Update for Windows Live Sign-In Assistant (KB 947449)

XP Pro SP2

The above is an optional update offered in MS Updates.

Apparently allows you to view all your WLM accounts when you sign in to
IE7.

Haven't installed it yet.

If all it does is open WLM when you launch IE7, I wont bother.

Anybody know anything more?

Tried getting further info but "Page is unavailable at the moment" - it
figures.

> The above is an optional update offered in MS Updates. On my Vista system installing the update enabled the message store to be
compacted without having to disable the sign-in feature.

I think the point is that is allows you to link multiple Live/Passport
accounts. When you sign into one, it signs into all others.


"Smirnoff" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, I installed it, ...Vgood it looks like the LOG-on screen of XP pro, shows
you all the Possible users for Looging in. I want to add that i am in the
middle of an issue where IE 7 locks up one or two tabs on me....I might be
UNinstalling , still working on the add-ons....

"osu9400" wrote:

Thanks for the feedback. I'm still confused though, also with osu9400's
comment.

When I open WLM, it signs in and looks for messages on:

BT Yahoo Mail (with sub-accounts ***@btinternet.com)

Hotmail (the old one ***@hotmail .com)

and

Windows Live (****@live.co.uk)

i.e. it already does it.

I know this update relates to the opening of IE7 but why would you need
it if WLM does it anyway and you are the sole user?


"RickT" <RickT@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I may have the answer to my own question.

As I am the sole user, I have auto login in set up. Therefore, I don't
see any log in options at all, comp goes straight to Desktop after boot
up.

As stated, WLM logs into and looks for messages in ALL my accounts.

This may be because I already had the earlier version of Sign in
Assistant.

There were no options available in IE7 to pick a specific user log in
(i.e. @hotmail. com or @live .co.uk)

I installed the new version anyway (can always uninstall) but still
don't see any options in IE7.

Auto log in is probably the reason.


"Smirnoff" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think you're barking up the wrong tree. The Sign-in Assistant seems to
have been invented to solve the problem many of us had in earlier Live days,
when you could only log in to Live services with one ID at a time, for
example, Messenger and Mail or Hotmail and Spaces. From KB943595:
"Sign in assistant
This Windows Internet Explorer add-in will help make the sign-in experience
faster and more convenient if you have more than one Windows Live ID. A key
feature gives you the ability for to save multiple credentials on your
computer. These multiple accounts are shown as a list on the sign-in page.
You can even save your password for each of your accounts. This eliminates
the need to re-type your password every time that you want to change your
identity!"

The WLMail sign-in has no bearing on mail retrieval or synchronization. The
accounts that are checked are those associated with your Windows log on. The
Sign-in identifies which Live contacts to synchronize and which Messenger ID
to log on with if you use the launch icon in the bottom left hand corner.

The KB article is available again, but it doesn't say much. I suspect the
update is just refining the older version. It's still a bit
--
Noel

"Smirnoff" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Er, I THINK I understand you. Are we talking Windows Live MESSENGER
here?

If I open LMessenger, I get all my Live ID's in a pull down menu.

Can't see any links in IE7.

Don't get a sign in page in IE7.

Please have patience with this confused soul.

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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My earlier comment about auto log in may apply. I realise now that it is
the Windows sign in page that is supposed to have ID's listed, not
IE7's.

As I am the sole user, I got fed up with logging in each time. Went to

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231

After following the instructions, Windows kindly added at the BOTTOM,
that there is NO NEED TO ALTER THE REGISTRY in XP Pro to enable auto log
in (how pitiful).

So, presumably I wont see the options of the add in as I DO have auto
log in.

Don't feel like messing around with the registry again.

"Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I can see and understand your confusion! We are talking about (at least) two
different things. When you start your computer, you have to tell WindowsXP
who you are so that Windows can load your own personal settings and display
*your* documents and *your* e-mail as opposed to someone else's. Since
you're the sole user, this is fairly academic except as regards security -
anyone starting your computer now will have access to all your files.
Telling WindowsXP who you are is called *logging* on (or in).

The other thing is using Windows *Live* services. To get the most out of
these - which include WLMail, WLMessenger, Hotmail, Spaces and lots of other
things - you have to *sign* in with a Windows Live ID, which might be your
Hotmail address. If you have more than one Live ID, Windows *Live* might get
just as confused as you if you use more than one of them at the same time.
So they invented the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant to sort out that
confusion. This is advertised as an add-in to IE, because using most Live
services involves using your browser. If you go to live.com and click the
sign-in button, you will see the page you have been looking for where your
Live IDs are listed.

That little word Live is very important!
--
Noel

"Smirnoff" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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