If you’re a tech enthusiast, you probably visit lots of different blogs for interesting tidbits of information about various Microsoft technologies. Ever wonder if you’re missing something good? Not sure how to find out if there’s an official blog about your favorite product?
Here’s your answer: BlogMS Resource Guide – Directory of Official Microsoft Blogs
This directory lists over 240 blogs, including of course, our own Windows Live team blog, the Hotmail team blog (Your mail is here, come and get it!), the Messenger Says blog, and the Windows Live Photo & Video Blog (by the folks who work on Photo Gallery and Movie Maker). Every week the BlogMS website is updated with links to all content published the previous week on all the blogs, so you can see what’s new all over Microsoft, all on one page. The site also makes it easy to sign up for RSS feeds of any of these blogs.
- Antonia
Windows Live team
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Dear Windows Live TeamWhy do space can not support ClearType since last week?please see the photo…http://xs139.xs.to/xs139/09192/ohmy668.jpgNow the font style looks very very bad and brings user trouble…please reply, thank you!
Yip, the font is crappy.
Thanks for this tip! I do this lots so it will be handy to bookmark this page!
Re: Accounts & Billing section of Hotmail won\’t let me update my credit card info "site temporarilly out of service" this is going on 3 weeks. Additionally- for the past 2 months I now have to put my password in EACH time I sign in from my home puter. What is up? MS is going to kick me out of here because I can\’t navigate their FAQ or find their "magic" buttons.
Oh, thanks! I love reading the official Microsoft blogs!!
240 blogs and not ONE tells us which one of you idiots thought getting rid of Windows Live OneCare in favor of a "free" program that just provides "antivirus" protection was a good idea. Nor why they felt doing away with OneCare\’s firewall and making all those back-up discs we created at OneCare\’s insistance USELESS was a good idea.Well?
Oof – having a rant, Cass: I\’ll get you the Forum link if you haven\’t got it. Actually, I may have caught a few links in my own blogs so I\’ll cruise through them and se what I can find…Good that you at WLT gave us this info. Thanks for that.
@Cass (and others) http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windowsliveonecareTwo brilliant MVP\’s OneCareBear and Steve Boots are tremendously helpful. This Forum comes highly recommended.
To have a blog and to contact millions of people thrills me. And it is really a pleasure to receive and interact with people. I am profusely thankful to you
I find I am not trusting your new developments anymore of late due to since installing this new upgrade which you instructed or sent to be done, someone has been sending persons in my contact list online messages with sites to go to. If they do click on this site sent it is a porn site. Now Each time MSN has an upgrade to their system something goes wrong. You folks need to get this fixxed because not just myself is experiencing other users of MSN Messenger. THIS IS AN URGENT matter!!!!!!
I erased three years of email and I am trying to see if there\’s way to retrieve…..HELP! This dreadful event occurred yesterday….HELP!
Can yHotmail Techs add the option to return to sender Junk email so they have to deal with it?
When check-marking an Email for movment or deletion, I click on the little box to the left of the Email. If I happen to miss the center of the box, all the previously check-marked Emails get un-marked or un-checked. Very annoying.
Can we lose that that awful N5 thing? It takes up room and is just a pain,. I cannot look at your home MSN home page anymore, the thing keep moving and can\’t be closed out for long!!!!!! Ernie
i am having trouble conecting to my messenger live plus….my app name:msgn.exe,app ver:8.1.178.0 my modname ..mymod ver my mod stamp…myidebug0 offset 0245262 al not functionig pls help what to do?…
how do we unsend email???
Recently I can\’t get hotmail to load on my home pc or laptop – although they used to – any suggestions?
This is weird man,,,,, i mean where\’s it all going and what does it all mean?
Is there any possibility for more "themes" on my mail/home?
About a 6 weeks ago I was asked to change my hotmail password. Since then I can not get into my email. It is as if it was stolen somehow. I can\’t remember the answer to my secret question since it was set up so long ago. Help?
why cant we have a prominent button to block spam senders, rather than navigating through options to get to blocked senders.With the increasing amount of spam and unsolicited email out there lets make it easy to block these guys.
@Janet – Please use the “Go get help” links at the top of the main blog page. @Joseph Acciarito – Great idea! In fact, this already exists in Hotmail. Just click the "Junk" button, and the sender is added to your blocked senders list.
@Windows Live: I agree with Joseph Acciarito. Your reply to him "Just click the "Junk" button, and the sender is added to your blocked senders list" DOESN\’T work.
