그래도 PC는 PC대로의 가치를 찾아가야 합니다.

요즘 SNS 세계에서 스마트폰이 모든 관심사의 화두인 것 같습니다. 그래도 PC는 PC 나름대로의 역할이 있는 듯 합니다. 만약 PC가 없었다면 스마트폰이 이렇게 화려한 주목을 받을 수 있었을까요? FB(FaceBook)을 하면서 느낀 점을 간단히 몇 마디 적어 보게 되었습니다.

옛날에 MSN 메신저가 나왔을 때, 서로 서로 연결 관계를 맺고 서로 의견을 공유하던 장이 있었습니다. 그 무대에서 활동하시던 많은 분들이 최근에는 Nate On으로 자리를 많이 옮긴 것으로 알고 있습니다. 결국은 SNS의 의미에서 보 듯 Social Network이라는 의미로 귀착되는데요. 어느 정도 FB에 익숙해지면 나중에는 Social에 더 의미를 둔 Network 서비스가 탄생하지 않을까 라는 생각이 문득 들었습니다.

PC와 스마트폰 모두 플랫폼은 유사하지만 2개의 속성은 상당히 다른 면이 있습니다. 실제로 PC는 개인의 Privacy에 기초하여 발전한 Computing platform이지만 SamrtPhone 본연의 역활은 사회(Social)와의 communication입니다. 원초적으로 2개의 속성은 Personality와 Sociality로 구분되기 때문에, 다수가 스마트폰의 Powerful해진 Computing power에 열광하지만, 한편으로는 Personality에 대한 부분을 만족시킬 수 있는 지는 의문입니다.

[스크랩] Keep Your Windows Computer Secure on Public Wireless Hotspots - How-To Geek

If you have a Netbook or Laptop that you would like to use on a Public Wi-Fi hotspot, there are security precautions you need to take. Here we look at keeping your computer secure at public Wi-Fi hotspots.

Public Wi-Fi hotspots seem to be available in more locations than ever before. If you move between them a lot or are just getting started, following these security precautions can help keep your machine safe and secure. For this article we look at security steps in Windows 7, but most of these tips and suggestions will work in XP, Vista, and even other operating systems as well

Keep Your Windows Computer Secure on Public Wireless Hotspots

Spoon Browser Sandbox

The Spoon Browser Sandbox lets you run all popular web browsers directly from the web.

Want to quickly test your website in IE 6 or Firefox 2 or Google Chrome 5 or Safari 4 or Opera? Spoon is a cool website that lets you run specific versions of the popular web browsers directly in your web browser via a plugin.

Spoon Browser Sandbox

Windows 7 & Vista Available Language Pack list

 

Get languages for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

 

 

How to disable the Windows key in the keyboard

If you don’t want to use Win key in the keyboard, there are 2 ways how to disable it.

1) You can use 2 Fix It utilities from Microsoft’s KB216893 article.

- Disable the Windows key

- Enable the Windows key

 

2) You can do it manually by using registry editor as below.

- To disable the Windows key, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedt32, and then click OK.
2. On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
3. Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
4. On the Edit menu, click Add Value, type in Scancode Map, click REG_BINARY as the Data Type, and then click OK.
5. Type 00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000 in the Data field, and then click OK.
6. Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.

- To enable the Windows key, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedt32, and then click OK.
2. On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
3. Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
4. Right-click the Scancode Map registry entry, and then click Delete. Click Yes.
5. Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.

Complete Guide to Windows 7’s Task Scheduler

If you want to know how to get the most of Windows 7’s task scheduler, then this series of articles is what you need. It starts with an introduction of the tool, its interface and main features. The next article shows how to work with the basic task wizard while the last goes into advanced task scheduling and editing all possible properties of a task.

 

• First Steps in Working With the Task Scheduler
• How To Create a Task With the Basic Task Wizard
• Advanced Users – Task Creation With Task Scheduler

TeraCopy–File Copying tool

 

TeraCopy – truly effective file copying

Some of you might know about this cool little tool. TeraCopy is a really fast file copier, which offers features such as: pause and resume support, error recovery, Windows shell integration, Windows 7 x64 support, etc.

If you haven’t tried this tool already, then give it a try.

