Messenger problems: Configuring your firewall
A lot of connection problems of all kinds will raise if you are using a firewall that does not allow Windows Live Messenger to connect to the MSN servers. Here are some key tips...
Fighting SPIM
Have you ever received an instant message that prompts you to click on a mysterious link? Or been asked to share your IM account information, only to have it used to spam all of...
Messenger problems: Cannot sign in, no error code
ugyen # 15 Sep 2009 Tuesday 08:39 i cannot use the window MSN, do help me to sign in mynetx # 15 Sep 2009 Tuesday 12:56 There have been problems with the Messenger servers...
Messenger problems: Solving Messenger error 80072ee7
Are you trying to sign in to Messenger, but all you see is error code 80072ee7? Here’s a possible solution for you. - Click Start, All Programs, Accessories. - Right-click the...
I love you
It is amazing we have met. I simply can’t live without you. I cannot believe that it is only 3 years since our paths crossed, because I fell like knowing you my whole life. In...
Messenger Plus! Live 2009 Contest
Along with the release of Messenger Plus! Live 4.82, there is a new contest, opened to every Messenger Plus! user from all around the world, along with the Fantasia festival....
¿Qué tal? The Messenger Web Toolkit in your language
Susan Wyhyte # 07 Sep 2009 Monday 12:06 http://www.yourwebsitein40languages.com is the best translation system I have found. It works in real time, with no page refreshes and no...
Hotmail annoyances
Windows Live Hotmail is great: it’s fast, reliable and doesn’t require me to install any client application but a browser. But there are also things in Hotmail that annoy me....
Messenger Plus! Live 4.82 supports Windows 7
Messenger Plus! Live 4.82, one of the last updates to version 4, has been released. It features complete support for the current Windows 7 Release Candidate as well as some other...
Windows Live and You: “Hmm, I wonder if I can do this better” (Frans–Willem Hardijzer)
Jean # 14 Jul 2009 Tuesday 10:56 anybody knows, other websites using web messenger toolkit?
End of life for MSN Web Messenger: 30 June 2009
Mike # 29 Jun 2009 Monday 01:47 I hope Web chat is added to Office Live portal and maybe Windows Live Mesh? Jo-Anne # 16 Oct 2009 Friday 19:46 I hate this new messenger how do I...
Summer in the city
These days, with increasing temperatures, we had some severe thunderstorms already. Rain, clouds and sunshine are all facets of the upcoming summer, a time of less work, more free...
Flock 2.5, with better Twitter and Facebook Chat support
Flock, the “social Web browser”, has been updated to 2.5 (download Flock 2.5). This version adds support for Facebook Chat right in the browser: you will see the chat toolbar on...
Your most emotional moment with Messenger
In this post of the series “Windows Live and You”, I am asking you to tell me about your favorite memories with Windows Live Messenger. - When did you first start using Messenger?...
Follow-up on Opera Unite: What it is, why it is, and what it is not
Yesterday I presented Opera Unite to you, an add-on in the latest Opera 10 builds enabling you to use your web browser as server. After my post, I received some opinions about...
Opera Unite vs. Windows Live, or: How will the client-server future look like?
Opera Unite, released as Beta on 16 June, can transform any computer into a web server. How might the underlying idea this affect our daily web usage? Once upon a time, web...
How-to get your webcam working again in Messenger
You have a webcam, connect it to your computer, but Messenger doesn’t recognize it? There are several tips you might try out. - Restart Messenger. The camera might appear now. -...
USB device doesn’t work anymore in XP? Manual driver installation might help.
Siebe Tolsma # 09 Jun 2009 Tuesday 02:42 I believe auto-run has been disabled for most stuff for security issues. Anyway, Windows is pretty good at automatically finding drivers....
Windows Live and You: “Development of Messenger has been phenomenal” (Sean Bradford, Neowin)
Ever wanted to meet an unofficial Microsoft Evangelist? Sean Bradford is one of them, and he has some interesting points on Messenger and the other Windows Live products. mynetx:...
Windows Live promotes Bing
If you had a look at the Windows Live Wave 3 headers recently, you might have noticed that Microsoft’s new decision engine Bing is promoted there. Looks like this: Furthermore,...