friends with my interviews, Bram Lancsweert (see his interview) thought that it was time to ask me about my connection to Windows Live. Bram: Nice that you got some minutes to talk with me about Windows Live and You. To get started, please
Windows Live and You: A Chinese Microsoft fanboy (Yan Zhu)
Continuing the series of interviews for Windows Live and You, I talked with the owner of Chinese LiveSide, which is LiveSino.net. He lives in Shanghai, China; many of you will probably know him as “Picturepan2” while his real name is Yan Zhu (??). mynetx: Sorry to steal your night, I
How-to: Save your Chat Logs in Live Mesh
When I recently tried to save my chat logs somewhere in the Cloud, I failed using SkyDrive; I simply couldn’t mount it as virtual drive in Windows. (Yes, I know about Gladinet; it’s crashing often and slow.) Thus, I had a try with Live Mesh. After some initial problems with
Windows Live and You: “I like to give people power of choice” (Mauro Jr)
Let’s see what relation with Windows Live a Brazilian Messenger tester and skinner has. Some days ago, I talked about this with Mauro Júnior, a soon-to-be universitary student, more commonly known as “Blessedguy”. mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes for this interview. For the beginning, describe yourself and your
Updated: Windows Live Video Messages
Many people don’t know about it: Windows Live Video Messages, part of the Web services. Introduced in September 2008, It combines digital video with e-mail into a service that allows all web cam users to create, send, and receive video messages to anyone in their Windows Live Contacts list, even
Windows Live and You: “My life revolves around Messenger” (Siebe Tolsma)
As promised, here is the interview I had been talking of. I don’t know how many of you know Siebe, however I am sure you will find the following interview in the series “Windows Live and You” interesting. Have fun! mynetx: Nice that I may talk with you a bit