TeraCopy Product Page

Hotfix for Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 random freezes released

Microsoft has released a hotfix for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. If your Windows computer faces random freezes, or stops responding randomly, you may want to check out this hotfix.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2265716/

4 Ways to disable Laptop TouchPad

Below are 4 ways to disable Laptop TouchPad when using an external Mouse instead of a built-in Touchpad.

1. Disable Touchpad via Control Panel

Your system must have the Touchpad driver installed. Lets take the most common brand Synaptics as an example. You can open the “Mouse Properties” in Control Panel, and then switch to “Device Settings” tab with the Synaptics logo.

Now you will see the devices list, choose your Synaptics Touchpad, then click on “Disable” to stop it from working.

2. Disable Touchpad via Laptop Keyboard

Most laptops in the market have a built-in function key (Fn), just like the WiFi switcher, to quickly turn the Touchpad on or off.

This key may or may not be there in your laptop. It depends on what brand of laptop you are using.

3. Use TouchFreeze to disable Touchpad

While the two methods mentioned above can only disable the Touchpad permanently, TouchFreeze is a brilliant little application that disables the Touchpad temporarily when you start typing. Hence you don’t need to control the Touchpad switcher manually. Just leave it running background, and do your work confidently.

However, the above tool didn’t seem to work on my Windows 7 system correctly. May be it’s only for XP users.

4. Use Touchpad Pal to disable Touchpad

Similar to TouchFreeze, Touchpad Pal can also automatically disable Touchpad when you are typing text.

 

Compared to the tools introduced above, Touchpad pal has some advantages. Like it is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7, and displays the “Clicks blocked” frequency in the main interface.

Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7 Special Excerpt 2 is available, Download now

Here comes an-other update for developers; Special Excerpt 2 of Programming Windows Phone 7 is available now. Its 2nd preview of book entitled “Programming Windows 7 Phone” authored by Microsoft MVP Charles Petzold. The book will be finalized by upcoming PDC 10 (October 28th, 2010) And, guess what: it will also be free.

This book is for .NET Programmers or who knows the basic principles of .NET programming and working familiarity with the C# programming language. This excerpt preview has 11 chapters (and 265 pages) categorized in 3 parts viz Getting Started, Silverlight & XNA. The chapters are:

Part I The Basics	Part II Silverlight	Part III XNA
Chapter 1 Hello, Windows Phone 7	Chapter 7 XAML Power and Limitations	Chapter 20 Principles of Movement
Chapter 2 Getting Oriented	Chapter 8 Elements and Properties	Chapter 21 Textures and Sprites
Chapter 3 An Introduction to Touch		Chapter 22 Touch and Play
Chapter 4 Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures
Chapter 5 Sensors and Services
Chapter 6 Issues in Application Architecture

The guide can be downloaded here [XPS format] and [PDF format]. The Code samples for this draft preview are also available. [Code Samples]. You can find more resources, developer guides & tools and books to learn key concepts for programming Windows Phones. Read More.

Bing Dynamic Themepack: Fresh wallpaper, updated automatically

Microsoft has released a new RSS-based Bing Dynamic Themepack for Windows 7. This theme displays a fresh downloaded wallpaper which is updated automatically. You receive a new photo from Bing every week for three months, with this Windows 7 theme that updates automatically through an RSS feed.

Switch it up! Receive a new photo from Bing every week for three months, with this Windows 7 theme that updates automatically through an RSS feed.

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Guide: Accessibility features of Windows 7, Office 2010, Internet Explorer 8

Microsoft has released a set of documents which enumerate the Accessibility features in its major Microsoft products like Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Microsoft Office 2010, Office 2007, Office 2003, Internet Explorer 8, IE 7 & IE 6.

Visit: Download Page.

Microsoft recently gave its Accessibility website a cool new look!

Microsoft’s Future Vision 2019

• Microsoft Future Vision 2019

 

• Microsoft’s future vision on manufacturing

 

• Microsoft’s future vision on retailing

 

• Future of personal health concept

Checklist Guide for Reinstalling Windows

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Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta is available, Download Now

Over the past few months Windows Phone Developer Tools releases (CTPs and Beta) are made available to developers to build application for new upcoming Windows Phone 7 operating system which may be RTM’d by this October and will be available in Stores by this Christmas.

