Index

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“accept” button, 15

accounts, 60–78

blog, 104–106

default email accounts, 69

external email accounts, 68–69

Flickr, 178

Hotmail

creating, 62–63

free, 62, 99

Mail and, 61, 68

Mail

adding, 66–70

creating, 61–65

multiple, 2, 60, 66–70

Windows Live Account page, 17–20

activities/games (Messenger), 56–57

Add Movies and Photos dialog, 189–190

Add or Remove Effects dialog, 205–206

add-ins. See plug-ins

address (email), Live ID as, 11–12, 62

administrator rights, 6

advanced search (Live ID), 13, 14

Advanced tab, 122

advertisements, conversation window and, 40

Aero (Windows Aero), 4

agreement (Windows Live service agreement), 9, 15

Album (slide show theme), 170

alerts, 231, 232, 234–236

Alerts online, 234

All Free Games, 56–57

alternative blog services (non-Microsoft), 2, 101, 104, 106–108

Animations tab, 201, 203

anniversary (Messenger), 32

Appear offline (Messenger status), 33, 51

applications. See Essentials; Mail; Messenger; Movie Maker; Photo Gallery; Writer

appointments. See events

.asf (Unprotected Windows Media Files), 187

aspect ratio, 215–216

ATI Radeon 9500, 4

attachments (email), 84–88

deleting, 88

files, 84–85

photos/pictures, 71–72, 84–88, 165

audio calls, 56. See also video calls

audio options (Messenger), 43, 55, 56

authors (photos/pictures), 164

Auto movie option, 214

auto-adjusting photos/pictures, 148–149

availability, 243, 263

Live IDs, 12, 13, 14

options, Messenger and, 32–33

avatars, 90, 93

AVI files (.avi), 187

Away (Messenger status), 33, 51

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