Thank You!

Mood: Happy

 

Over the last 3 days my postman has been very busy .

 

Thank you to UPS and DHL for the parcels  reaching me!

 

Firstly, my Windows Live Messenger 8.0 Gift was recieved by UPS. It came all the way from Microsoft.

 

Thank You Microsoft for the ‘Windows Live Messenger Computer Messenger Bag ‘ aka a laptop bag.

 

Also thanks to MSN for sending my reward of a Creative MP3 Player  that i won.

 

 

In a 3rd package to me i recieved my order of Windows Vista RC1 DVD Disks

Birthday Blog: Alicia’s 21st Birthday

Happy Birthday  to my friend Alicia who turned 21 today.  

Alicia

Happy 21st Birthday, Have a lovely Birthday and wishes your Birthday is lovely and you get loads of Gifts

Hope your birthday is a really enjoyful one

Jamie  x x

 

PS: have a loving evening if you have one

How to add a Windows Live contact to Yahoo Messenger with Voice 8.0

Latest Version of Yahoo Messenger With Voice: 8.0.0716 Date: 21 September 2006

System Requirements includes : Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, (OSX & Unix versions of Yahoo also available). Do need Internet Explorer installed (IE5.5+) Macromedia Flash 6+.

Download latest Yahoo Messenger from http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

Then provision your account (if not already) to be in Yahoo’s Windows Live Interoperatbility Beta
http://messenger.yahoo.com/partners_msn.php?ymsgAction=signUp
TIP: make sure you signed into Yahoo website services prior to going to this link

Click run or save to PC the installation file (remember location if saved)

If clicked run program will start the installation wizard, if choose to save double click install file.

Procede through installation

Sign into Yahoo Messenger

Click Add a contact button from the main window then type the Windows Live Contact e.g. example@hotmail.com in required field

How to add a Yahoo Messenger with Voice contact to Windows Live Messenger :)

How to add a Yahoo Messenger with Voice contact to Windows Live Messenger 🙂

Latest Version of Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 (released)
Latest Version of Windows Live Messenger (Beta) 8.1.0068 (private build)

Latest Version of Microsoft Messenger for Mac (Interop. compatable): Version 6 (September 28th 2006)

 

System Requirements: Windows XP & Windows Vista Beta 2 OR RC1 [Beta OS], OSX 10.3.9+ – Microsoft Messenger for Mac 6 (interoperatebility)

Download latest Windows Live Messenger from http://messenger.live.com/download.php (Windows)

Download latest Microsoft Messenger for Mac from http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.aspx?pid=msnmessenger (OSX)

Example: user: myfriendexample@yahoo.co.uk
myfriendexample@yahoo.co.uk is fictious although not recommended to add unless this user is really your friend

Background

friendly@hotmail.com wants to add myfriendexample@yahoo.co.uk to their windows live messenger list while the friend has the latest version builds (8.0) of yahoo Messenger with voice

Currently Yahoo Interoperatbility is restricted to restricted Yahoo Locale(s)
Available Markets (As At August 21st):
– United States – English (EN-US)
– United Kingdom (EN-GB)
– China (ZH-CN)
– Korea (KO-KR)
– France (FR-FR)
– Germany (DE-DE)
– Australia (EN-AU)
– Canada – English (EN-CA)
– Canada – French (FR-CA)
– Italy (IT-IT)
– Spain (ES-ES)
– Brazil (PT-BR)
– Taiwan (ZH-TW)
– Argentina (ES-AR)
– Netherlands (NL-NL)
– Turkey (TR-EN)

As long as your contact uses these you be able to talk to them

However all the contacts have to be screenname@yahoo.com REGARDLESS of nationality locale of your Yahoo Email (applicable to non US/ @yahoo.com domains)

myfriendexample@yahoo.com will be the same as myfriendexample@yahoo.co.uk for example – you still recieve your email (although its advised to send any corrospondances from windows live email addresses (@msn.com / @live.com / @hotmail.com etc) to the locale address [in this case myfriendexample@yahoo.co.uk]

Sign into Windows Live Messenger
click add contact then add the yahoo screenname with <screenname>@yahoo.com – REGARDLESS for there yahoo email (yahoo.co.uk for example
enjoy! – Yahoo contact will be able to be found (if online) by their yahoo icon in the ‘online’ group when they accept (hopefully) and next online

 

Last Updated: 28th September 2006

Windows Live Messenger – I want but its not supported! What can i do?