All releases are being offered as web installer, that requires internet connection to download bootstrapper  for Windows Phone Developer Tools. And for few folks, it can be a trouble to get it on low-bandwidth connection. Unfortunately, the CTP Refresh only ships as a web download bootstrapper and not as a full install package that can be downloaded as a single package and installed offline without requiring Internet connectivity.

With the release of first beta of Windows Phone Developer Tools, Microsoft has provided an ISO image that can be burned to a CD and installed Offline.

The Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta includes the following:

· Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Beta

· Windows Phone Emulator Beta

· Silverlight for Windows Phone Beta

· Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone Beta

· XNA Game Studio 4.0 Beta

The web installer is still available and can be opted the most appropriate for you.

Windows Phone Developer Tools: Offline ISO Image [Size: 429.5MB] | Web Installer

You can find more resources, developer guides and books to learn key concepts for programming Windows Phones. Read More.

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Microsoft Zoom.it Live service

Microsoft Introduces Social Lightbox Zoom.it from Live Labs and Silverlight

Microsoft Live Labs has released an early version of a free tool for easy sharing of high-resolution Web- images. Enter a URL at http://zoom.it and it will spit out a short link and embed code for a basic but sleek image viewer that lets you zoom around an image or image of a website.

The tool is usable and it looks great, reminding us of the fun and zoomy Street Slide feature Microsoft recently introduced in Bing Maps.

The tool converts any image to Silverlight's Deep Zoom format and is ideal for bloggers, photo galleries and any situation in which people would want to share high-quality images on the internet. It holds promise for e-magazines and social readers like the blockbuster iPad app Flipboard.

Run Windows Programs inside Ubuntu

Want to run a few Windows programs on your Ubuntu install? You can use a program called Wine to install certain Windows applications on Ubuntu. Read this in-depth tutorial to learn how.

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When Playing DVD Movies in Windows 7, "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file"

When you insert a DVD media in the drive, right-click on the drive and choose Play from the context menu, the following error may occur.

Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

However, you may be able to play DVD movies via the AutoPlay dialog, or by starting Windows Media Player and using the Play menu. This happens if the DVD/Play association setting is missing or incorrect, or is of incorrect value type. The DVD Play verb is stored in this registry key:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\DVD\shell\play\command

The value data for the (default) value in the above key is as follows:

Windows 7 64-bit:

"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:4 /device:DVD "%L"

Windows 7 32-bit:

"%ProgramFiles%\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" /prefetch:4 /device:DVD "%L"

 

How could this problem occur?

When the above key is missing or its (default) value data is incorrect, the following error occurs when accessing Play from the DVD drive context menu:

This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel.

… so you try to reset Windows Media Player as the default via Default Programs / Set program access and computer defaults…

When resetting the values using Set program access and computer defaults, it does reset the data (unexpanded path), but the value type is incorrectly set as REG_SZ where as it should be REG_EXPAND_SZ. As a result, the following error occurs:

Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

Registry Fix

Download w7-dvd-play.zip, unzip and run the corresponding REG file for your Windows 7 Edition (32-bit or 64-bit.)

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WhoCrashed: Analyze Windows Blue Screen Errors

There are times when Windows hangs without warning, and the resulting error message is too complicated to understand. WhoCrashed is a simple application that tells you why the crash occurred, so you can fix the problem.

Whenever Windows encounters a critical system error, it crashes and forces the user to restart the computer. Previously, these errors used to be displayed on a blue background, leading to the name "Blue Screen Errors" (or the blue screen of death as they are infamously known).

To help with analysis, the moment it encounters a system error, Windows copies all files in memory into a folder called the ‘crash dump’ (or mini dump). This is what WhoCrashed analyzes.

WhoCrashed is free and simple to use. It requires administrator privileges and with one click it analyses your crash dump files and displays the result.

The program is fast and straightforward. It displays the result in the same window with detailed information on the origin and probable reason for the crash. Each entry has detailed information on when your computer crashed, to allow you to pinpoint the reasons for the same.

Once you know the source (for example, in the above screenshot you can see it is the graphics card driver), you can update or reinstall the driver to fix the problem.

If you do not have crash dumps on your computer and you still experience system crashes, it can also give you pointers on the reasons for the same. For example, your crash could be caused by an overheating CPU or a failure in your power supply.

