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Windows Community Manager Marcus ask:

I’ve heard different people give different reasons.  Is it the choice of applications and hardware?  Or is it the “bang for the buck” you get?  Or how about that it works in a familiar way?  I’d really like to hear your reason.  Please leave a comment below or do a blog post about it and comment with a link to your post.

Check out the following responses here

My reason:

This is a great question. I have been using PC's since the mid 90's, they are what I was first exposed to and continue to use to this day. Windows 95 is what we used in high school and learnt how to operate a computer on. Basically, I live in a country where society is mostly 'I'm A PC'. We get our work done using Windows, we connect with friends using Windows PC'S, we help friends with Windows PC's and they seem to do the job just fine.

Using a Windows PC for me personally goes beyond just the applications or the hardware. It's the way Windows works and functions. Its a very logical experience for me. You just get how it works and in turn you can share that knowledge with others who also use Windows based systems. A lot of other unique factors also contribute to my continued use of Windows PC's, the community, beta testing (the ability to help shape the products I use), using cool applications and services like Windows Live and Windows Live Essentials which are free.

• [ Kill the Process, Use Killbox if your Access Denied ]

[In Windows Vista Run As Administrator, After Execution System Will Restart]

• %Windows\System\twex.exe
• %Windows\System\user.ds
  If you have any of these files in running process from task manger, end the process before removal.
  Note: if task manager is disabled, Download the following file, Click to Download - Enable Registry.reg [ Right Click - Save Target As/Linked Content As ]
  Open it with Regedit.exe [%system32\regedit.exe], then it Confirms Add to registry Yes or No, Confirm Yes, then click Ok.

The Mail Call blog added a new functionality to Windows Live Calendar, the ability to embed your Calendar on your blog or website:

Do you have a calendar you’d like to share with the world?  With Windows Live Calendar, you can create a calendar badge to post on your blog or website. That way, anyone can see your calendar from any browser.

You can move forward and backward in time by clicking either a date or the month arrows.  The event list shows events starting from the highlighted day. It will show as many as will fit within the badge’s height. (My next blog post will show you how to adjust the size of your badge.)

You can learn how to setup your own Calendar badge here

 

 

Back in October during PDC2008, I highlighted the Windows + Windows Live relationship. Specifically, I called out how Windows + Windows Live will complete the Windows PC experience with Windows Live Essentials. Now that people can experience the relationship first-hand with Windows Live Essentials today – I thought I’d re-approach and discuss the topic in a little more detail.

Today, users are increasingly expecting that their PC (and their OS) allow them to do things on their desktop that have an online component such as e-mail. This is where Windows Live Essentials comes in. For example, when you’re at home on your laptop you can use Windows Live Mail, but when you’re on the go you can access that same mail from any computer with an Internet connection by going to Windows Live Hotmail. Windows Live Essentials combines what you do on the PC with what you do on the Web. That’s the benefit of software + services.

Many of the Windows Live programs within Windows Live Essentials serve as a “bridge” to the Windows Live services:

• With Windows Live Messenger, you can not only chat with your friends via IM, but also follow What’s New with them on Windows Live, which means you can stay on top of updates they make like new photos or blog entries.
• With Windows Live Writer, you can publish new blog posts to Windows Live Spaces.
• With Windows Live Photo Gallery, you can upload your photos to Windows Live Photos and share them with the people you choose.
• With Windows Live Mail, you can sync your Windows Live Hotmail e-mail and calendar to your PC.

Windows Live Essentials extends beyond Windows Live as well. Windows Live Writer is capable of publishing blog posts to most major blogging services, not just Windows Live Spaces. As a matter a fact - I use Windows Live Writer to publish all my blog posts here on this blog, which is powered by Telligents’ Community Server. Windows Live Mail supports POP3 and IMAP allowing for multiple e-mail accounts from a variety of e-mail providers including Gmail. And Windows Live Photo Gallery supports custom plug-ins for uploading photos to a variety of photo sharing websites (check out this awesome plug-in for uploading photos to Facebook).

         

For Windows Live Essentials, we have introduced 3 programs as the successors to programs that were introduced in Windows Vista:

• Windows Live Mail is the successor to Windows Mail
• Windows Live Photo Gallery is the successor to Windows Photo Gallery
• Windows Live Movie Maker is the successor to Windows Movie Maker

We made this change because we learned that many of the end-user experiences need to be updated more frequently. With Windows Live Essentials, we feel we are in a better position to innovate on these programs and enhance your experience as a PC user and at a much quicker rate - as they are outside of the Windows OS.

Windows Live Essentials doesn’t just consist of the above 3 programs, it also includes Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Toolbar, and Windows Live Family Safety adding significant value to PC users through its integrated and powerful features.

Windows Live Essentials today are free, key applications that make it easy to manage multiple e-mail accounts, edit and share photos, chat with IM for PC users and available today for you to download at download.live.com (available for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and the Windows 7 Beta).

In the coming weeks, I plan to dive deeper into many of these integrated and powerful features (many of which I use myself) that I that I hope you will enjoy.