Strategy for migrating from Live Mesh: Part 1

By Norm Sash | 01/28/2013 |

Many of you are aware that Microsoft has announced that Windows Live Mesh will be turned off on February 13th, 2013.  While SkyDrive really has some nice features, there are several features missing from SkyDrive that are in Live Mesh: SkyDrive is not a true better replacement for Live Mesh.  In fact, you are going…

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OneNote crash on startup caused by cache

By Norm Sash | 01/13/2013 |

OneNote 2013 crash on startup I hate it when a good app goes bad, and that’s just what happened to me a couple of times now with OneNote 2013.  If you’ve been using OneNote (or ON as I like to call it – gotta have that abbreviation) then you know what a great app it…

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Differences Between Outlook and Windows Live Mail

By Norm Sash | 09/01/2011 |

Ok, Microsoft has two major mail clients – the kind that you run in Windows rather than access from the web using a browser.  I’ve often wondered if the free mail client that comes with Windows Live services, Windows Live Mail (WLM), could replace the onerous Outlook Mail that comes with Microsoft Office. Bottom line: …

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Windows Live Writer Fails to Download and Update Theme

By Norm Sash | 01/28/2011 |

I was having problems with Windows Live Writer being able to update the theme.  I tried almost everything I could think of: changing to/from static pages, performing a quick post then immediate update, deleting the account and setting it up again, etc.   Nothing I tried seemed to work. As I ware browsing the internet for…

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Centering Pictures in Windows Live Writer

By Norm Sash | 01/28/2011 |

Why my pictures would not center in my blog. The pictures I was placing in my blog would not center if they were placed side by side even if I set the paragraph style to centered or set the picture alignment to center. When Windows Live Writer applies a paragraph style to center it sets…

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Mindjet MindManager 8

By Norm Sash | 01/07/2009 |

I used to use MindManager 6 back when I lived the corporate life with Intel.  It was a good package back then and it came is quite useful on various tasks.  But it never did become a mainstream application for me.  This just might change with MindManager 🙂 For those of you who might not…

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