If all else fails, WhoCrashed also allows you to contact the makers for further support on the problem.

In conclusion:

· WhoCrashed is a useful tool to diagnose your unstable PC

· It can be used to analyze crash dumps to locate flaws

· In the case of no dumps being found, it provides relevant suggestions

Download WhoCrashed to know why you keep getting those blue screen errors.

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JAM Software - Windows Freeware

Windows Freeware

TreeSize Free

V2.4

Every hard disk is too small if you just wait long enough. TreeSize Free tells you where precious space has gone to.

TreeSize Free can be started from the context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of this folder, including its subfolders. You can expand this folder in Explorer-like style and you will see the size of every subfolder. Scanning is done in a thread, so you can already see results while TreeSize Free is working. The Explorer context menu is supported within TreeSize, as well as the usual drag & drop operations.

Take a look at the advanced analysis and management functions of TreeSize Professional.

TreeSize Free is freeware for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7. Users of Windows 9x/ME can download the last compatible version TreeSize Free V2.1.

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TreeSize Mobile - Manage the disk space on your smartphone

V1.4

Sometimes you get to a point where your smartphone runs out of disk space. The manual search for large files and folders can take a long time. TreeSize Mobile helps you to find these folders and files and enables you to remove them. The file system is represented in a tree view and it shows you the size of folders, including their subfolders. TreeSize Mobile finds the 100 biggest files and presents them in a list.

TreeSize Mobile requires Windows Mobile with .NET Compact Framework 2.0 (or higher) (contained in Windows Mobile since version 6.0).

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SmartCallMonitor – Phone Monitoring Software

V1.4

SmartCallMonitor is the new phone monitoring software for TAPI capable hardware like a telephone system or an ISDN card. It also monitors calls using a NCID (Network caller ID) server (which is provided by a VoIP-Box (like Fritz-Box). It automatically tries to match incoming phone calls with data stored in your Microsoft Outlook contacts to provide you with information about the caller (e.g. name, address etc.). The information will be shown in a clearly arranged datasheet.

If SmartCallMonitor cannot find matching information about the caller in your MS Outlook contacts, it can use an internet reverse search service to obtain information about the caller (via "MSN.WhitePages.com"). With just one click, you can start a Google search directly from the monitoring software to look for further information about a call (e.g. the company's website). The detailed view shows you all information about the selected entry at a glance. With SmartCallMonitor you always know who is calling. In the integrated journal, you can filter missed calls or specifically search for a contact or a number in the call log. For missed calls, e-mail notifications and call back reminders can be created. Answered calls can be registered additionally in the Outlook Journal.

SmartCallMonitor can simplify your daily office routine by monitoring incoming calls, saving information about the caller (e.g. time and date of each call), creating call back reminders and many other features.

SmartCallMonitor V1.4 fully functional version is completely free.

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UltraSearch

V1.3

UltraSearch searches files on local NTFS drives and provides the results within just a few seconds. UltraSearch does not use a previously built index or background process, it achieves its speed by working directly on the Master File Table (MFT) of the NTFS partitions. You can enter a file name or a pattern like *.exe and often will see the results already while typing. Additional information like size and last change date will be shown for the listed files. Moreover, the Explorer context menu is available inside UltraSearch. The search results can also be printed or exported as text, CSV and Excel file.

Use UltraSearch wherever you like with the portable ZIP version.

Our software TreeSize Professional offers a custom file search where you can search for and filter by further criteria such as file size or file date.

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HeavyLoad

V2.4.1

Heavyload is intended to stress all resources of a PC (the CPU, RAM, hard disk, network, operating system, etc.) in order to test reliability under a heavy load. This is useful for testing important MS Windows file or database servers before using them for production, or just to check if your new PC might get too hot when used intensively. To stress your PC or server, HeavyLoad writes a large test-file to the temp folder, it allocates physical and virtual memory, performs complex calculations and it draws patterns in its window.

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FileList

V2.2

FileList is a command line utility that produces a list of files of the given path in the CSV format, which can be imported into a spreadsheet or database. The list includes the file name, the size, the path, the file extension, the owner of the file as well as the last access and change date and the creation date of the file. Optionally the author of MS Office documents, MD5 checksums and version information of program files can be displayed.

