Ouch… That took WAYYY to long to figure out :( Today I installed a new Microsoft LifeCam (I think they call it.) In any case, once installed, I wanted to play around with the Video Conferencing. However before I could, it told me I needed the Windows Live Messenger. Conveniently, once the Camera was installed, the LifeCam 2.0 software provided a link to the Windows Live Installer – WLInstaller.exe (here’s where the problem hit me....

First, download and install the latest version of Windows Live Mesh for Mac. In this example, I’m installing it on my Mac running OS X Lion 10.7.3. Launch the .dmg file and drag the Live Mesh icon into the Applications folder. Open the Applications folder and double click the Live Mesh icon. Now enter in your Windows Live ID username and password. Check all three options to remember your credentials and sign in automatically....

Get Free Xbox Games To get your free copy of Fable III, fire up your Xbox 360 and go to Games > Browse Games > Free with Gold. Remember that these games are quite large. Fable III is a 5.61 GB download. If you have the Xbox 360 4 GB model, check out my article on how to add a 16 GB flash drive for extra space. These games are free and yours to keep....

YouTube Mobile App Video Sharing and Messaging You can share videos with friends and family directly on YouTube Starting today. According to the official YouTube blog post: This new feature was being tested in select markets since the middle of 2016. After receiving feedback from users in the test markets the company has begun rolling out the new abilities to everyone. To try it out press the share button inside the YouTube apps and you’ll see a carousel at the top with your contacts....

If you look at your February Sprint bill via your online account that there has been a Discount Policy Change Notice. Fortunately for us, this change in policy constitutes a material change in our Sprint contracts. Who does this affect? Family PlansCorporate Share PlansNOT individual lines (only 1 person and number on the account). You can still try but it probably won’t work. How exactly is my contract changing? The plan (line 1) is going from $129....

Want to be on one of those popular TV shows where a dude like Simon Cowell nitpicks your abilities and others get to see it? Then today is your lucky day! America’s Got Talent will be recruiting performers straight from YouTube for a special segment with a $1,000,000 prize. Can you sing, dance, juggle, make people laugh, or turn yourself into a giant balloon? From the http://www.youtube.com/agt page Click the Submit button to enter your video into the contest....

As it was revealed by 9to5google a while ago, Google is currently working on such a device (what’s Google not working on these days?), and The New York Times, quoting Google employees familiar with the project, says the interesting new device will be available by the end of the year. It will cost about the same as a smartphone, between $250 and $600. The glasses will have a small display inside them, place them close to the eye of the user (a few inches)....

What’s Included in iOS 10.3.1? The update is quite small, coming in at just 28 Mbs. Users can update over Wi-Fi or from within the iTunes software. For such a small update, though, I wish Apple would at least let me download it on my mobile data. Release notes for iOS 10.3.1 are very minimal but one thing caught my attention: a fix for a known vulnerability found in the Wi-Fi chip, which could potentially allow an attacker to execute malicious code....

Last night if you tried to go to the online store, you’d see the following familiar message: “We’re busy updating the Apple Store for you and will be back soon.” Apple announced the new iPad Air during it’s keynote last week. It is much thinner and lighter than the previous generation ones at only 7.5mm thick and weighing 1 pound. The improvements don’t stop at the new form factor either....

Windows 10 Remains Short of 1 Billion Goal as Upgrade Deadline Approaches My day to day, go to operating system is Windows 10. The computer I typed this on, an HP EliteBook 8460p, has been running Windows 10 since build 9926. It is currently dual booting the public build, 1511 and the latest Windows 10 Insider Build. For me, it has been a front row seat as a Windows 10 Insider since day one, to witness this operating system evolve from its humble beginning as Windows 8....

We normally focus on Freeware software and services, but I enjoy using Ghost Control enough to show it. It’s Shareware, meaning it’s not free. It costs $35 but does have a free trial from the download page. Ghost Control’s interface is one of the simplest I’ve seen. It has big buttons at the top of the Window that gets you to five basic screens. Each is well documented, so you can get up and running quickly....

Batch PDF Merger’s interface supports drag and drop, or you can load an entire folder of PDFs. Merging is simple. Just load the PDFs into the files window, adjust the order you want them to appear in, and click merge. I noticed right away there is also a split button. The split button doesn’t separate PDFs and save them as individual files to your hard drive. Instead, it splits files within Batch PDF Merger and allows you to rearrange them....

Breaking it off with your significant other is never easy. However, if you’re going to do it, don’t be a chicken about it. Go up to the person and let them know things aren’t right face to face. That said, some people don’t want to deal with the breakup. And if they need a little bit of help, then that’s where the BreakupText app comes along. The iPhone App to Break Up Now, you can save yourself the trouble, the waterworks and the possibility of an angry former lover throwing your PlayStation collection at you one Blu-Ray disc at a time....

The first one has been shown at CES 2012. It’s the Lenovo K800 and it will only be available in China at the moment. It will run Android 4.0 and uses the Intel Atom Z2460 CPU. It also has a 4.5 inch 720p display. Intel has also shown an “Intel Reference Design Smartphone” (pictured), in order to allow everyone to see what they’re talking about. It had a 4.03 inch touchscreen, an 8 megapixel camera, but the groovy part concerns its energy efficiency....

Now, it’s worth noting that Windows 10 automatically creates a restore point for you before a significant event like installing a new driver or before a feature Windows update. And you can certainly create your own restore point any time you want. But if you want to make sure you’re staying on top of things, this will create a new one without having to think about it. This will help make sure you have the freshest restore point that you can go back to in case disaster strikes and you need to recover your system....

Despite the launch of multiple lawsuits, Google maintains the changes have been designed to make its “privacy practices easier to understand.” But is that really the case? Google has made previous versions of its privacy policy available to view and even included a comparison tool. So, you can decide for yourself. I found the new policy to be more ambiguous, and it was concerning that the new policy has no mention of how long Google retains submitted user data or whether or not it deletes user data....

Before beginning, you might want to learn a bit about how OpenDNS works and how to set up OpenDNS on your home network (custom messages are fun at home, too). If you’ve got that covered, you can move on: How to Add a Custom Logo to Your OpenDNS PagesHow to Add a Custom Message to Your OpenDNS PagesHow to Change Your Network Administrator Contact Email in OpenDNS for Network Feedback...

The ISO image is available in over 20 languages and is free to download. The 64-bit file is close to 4 GB (3.92) and the 32-bit version is just over 3GB (3.01). With the ISO image you can burn a DVD or create a bootable flash drive to install it on a physical machine. My favorite tool for creating a Windows 10 bootable flash drive is a free utility called Rufus, which you can read how to do here....

Download YouTube Premium Video iOS or Android There are no extensions or apps to install to get started; sign up for YouTube Premium and in addition to commercial-free content (a huge benefit for many users), downloading videos is a piece of cake. When you find a video and start watching it, tap the Download button and choose the quality of the video you want to download. Obviously, the higher the quality, the larger the file, and the more space it requires on your device....

Windows BitLocker Hardware Requirements For BitLocker to work, you need a PC with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). According to Microsoft: If your system meets those requirements, you’ll have no problem enabling BitLocker on your local drive. But, your computer might not meet those requirements. Luckily there’s a workaround provided you’re not running a Home version of Windows. To turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption on the operating system drive, your PC’s hard disk must:...