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Keeping your stuff private on Windows Live

I spent a good portion of the last year working on Permissions and Privacy on Windows Live.  We made a lot of progress but setting this up can be hard to figure out if you don't have a good strategy.  Here’s a tutorial that will help you see how you can use permissions settings on Windows Live so you can relax a little more about sharing your personal information online.

Windows Live

Personal information

• Click “Profile” in the top nav
• Click “Details” in the left nav
• Every chunk of information says who you are sharing it with.  You can change this permissions setting by clicking on it (in this case “Everyone (public)”)

• You can let everyone see it, only people in your network see it (that’s people in your Hotmail address book, on your Profile, and in IM), or your extended network (that’s friends of friends)

• You can also make your own categories of people and permission it to them. 

This is super helpful if you want to set up “close friends” vs. “strangers” distinctions for sharing bits of information and content.  When you add new people you can add them to a category and voila – they have permission to see only the things you want them to see!

You can go back and categorize all your people easily using the category dropdown on the People page:

• You can also enter individual people

 

Photos (Files and other things work the same way)

• When you create a new album you have an opportunity to set the permissions

• You can limit it to your network so only your friends will see it

• Or you can get the more detailed options shown above if you click “Select people”

 

• You can also go back and change the permissions settings for old photo albums by clicking the “Shared with:” link at the bottom

 

Facebook works in much the same way – I’ll post a tutorial on that soon.

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Talking about You’re the Star of the New Windows Live Website

The main Windows Live website refreshed today.  Check it out at windowslive.com/explore.  You’ll see the homepage graphic now rotates, and the third view is all about you, the members of our Windows community!

Can you find your picture in the graphic below?

Not only are your pictures featured, you’ll see posts from community members in the middle.  Plus you’ll see new places for your contributions through the site and on the Windows Vista Discover pages too.  It’s an exciting time to be a member of the Windows Community and share your tips and stories with millions of people all around the world.

Thanks again for all of you who are members of our community.  If you haven’t joined yet, just check out http://clubhouse.microsoft.com/join and we’ll be happy to welcome you aboard!

- Marcus, Windows Community Manager

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Josh Twist: Xaml Editing with Intellisense with no VS Designer

I knew you could change the default from WPF Designer to XML Editor (and lose all the intellisense), but I didn't know this tip that Josh shows about Xaml editing in VS...

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Microsoft Releases MapPoint 2009 Free 60-Day Trial

 

Microsoft's MapPoint 2009 gives you the power to visualize business data and communicate insights with instant impact. Before you hit the road, plug in your stops and MapPoint plots the most efficient course with turn-by-turn driving directions. MapPoint 2009 with GPS Locator adds routing and directions to easily plan your trips and track your location in real-time. (Thanks Chris)

 

==> Download MapPoint 2009 60-Day Trial Here

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Microsoft Releases Desktops v1.0 - Virtual Desktop Organizer

 

Desktops allows you to organize your applications on up to four virtual desktops. Read email on one, browse the web on the second, and do work in your productivity software on the third, without the clutter of the windows you’re not using. After you configure hotkeys for switching desktops, you can create and switch desktops either by clicking on the tray icon to open a desktop preview and switching window, or by using the hotkeys.

==> Download Desktops v1.0

 

Click Here for All Free Windows Vista Software

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Yosemite Extreme Pano Video

The Microsoft Pro Photo Summit is going on this week.  Scoble is doing some interviews.  He just posted a good one with Greg and Eric from xRez speaking about the Extreme Pano project I described in my previous post.  Greg demos  some of the initial stitching results streaming onto a Microsoft Surface.