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SpamAssassin for Windows

V1.0

SpamAssassin for Windows is a powerful e-mail filter which attempts to identify spam using a variety of mechanisms including text analysis, Bayesian filtering, DNS blocklists, and collaborative filtering databases.

SpamAssassin is a project of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and was adapted for Windows by JAM Software. In combination with an MTA (Mail Transport Agent), e.g. Hamster or MS Exchange, it is a very effective anti-spam solution. The freeware contains, beside several modules, the following SpamAssassin components as executable files for Windows (.exe):

· spamassassin.exe (mail filter)

· spamd.exe (SpamAssassin as a server process (daemon))

· WinSpamC.exe (client for spamd)

· sa-update.exe (SpamAssassin rule updates)

· sa-learn.exe (trains Bayes filter with spam/ham mail)

Please note: SpamAssassin for Windows is not a mail router and should be watched by a service when used in a productive server. For professional use or if you need additional functionality, try SmartPOP2Exchange or Exchange Server Toolbox. Both include SpamAssassin which is already preconfigured in the installation.

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File Renamer

The list of batch file renamers that we’ve covered is about to grow by one thanks to Advanced Renamer. So many of these apps accomplish the same kind of thing, but they all do it in a different fashion. We try to cover the best bulk file renamers so that you can choose for yourself which suits your needs.

Advanced Renamer has a lot of the features I’ve grown accustomed to… like real-time previews. As you stack up file renaming operations you’ll see a live preview of how the changes will affect the files it will be run against. Once you’ve used this feature in any file renamer it quickly becomes a must-have.

One of the more interesting aspects is the ability to change attributes of the files, such as date created/modified, read only status, or whether a file is hidden. You can also have it pull in EXIF data from images, ID3 tags from music files, or some other file attributes so that the information can be used in the renaming process.

Here are some of the other things Advanced Renamer supports:

· Undo functionality

· Real time preview of file rename

· MP3/ID3 renaming

· Regular expressions

· Image renaming with EXIF support

· Thumbnail view

· Supports both files and folders

· Several renaming methods

· Use multiple methods at once

· Tag rename

Advanced Renamer Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

Advanced File Renamer

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16 New Features Of Windows Live Hotmail wave 4

Here’s a good news for Windows Live Hotmail users, and for anyone who’s considering an email client switch – after many years, Hotmail is going through a big overhaul.

Lots of innovative features were announced by Microsoft recently. The new features are reportedly coming out for most of the users by the end of this summer (July or August).

According to the official blog post, Hotmail is offering many new features such as increased file attachment size, ability to view, edit and share documents online, real time document collaboration, conversation view, better mobile experience etc. Let’s take a close look on them.

1. Security

The A-level security feature is finally here in Windows Live Hotmail. It was there before, but only while “logging in” to save users credentials from phishing attack. Now, HTTPS is coming in hotmail for the entire session, i.e. for logging in and browsing (reading/sending) emails.

This was something which Gmail already introduced a few months ago, but it’s good to have in Hotmail nonetheless.

2. View, Edit and Share Office Docs

Now you can access free Microsoft office web apps to view, edit and share office documents without downloading it on your computer. All you need to do is email any document or PowerPoint presentation to yourself. You could open this document anytime, anywhere. Because the document is present in Hotmail cloud, you don’t need your own computer to open it.

You can view your presentation or edit it in the Office web app. After you save your changes, it automatically gets saved on Skydrive. You could also run the slideshow without having Office installed in your computer.

3. Real Time Document Collaboration

If you and your friend want to work on a same document at the same time then you can do this easily in the new Hotmail. Click on the file, which should be present on the Skydrive of the sender of the document, to view it online. While editing the file, you can see the number of persons editing the file at the bottom right hand corner. You can instantly check changes made by the team members.

4. Edit And Reply

Suppose your friend sent a document to you which needs to be edited and sent back. Normally you would download it on your computer, make changes, attach it again and send back to him.

This whole process is time consuming. The new feature of Hotmail allows you to edit the document online. Before editing, it automatically copies the document in your Windows Live Skydrive account. The online word version looks same as Microsoft word and it won’t affect the format of document while you edit it (something which gives this a big edge over Google Docs).