I have recently noticed Ads moving from the side of the screen & blocking my e-mail and todo list. and the perfomance has degraded at the same time.Is this a new "feature" if so I will stop using Hotmail.
All of my emails prior to April 29 of this year have disappeared???!!! Where are all of my emails?
I cant get my Apple Imac to recognize my Hotmail account. Ive spent an hour or more with Apple. IM ticked. Email with no phone support. This is a total drag.
I can see my received emails, but, I can\’t open them. My inbox looks like it has been plucked apart, I think first gradwes could do a better job. Its been like this 2 days, I have had to open an email account with another company to notify my contacts. This reminds me so much of the destruction of the MSN spades playing site a few years ago. If you want us nonpaying accounts to go away …just say so…dont play games.
Just want to get back into my HOTMAIL.COM account… LET me back into my EMAILS PLEASE!!!!!!
OK I\’m confused. I have migrated hotmail, contacts, and calendar to windows live. My cell contract is up and I am eligible for a new phone. What do I want? Windows Mobile? Blackberry? Any phone with a browser? Who can help me decide?
SOMEBODY HAS THE SAME EMAIL ADDRESS AS ME AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO
I cannot update my calendar using this application. I got the message to update Explorer, and I did. I still cannot update the calendar, and I continue to get the same message to update Explorer!
It was my understanding that windows one care was being discontinued. Why do I need to renew, if mircrosoft is offering free Morro?
I LOST ALL MY E-MAIL MESSAGES UP UNTILL FEB. AND NOTHING IS COMING IN [ HELP
I have just had a screen pop up in the lower right corner of my screen saying I am logged on in 2 places and my e mail will go to both places… How is that possible?
@agnes – Sorry you ran into a problem with ClearType on Spaces, and thanks for reporting it! We’re actively looking into why this happened. – Sylvia Windows Live team
Ditto on what Guy said.
@Michael BurgessHotmail and MSN Accounts POP3/SMTP Accesshttp://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F92775FC46A390CA!422.entry – see the section for configuring a Hotmail account for pop3 accessAdditional info(Entourage)Start Using Hotmail with Entouragehttp://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/dav/archive/2009/04/23/start-using-hotmail-with-entourage.aspx …winston msft mvp
I have not used my Hotmail account for a couple of months due to a password problem. Now it seems to have dissappeared and I need to know how to get it reinstated. Any suggestions?
After the latest Hotmail update, opening e-mails in Hotmail seems incredibly slow. So slow that I often get frustrated and just log off before my e-mails even open. Several of my friends are having the same trouble. Is this a system-wide issue and are you all working to remedy the problem? Also, a "Delete" button at the bottom of the e-mail section as well as at the top would be helpful…
Same as Angela, incrediby slow with Hotmail, or sign saying \’No internet connection\’ when I am definitely connected, I am starting to get paraniod now when I want to access my emails!!! Sort this matter out please.
I can\’t get the new messenger to install, it rund, hit a 100% then rolls back. I have tried with the fire wall off, redownloading the update, no change. Any thoughts?Bliz
I not able to make a calender & e mail it to some one i know. can you please suggest how to go about sending the calender by email.
What\’s wrong with the font on Live Spaces? The Segoe UI font doesn\’t look anything like the font in hotmail or other Windows Live websites. Ever since the last update, the font is blurry, sometimes transparent, and distorted. Espacially when bold or italic. It\’s giving me a headache guys and I have 20/20 vision. I tried changing to font to tahoma or verdana, but nothing seems to improve font quality. I\’m using Internet Explorer 8, went back to IE 7 and still no change. Even the list titles look awful. Can you guys do anything about that….LIKE REALLY SOON? Thank you.
I REFOMATTED MY PC AND LOST MY ANTI-SOFTWARE WITH ONE CARE LIVE. HELP!
I can not get into the email system at all from my home pc. After logging in, it runs, hits a 100% and then rolls back to keep trying to reopen the email account. Any ideas on how to fix? HELP!
i can not chat with my friends like i use to be able to………….what am i doing wrong
new to this blogging as you call it so hi to everyone, also have question apparently their are two nicklebut in hotmail i guess with same password because every now and then i get his emails and would be ok except i am female what to do and i believe he lives in the land down under Aussie land. see what can be done please.
All of my contacts were transferred over to the new "Bell" account; however, I can\’t receive e-mails from most of them, nor do they receive mine! Why is this happening?? Do I have to put all of them in my "safe list"???? Thanks!