There are 2 main choices, not worry LOL – accept decision not going to have any interoperatbility or think of ways to continue your IM fun in other ways (there are options hehe).

 

There are lots of great new features in Windows Live Messenger but dependant on what new windows live feature is craved by you – MSN Messenger 7.0 sadly is the final version of MSN Messenger that non Windows XP or Vista can use by the offerings of MSN

2 features come to mind stright away – offline messenging and interoperatbilty with Yahoo. Those on Windows 98, 2000 do have a option of interoperatbility via the yahoo messenger route (if you can cope) which Windows 98 & 2000 is supported still (currently – september 2006) – unlike sadly for those on Windows 2000 Windows Live Messenger do not plan support T his will be unpopular by the loyal MSN users on Windows 98, 2000 (although number reduces daily)

There is also the option for offline messenging via web2messenger.com (available to all ) – i use it for my Live Space but can be used anywhere its just a link to a page then send messages.

Mac OSX Users do have more hope as rumors that interoperatbilty will be in the future Yahoo and Windows Live/ Microsoft offerings as theres suggestions they still supporting these users – Yey

wonders should i do a petition (for my good deed of 2006 ) to recommend allow offline messenging (currently 3rd party [web2messenger.com] to all) and a limited interoperatbility of IM networks for Windows 98,2000 and OSX and Linux (have to be politically balanced and think it should be fair – PCs that older or not windows may still have some life in them

Birthday Blog: Kim’s 18th Birthday

Happy Birthday to my friend Kim who turned 18 Yesterday.  

Kim

Happy 18th Birthday, Have a lovely Birthday and wishes your Birthday is lovely and you get loads of Gifts

Hope your birthday is a enjoyful one

Jamie  x x

Windows Live Program Invites Available

I have currently have invites for

 

Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta

Windows Live QnA Beta

 

want one? feel free to ask.

check out ideas.live.com for more info on the programs mentioned

 

You can also look here (QnA) and here (webMail and Messenger)

 

Messenger 8.0 invites are techically useless but Messenger 8.1 is coming soon  try connect.microsoft.com

 

 Messenger 8.1 invites when available (Soon) will first be offered to my friends but everyone else can have the spares

 

 

 

 

Background Music change: Lily Allen – LDN

Just a quick blog to acknowledge that the background music has been changed to

 

Lily Allen – LDN

 

Please feel free to comment on Lily Allen and give suggestions to music backgrounds

 

If i like it i may change the background

Windows Live Spaces

My First Windows Live Spaces Blog Entry

 Not really mine has been around since the MSN Spaces Beta Stages for MSN Messenger 7.0

Good to see it here now – but i do have a wishlist for improvements .

More Colours

More Themes!

Custom Themes

More Layouts.

Insert (current) Mood/ Current Playing/ Watching info

support for the yim protocol  and Yahoo 360 degrees spaces (cause Yahoo ingration )

NO More web address changes

There proberly be more ‘requests’  – if given the time

Windows XP Games Cheats

Here are 2 cheats that in the Games on Windows XP that amuse you or amaze you friends (if they do not know )

 

Sneeky wins in Minesweeper

 

Want to win every time you play?

 

Open Mineswepper

Click the Minesweeper Program Titlebar and type ‘xyzzy’

and Press Shift & Enter

 

In the top left there should be 1 white pixal.

Move mouse cursor over the game blocks and the pixal disappears if box is the ‘bomb’

 

Forcing a Win (or sneekily) a Freecell Game

 

Just press Ctrl + Shift +F10 when you give up

then Abort = Win

 

 there aint any cheats for Pinball, solitare, spider solitare and Hearts.

 

 i told you – hehe *jokes*

 

Taken from Windows XP in easy steps – borrowed from my brothers friend

 now i know how my little brothers friends wins all the time!