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updating blog using windows live writer

I am testing Windows Live Writer, a product that came as a free package for the Windows Live Products. It impressively connects to your blogs, like my blog site which uses WordPress, simply install and enter your username and password on your WordPress site, make sure you check XML-RPC on your Wordpress Dashboard  to enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog and Blogger XML-RPC publishing protocols.

Now using Windows Live Writer, blogging has never been as easy as typing it on your MS Word, and not on an HTML crappy plug in that takes ages to load sometimes and doesn’t really work that well. As an almost MS Word look-alike, it features spell-check feature and a Preview Tab so you can check how it will look like into your site.

It also connects to your Windows Live Photos, so you can insert your windows live albums as easy as this: