According to an agreement with the European Commission, Microsoft will give all Windows users in Europe the possibility to choose their favorite browser. From 17 March onwards, an update is delivered showing a ballott screen listing a number of browsers. On an exclusively created website, Microsoft presents all browsers installable for European Windows users. Even exotic browsers have managed to get on the list.
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Messenger 2010: Get the new emoticons now!
Messenger 2010 will get a new set of emoticons. You don’t want to wait until Windows Live 2010 (Wave 4) is released? There is a way how you can use the new emoticons right now.
Windows Live: Access to foreign accounts investigated
Microsoft has started an investigation after having received reports that some users got access to other users’ accounts when using mobile devices.
A Call for the Messenger Plus! Community
Are you among those who are using the Windows Live Messenger extension Messenger Plus! Live? Please read this message thoroughly, it is directed toward you.
Windows Live ID outage: Even MS servers are not perfect
There has been an outage affecting customers of Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail. It lasted about one hour; people could not sign in using Windows Live ID during this time.
Messenger problems: Webcam error 0x8a70013
You are receiving the error code 0x8a70013 and your webcam doesn’t show any picture in Windows Live Messenger?
Messenger: Is your chat history full?
The chat history in Windows Live Messenger cannot contain an unlimited amount of messages. When it is full, you will see a notification. There are two possibilities to avoid losing messages.
Windows 7: Cancel command line operations
Some DOS commands take a while for running through. If you don’t want to wait until the command has finished running, you can cancel it.
Sinofsky: “There’s no SD slot in the cloud”
In an interview with ZDNet UK, Microsoft Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky has talked about the future of Operating Systems. He highlighted that Microsoft doesn’t fear the competition too much.
Windows 7: Release Candidate starts nagging soon
Some users are probably still using Windows 7 Release Candidate. In the coming weeks and months though, these preliminary OS versions will stop working, according to a reminder issued by Microsoft TechNet.