The following email is coming to all Messenger users. Windows Live Messenger, MSN, Messenger – all names for the ubiquitous Instant Messaging program that took over where ICQ started so long ago.
Now we need to use Skype.
Here is the news on how to update now before you are forced to shortly.
Hello, |
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Yours sincerely, |
The Messenger Team |
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New to Skype? |
1. Get the latest version of Skype. 2. Sign in to Skype with your Microsoft Account. |
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Already have Skype? |
1. Update to the latest version of Skype. 2. Sign in with your Microsoft Account. 3. Merge your existing Skype account with your Microsoft Account. |
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Here are just a few of the great features that you can use with Skype: |
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So, what's happening between now and the retirement? |
Messenger will continue to work as you know it today. If you are signed in with Messenger on your desktop** you will see a banner notification to upgrade. When you click on the banner, an installer window will open with the request to upgrade. This will take you through our installer flow to install Skype and automatically uninstall Messenger. |
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So, what's happening after the retirement? |
Messenger users on desktops** will not be able to sign in and will only be able to upgrade to Skype. If you attempt to sign in, a notification will appear, and if you continue, you will be taken through our installer flow to install Skype and automatically uninstall Messenger at the same time. |
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Can I update to Skype on my mobile? |
Yes! Skype is available on iPhone, Android and soon on Windows Phone 8. We encourage you to download the latest Skype app on your mobile and then uninstall Messenger. You will be able to sign in to Skype on your iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 8 mobile apps with your Microsoft Account over the next few weeks. If you use another phone with Messenger on it, it will continue to work for a while. |
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Where can I learn more? |
For more help on updating to Skype, please visit the Skype Support site. |
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* To get group video chat, you'll need a Skype Premium subscription. |
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Windows 7 is definitely the most advanced OS Microsoft has produced to date. Slicker than Vista. less memory hungry and smaller install footprint as well. Way more secure than XP and more efficient user of memory, it also takes great advantage of GPU memory (in video cards).
Windows 8 is coming and it is a huge step up from Windows 7. It will feature touchscreen tablet like screen layouts (similar to the Windows Phone touch screen objects, and will allow metro style apps to be developed and displayed anywhere you like on your screens.
Here are some news items, links and videos etc. for you to preview.
Improvements in Windows Explorer in Windows 8
I have had a lot of articles, news and other tech information filling up my browser and its time to de-clutter before Christmas.
INDEX -MATCH - a much better lookup function combination than using VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP. Charley Kyd writes a very good instructive post on using this combination. We use this a lot where the failings of VLOOKUP make it impossible to use.
MSDN announces the new developer roadmap for Excel and VBA. Interesting reading and has lots of useful links.
Power Pivot is an amazing AddIn for Excel 2010. I have written about Power Pivot before. Dick Kusleika has written a simple function to determine whether an Excel Workbook contains power pivot data.
Conditional formatting and highlighting your emails based on content, subject, sender etc.
Roy MacLean asks some interesting questions about storing data in Outlook. I love Outlook and think it is a very good tool, however there are lots of limitations with using it. Mind you I don't see any other email client out there that can do everything that Outlook can do or even half as well in most cases. Still Roy has some good points.
Is that confusing? So are the backflips and name changes Microsoft have performed in this absolutely bizarre name changing fiasco.
Live Mesh Beta - know to all users by the spinning blue circle, the blue folders in explorer, the 5GB of data and the sometimes very annoying conflict resolution process, (at least it had one) has been in use for the the last few years, and was touted as an awesome mobile, device rich, application development platform. People developed car stereo systems that synched playlists, mobile handsets that synched photos to their family from their phone, and many many people used it to share files and photos both between their friends and family and co workers and their own many devices.
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