"Live" applications

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Philip K

Hi Everybody,
I have seen reference to "live" windows applications.
Where can I find out what this is all about. Does "live" have any
special meaning or is it simply a marketing term.
Phil
 
I have seen reference to "live" windows applications.
Where can I find out what this is all about. Does "live" have any
special meaning or is it simply a marketing term.
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It's essentially nothing but a marketing term.
 
Philip K said:
Hi Everybody,
I have seen reference to "live" windows applications.
Where can I find out what this is all about. Does "live" have any
special meaning or is it simply a marketing term.
Phil
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It's basically an MS marketing term referring to the online focus of a group
of applications. They are intended for use with online services provided
by MS.

The idea is that you can use them "anywhere", but the catch is that you
generally have to have a *live* internet connection to do so in a meaningful
way.

Incidentally, you may find that if you want to install an app such as
Windows Live Mail, you have to install Windows Live Messenger *first*,
otherwise the install fails with a somewhat misleading error message.

HTH
-pk
 
Patrick Keenan said:
Incidentally, you may find that if you want to install an app such as
Windows Live Mail, you have to install Windows Live Messenger *first*,
otherwise the install fails with a somewhat misleading error message.
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I don't know where you pulled that out of, but it's my guess that
there's no sunshine in there.

I don't have ANY version of MS/Live messenger on this machine OR on my
notebook, but I have Windows Live Mail on each one.
 
It's essentially nothing but a marketing term.
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And a strategy. MS wants to evolve applications to an environment
where you pay to use them across the Internet.
 
Hi Tyro,
Why do you ask.
Hasn't it occurred to you that this news group would provide much
quicker and more useful answers to my questions than sorting out several
hundred hits on the internet.
Phil
 
Hi Mike,
Just as an aside. Did you find Windows Live Mail to have a steep
learning curve. I've used Outlook Express and Windows Mail for News Groups.
However, I now want to use Windows Live Mail for both News Groups and
email.
After struggling with Office 2007, the thought of learning another
Microsoft application gives me a panic attack.
Thanks for any comment.
Phil
 
Philip K said:
Hi Mike,
Just as an aside. Did you find Windows Live Mail to have a steep
learning curve. I've used Outlook Express and Windows Mail for News Groups.
However, I now want to use Windows Live Mail for both News Groups and
email.
After struggling with Office 2007, the thought of learning another
Microsoft application gives me a panic attack.
Thanks for any comment.
Phil
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Actually, Philip, I use Outlook 2007 exclusively on my desktop, but I
do use Windows Live Mail on the notebook, just for some variety.

I liked it immediately, although it's strange having a separate inbox,
etc. for each email address. Since I like to keep all my mail
archives in Outlook, I have WLM set to NOT delete messages from the
server when mail is picked up.

I didn't find any problem with the learning curve, probably because I
like computer puzzles and enjoy mastering something new.

You shouldn't have any problem you can't handle. If you do, ask your
questions in:

microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
 
Mike Torello said:
I don't know where you pulled that out of, but it's my guess that
there's no sunshine in there.

I don't have ANY version of MS/Live messenger on this machine OR on my
notebook, but I have Windows Live Mail on each one.
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I'm glad to tell you that I pulled it off of a machine I just delivered,
where the WLMail install failed consistently until WLMessenger was
installed.

It was a very clear line: the mail install failed repeatedly until
messenger was installed. Once Messenger was installed, the mail install
immediately worked.

Hope this helps.
-pk
 
Philip K said:
Hi Patrick,
Thanks. I'm glad you pointed out the problem with installation.
Phil
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Apparently it's not a consistent problem - perhaps Office 2007 provides the
required components. But that's certainly the only way it worked for me.
 
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