@Leanna Holmes, Hilda Cusson and Bri Deuser – Please bring these Hotmail issues to the attention of Hotmail support at http://windowslivehelp.com/.- Windows Live team
I can\’t make the calendar either. I\’ve but I just think my computer hates me!!!! HELP ME PLEASE!!!! Thanks
Hi, What has happen to all my family Photos on Msn group and my document etc can you help out thanks very much , Regard Jack
I lost all mail and contacts can anyone help
I also lost all my contacts and entire hotmail account. How can I find my old account?
I can\’t get into my mail box. I was just in it, got out to feed my dogs, and now the darned computer says I don\’t have a maibox set up yet. What kind of crud is this?
Where\’s my MSN stuff? Contacts, emails, folders….that email address is also registered to recover passwords, and have people get in touch with me – now it\’s all just GONE?? Not right – Also – how do we contact a real person about this stuff?? Don\’t want to be a Yahoo or AOL user – but I\’m thinking that\’s the direction I need to go…..
How do we get help? Who do we contact. The windows live support page sucks and there is no one to write to about this.
I want my emails and files back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ditto on all below!! How can we get our old e:mail information back!! Please provide a phone number where we can contact a real person. Sending an e:mail to support does not help. Please respond immediately.
I am furious…we never asked for this insanity…give me my e-mail back
I can\’t get into my msn account what\’s going on? I need to be able to get in, it\’s for business. No contacts, no emails, it\’s like I have to set it up again!!!!!!?????????
I maintain a network for a living and I hope your people have the only rebuild going on right now! Moreover, I hope you guys have a plain old fashioned backup system. You know what they say about the 12tb threshold concerning RAID! I am quite sure that any type of servers that MS owns are way beond that to supply the demand! FYI: I OWN A MAC and SEVERAL PC\’S this still doesn\’t fix the fact that I have been utilizing HOTMAIL/MSN FOR OVER 12 YEARS! It would be nice to have all of my e-mail and contacts back! I know your network admins will be working well into the night to make my stuff VANISH! POOF GONE WITH THE WIND YEARS OF INFORMATION!
Moving forward, I am in the process of installing Windows 7; I pray the failure that your programming people made with VISTA will NEVER happen again the HOLES, SECURITY BREACHES, AND CONSISTANT UPDATES FOR THEM HAVE BEEN A BIT MUCH. DOES NOT YOUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. HYPER V ON 2008 SERVER SUCKS ALSO YOU HAVE TO SEARCH FOR ANSWERS TO BIND THE PRIMARY TO THE VM NETWORK ADAPTER! THERE IS NO HELP ON THIS OR ANY GOOD INFORMATION ON TECHNET ABOUT THIS! NON TECHNET SITES HAD THE ANSWER….GET IT TOGETHER…
Please give me all my e-mail back. This is just ridiculous. Are the boneheads at Microsoft trying to tell your customers to switch to gmail. Worst, absolutely worst, platform in the world.
ONE MORE THING WINDOWS 7 SHOULD BE FREE WITH ALL OF THE ISSUES YOUR CONSUMERS HAD TO ENDURE WITH WINDOWS VISTA. YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF AUTOMATIC UPGRADE FOR VALID COPIES OF WINDOWS VISTA THROUGH WINDOWS UPDATE IT SHOULD JUST DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL ITSELF…
I dont unsderstand this! I go to check my e-mail and it states I dont have an Inbox and that I have to create one! Where in the hell is my msn e-mail. I had and msn.com e-mail account and I can no longer retrieve my contacts or my e-mail!!!! WHERE IS MY E-MAIL???? I WANT MY E-MAIL BACK…SO I CAN READ MY MAIL!!!! THIS IS HORRIBLE!!!!!
I am so angry!!! Were is my msn hotmail. This Windows live email made me sign up even when i said forget me. So i did this and all my contacts are in my msn account. How do i get my contacts and emails. I hate this my home page has al this advertisement on it it sucks. Why is no one answering these questions is there a number to call to talk to someone!!!
Check your emails I think some of us are releated to the same crash or failure….My email with everything.. is backup try yours good luck…Like I said a mean rebuild is no match for a real old fashioned backup/////!
