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Using Windows Live ID to Access Your Social Networks and Other Services
If you nd the list too intimidating—it gets bigger all the time as more partners
come on board—then you can use the Categories list on the left to lter it down. For
example, you can click Movies and TV to only see video services.
Connecting an Online Service to Windows Live
For most of these services, you need to be a member—that is, have a user account at
that service—in order to connect it to Windows Live. I’ll use the Flickr photo sharing
site as an example of such a service since it’s very popular, but you can and should of
course connect with whatever services you use.
To select Flickr, click Photos in the Categories list and then click the link for Flickr.
You’re presented with a screen explaining what it means to connect to Flickr, as shown
in Figure 1-12.
FIgure 1-12: Before making the connection, Windows Live will explain what doing so means.
When you click the Add Flickr button, you’ll navigate to the Flickr web site and
be prompted for your Flickr credentials. When you log on, the browser returns you to
Windows Live, notes that you’re connected, and explains what the privacy settings are.
(You can click the Change link to change this, of course.) Click the Connect button to
complete the connection.
You’re returned to the Windows Live Services page, where you can pick another
service to connect.
You’ll do that in a moment, but for now, return to Windows Live Home (live.com).
You’ll see a note about the connection in your Messenger social feed—a list of "What’s
new" items that carries across all connected services—and, if there are any new photos
posted to Flickr, a link to that new content as well. This is shown in Figure 1-13.
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