5. Send Huge Files

Integration of Hotmail with Skydrive makes it possible to send up to 10 GB files in a single mail. Well, kinda. The file is hosted on the Skydrive service which offers you 25 GB of free space. When you send the large files (documents or images) over email, the recipient only receives the URL of that file. When the recipient clicks on the link he can download the file. It is not necessary for recipient to have a Skydrive account in order to download it.

6. Send And View Images

In the above given screenshot, you can notice the Photos button on the left sidebar (between attachments and docs). It can be used to attach large number of images in the mail.

All the images get uploaded to Skydrive and the recipient receives a link. You can view an interactive slideshow of images, download them on your computer (no Windows live ID required) and also add comments to them (Windows live ID required).

7. One Click Filter

Some nice one click filter options have been introduced in the new version of Hotmail which will allow you to filter emails with social updates, emails from regular contacts and from groups easily.

8. Quick Views

Suppose you want to only check emails with images. You could quickly filter those emails by clicking on the “Photos” link given on the left pane. Similarly you can click on “Documents” to see all the mails with attached documents.

9. Active Views

People send video links, Flickr images etc in the email. To watch them, you need to open the link in a new tab or a window. But the new Hotmail automatically recognizes the link, adds a description and thumbnail, and lets you view the video right inside the email interface. It will support YouTube and Hulu services to start with.

Similarly, you can view Flickr photos and even start a slideshow within your inbox. It recognizes the tracking number of postal services and displays all the details attached to it. Also, accept LinkedIn friend requests without visiting the website.

10. Search Auto-Complete

To search mails effectively, Hotmail has included search auto-complete feature. Just type few letters and it suggests you various helpful terms automatically.

11. Conversation View

Suppose you had a conversation with your friends on some topic. This conversation took place by sending emails back and forth between different people. Now you want to view all those conversations at one place. It’s possible in Hotmail with the new “conversation” view.

Click on “Arrange By” button given on the right (below search box) and choose “conversation” from the drop down. It will show you the whole conversation. When you read the message, it displays the whole conversation history along with date and time.

12. Sweep

You can manage the inbox clutter using this feature. Suppose you receive a daily newsletter which you don’t need it. All you need to do is check the mail, click on “Sweep” button and choose Move all from or Delete all from.

If you want to move all the newsletters to other folder so that you can view them later then select the option “Move all from”. You can also select the option “Also move future mails” to confirm that in future you’ll not receive any email newsletter from the same company in your inbox.

13. Remove Spam

Hotmail divides the spam mails in two categories, “Spam” and “Grey mail” (newsletters and marketing promotions). Hotmail’s new spam filtering system, which is based on IP address filtering, works tremendously well (as they claim). Wave 4  spam management system is an upcoming feature of new Hotmail.

It works on the user interaction with the email. If user regularly puts an email in trash without reading it then Hotmail comes to know that the particular kind of mail is in the grey mail category and it blocks them in future.

14. IM and Text Messaging From Inbox

You can now chat with your friends right inside the Hotmail interface. You can see your friends on the left pane. Also you can see their status colors which can tell that they are free, busy or idle.

Click on the name of your friend to start the chat. If you click on the name of your other friend, unlike Gmail, a new tab is added to the chat window, saving space. Right click on the name of your Friend to send text SMS to their phone.

15. Exchange ActiveSync

If you use your phone to view your email then you can take advantage of Hotmail Activesync feature. It helps you to sync the email, calendar and contacts between your phone and the web. It means whatever changes you make on your mail (read, delete mail) will automatically appear on the web. It is same as IMAP feature.

16. Hotmail Highlights

It saves your time by allowing you to see the mails you received from your contacts, various social media update notifications, flagged content and birthdates of your friends, just after you log into your account.

If you click on the category title (ex. “From contacts”), you will see the filtered view of your inbox having only emails from your contacts. Similarly you can click on other category titles to switch to them easily.

Conclusion

Overall, I’d say the new Hotmail definitely looks promising. Some of the features are innovative and aren’t there in any other email tools including Gmail.

While it may not prompt me to make a complete switch to Hotmail, I’d give it a try for sure. What about you? What do you think about the new Hotmail? What features you like? Tell us in the comments.

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