FYI >>>>>>>>>Send All Of Your Contacts And Important E-Mails To Another Account For SafeKeeping>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WTF@#@@!
msn has had its day,there are far better places to reach ppl,adios
I would like to know why when I go to my email, I have to log in with user name and password every time because the message I get is…explorer doesn\’t recognize the computer I am on, last time I checked…this is the only computer I have! Anyone have an answer? thanks
I am furious like you folks! I had bills to pay since today was payday, and I will now have a late charge since it wasn\’t paid YESTERDAY. There was NO warning, just POOF! Gone! As soon as this is resolved, I\’m moving everything out of MSN! Since this WINDOWS LIVE came onboard, I have nothing but inconvenience. I could go on and on, but I can see from these comments many are just as annoyed. What is even scarier, is what security do we have? While we can\’t access our accounts, what hacker might not take advantage and be lurking into our accounts? You\’re done in my book MSN!
I find blogs of Microsoft informative relating to it\’s services,but now from some of latest UPDATES you oversight indian user like MESSANGER in mail and ADD other accounts in WINDOW LIVE , don\’t know when it will avialable to us , I am missing it badly perhaps all other Indian user just because I am DIE HEART fan of Microsoft and using WINDOW LIVE as prime Mail.
I HATE your new format with all the advertisements. I am moving my account to gmail. Stop trying to be Facebook.
I have issues with my Live Messenger account in my BlackBerry, I can sign in, can see my contacts, my contacts can see me, but when they send me a message, the message never deliver in my phone. When I try to reach them I have these error: Your message could not be sent (error : There is a problem with the server . Please try again later.). I tried with another account and it works fine, in the same phone. So the issue is from my account. This problem begans few weeks ago, because my service woked well. I thing the issue began when I linked my account of hotmail to the Live account.Any one knows where I can report this issue?
I have been in this sign up problem for more than 4 weeks, the code is 8100030d, I have done all I can, installed the newest virson, delete the catch, but still the same, this really drive me creazy!!!, can anyone help me out PLEASE!!!!!
i am enjoying………..
I have to agree with Diana. I "HATE" the new format. The advertisement on the side is very distracting and at times when you try to view the full message the advertisement ends up covering up part of the message and you can\’t scroll to see the rest of the message. I don\’t know why you\’d go to this format with the advertisement on the side but it just doesn\’t work. I\’m going to stay with this email system for a short while longer and see what happens but if things don\’t change I\’ll be changing my email address!
Every time you install your updates my computer gets slower. I have called the technician several times. I am poor and cannot afford to be paying for your mistakes.
My Windows Live keeps oping in Fire Fox and not explorer. How do I change back to Explorer
rosie sounds like you ned more memory
i want to know more about facebook and how to go bout doing it
Lap top for me is like watching the movie G.I.Joe…
please i have a problem and other people has the same, when i receive a new mal the messenger alert doesnt appears, and also when i read my mails the number of mail of the icon of the messenger still in that number not in 0( after read all the mails). anyone can help me i dont want to unnistall the messenger !
I don\’t think ANYONE from hotmail is monitoring this board. There have been NO ANSWERS to these questions.: Re: HOTMAIL- Accounts & Billing section of Hotmail won\’t let me update my credit card info "site temporarilly out of service" this is going on 4 weeks. What are these techs doing? Didn\’t MS get enough of my money already over these years- think they can fix this problem or have some tech support? This is starting to be very, very unacceptable.
How do I get rid of windows live and go back to just plain ole MSN Premium, which of course I\’m still paying for? I have a msn address not a Hotmail account and this Live crap is screwing up my Outlook. I\’ve followed all the "help" (haha) that\’s here and set up the account in Outlook, but now none of my rules work! I don\’t remember even ASKING for Windows Live.
Can I use my emoticon display picture on facebook? or send to my pictures?
@everybody stop putting in irrevelent things!
We welcome all opinions here on the Windows Live team blog. Even when you are criticizing Windows Live (and we hope it’s always constructive criticism), we are glad to have your feedback, as this helps us improve. However, PLEASE be respectful of other readers and don’t post comment spam. We may delete comments that violate our Code of Conduct (see link at bottom of screen), contain links to other content that is in violation, or are posted multiple times. The most effective way to report offensive content on Windows Live is to click “Report Abuse” at the bottom of the page, and tell the support team about it. Thanks,- Windows Live team
@Debi&Steven: you made the mistake of allowing THEM to use your credit card and take your money. Customer service is not their priority, only market control. Everything you want to do online can pretty much be done for free. And guess what? Thats where all your friends and associates are most like to be anyway. Notice they "thrust" Live on you when you only wanted Hotmail (the version that works).
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