Again, wrong design...

No wonder why Microsoft Online Services can't generate enough users...

A Windows Live OneCare support letter...

I was crazy about the 64bit vista and after I install it OneCare doesn't support, and luckily I got an answer!

Dear                ,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Support Service. My name is Vanessa and I am glad to work with you. For your reference, the case ID for this service request is                 . You can contact me directly by sending an email to                                                    with the case ID in the subject line.

I understand the inconvenience you have encountered. Please be assured that I will do my best to help resolve this issue.

         , I would like to let you know that OneCare currently does not support the x64 version of Operating System. The next version of OneCare which will be available this fall, will include support for x64 bit Operating Systems. The OneCare Product Development team is continually improving our product through customer feedback to meet the needs of our users.

If there's anything else I can do for you, please feel free to let me know. I hope you are satisfied with my service.

Thank you for choosing Windows Live OneCare. I look forward to your reply.

Best regards,

This entry is about Windows Live Mail Beta Build 12.0.1184

It is a very exciting update since the last beta launch on the 14th December last year, although the Windows Live HotMail Desktop beta team blog said this is still a beta... The beta tag has gone already. (although I hate to see the beta tag =.=") OK! Lets get started!

1. UI

First we can see the look of Windows Live Mail changed so much for the very first begging they introduce a skyscraper at the right hand side of Windows Live Mail Desktop.

The Past!	The Future!!!

 I really love the new design, especially the "L.B.H.S" and the "R.H.T.S", Windows Live Mail team introduce Microsoft Outlook style tab, this allows us quickly navigate different functions.

P.S. Between the Outlook Connector and Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Mail Beta did perform much more better than Outlook.

Anti-Malware Engineering Team:

"You will see our results gradually and steadily increase until they are on par with the other majors in this arena. And soon after, they will need to catch up to us!"

Criticism from other virus vendor company:

"Microsoft Windows Live OneCare is failing to detect trojans and malware which hijack applications already resident on an infected machine."

Sorry Agnitum, you got busted!

Other major company got busted:

Although Windows Live OneCare is a software + services app and that is what Microsoft always talking about, but I still think Windows Live OneCare should be free and supported by Ads.

This feature request list is from the MSTechToday blog and I very agree with his point of view and I want to say why I want these features.

The comment that I made in the last post about

What Microsoft should do is sharing the profit that they generate from users!

A much more interesting I saw a blog on the Inside Microsoft, it have a blog entry showed a new Microsoft AD platform called "Microsoft Affiliate Network" it is a website that have a same concept that different from Google. Google's way is to search your website's content and put text AD which the website owners love but I really hate it! It is so boring... and they put it everywhere and often display unpleasant ADs, such as one I found on the CNet.

The Article is about the deal a company that brought pron.com and the ADs that provide by Google are...  

Follow by the Google AD rules, the site pays more the more top they are... but the funniest thing is the top result Russian Girl video is host on blogspot! It is very interesting that does Google helping themselves... to advertise!

The points I believe CNet don't want to see those ADs on their website!

What Microsoft Affiliate Network is about the content control, it sells graphics ADs. *I really think that's the future of the Internet AD.

But in the current time it only have Windows Live OneCare ADs and we are looking forward to see more.

We're living in United Nation

    As lots of live addicted like me, we don't understand why Microsoft need to do such ignoring and useless region control / detection at the end users, especially the beta testing that requires United States. I have no idea why I need to living in United State to use those software. I am willing to give feedback on the product, I am willing to do any survey, I am will to have a risk that the beta software may "trash" my computer. Why don't get me the software? I am very sad about that.

I think Microsoft should respect the people that living in overseas, people love your company's product! Don't say to me because the language not yet localized, "blah, blah, blah!". Remember that Internet don't have barriers between nations. It is the biggest United Nation that human never have which can access in anywhere, anytime in a nano second.

Focus on ourselves!

     When installing a Windows Live App on the computer there always have a option that suggest you to set your Internet Explorer homepage to MSN Home...... I think that is meaning less and just make end users more "headache". They took away all MSN services to Windows Live and running a Live.com but asking the users set the Internet Explorer Homepage to MSN Home...... How ridiculous is that!

Ya, two brand is a pain, but it is great when you use it "right"! Microsoft should use there cash to put an AD on TV tell everyone Microsoft Online Services a group of Windows Live Services and MSN content, tell everyone!

Today, I'm "A", tomorrow I'm "Z"

     Everyone is curious about how Microsoft naming their Windows Live Product, Windows Live Search? Wrong! it's called Live Search! Live Messenger? Wrong! it is Windows Live Messenger! Live.com? Humm.... We can call it Live.com or Windows Live.com! The greatest example is Windows Live Local/Map/MSN VE/mappoint/MS VE????? WTF?

Until today, I still don't understand why Microsoft tries to show more different brands to end users... It shows me Windows Live is a mess. Sorry developers, it's not your fault... I am going to hit the guy who respond to marketing!

Actually I can see the reason why Microsoft Online Services is struggling to survive behind Google and Yahoo! I can see Windows Live is trying, but be honest is not hard enough! Give me something that Xbox 360 showed me! Kicks PS3's and Wii's Ass!

 What Microsoft should do is sharing the profit that they generate from users! I see a very good start and future on Microsoft adCenter and I noted there is a profit customize search on "The Register". 

I am a 15 yr old kid who love and have lots of passion about technology, especially Microsoft online business. Differ from other blog, we are going to talk something more "higher level" not the new product release but what I want to see in the future.

This is the first milestone of this blog!

H.K. Yeung

2 June 2007