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Windows Live was the brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform.

Windows Live was the brand name for a set of services and software products from Microsoft; part of their software plus services platform. In April 2013, the website was closed down. A majority of these services are Web applications, accessible from a browser, but there are also client-side binary applications that require installation. There are three ways in which Windows Live services are offered: Windows Essentials applications, web services, and mobile services.

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Possible to programatically create sync profile on Windows live mesh 2011

I'm creating application in c#. My customer need to sync program settings on windows live. I need to create windows live mesh profile like "Internet explorer favorites" I'm can not found any developer tool and help. Is it possible?
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What is the correct way to use access_token?

I'm trying to use OAuth. In this example the provider was Windows Live. The redirect returned this fragment. I have added line breaks before the ampersands to make it a bit easier to…
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How do I get a cookie form the Passport.js callbackURL?

So I am trying to use Passport.js and Node.js to login to Bungie.net. So I used WindowsLive Authentication which works, but what I really want to do is grap the cookies from the callbackURL and come back to my app. Does anyone know how to do this?…
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sign in with windows live connect, similar to Google's "postmessage"

I have a "Sign in with Google" button in my web app, which opens the consent window, gets a code after the user logs in and sends it to my server, for server side validation. This is the Javascript code I use: gapi.load('auth2', function() { …
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Outlook.com REST API - Backwards compatability with LiveID Live SDK

I'm using the new unified Outlook Rest API and it works great for Office 365 accounts but Outlook.com accounts often throw MailboxNotEnabledForRESTAPI exception. I understand there is transition going on now that will move all existing accounts to…
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How to verify a Windows Live Connect JWT authentication_token?

I'm using the Windows Live Connect javascript SDK to log in a user on a web page. In order to pass the identity assertion to my server, this SDK provides a signed JWT token as WL.getSession().authentication_token. It appears to be a standard JWT,…
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not able to log in to azure mobile service: "Request could not be completed. (Unauthorized)

I am developing a mobile service with a .Net backend and am not able to sign my app in to the new service. I am able to run the web application in debug mode locally, but I fail when I try to authenticate the app on the live service. So far, I've…
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Creating a calendar event on windows live REST API

I'm always getting time-outs (60sec) after making a post to create an event. URL: https://apis.live.net/v5.0/me/events JSON: { "id": "", "name": "Google 3", "description": "mychild event", "calendar_id":…
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Email links in Yahoo mail removing href attribute and live.com adding https

Facing an issue with the email URL's on my application.I send users the links for sharing files via email.The links is to login page on my application,which authenticates the user.Now the link in emails behaves different in different mail…
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LiveConnect functionality for desktop application - no API?

I'm trying to connect to outlook.com via the Live Connect-API. This however only seems to be for WP8 and Windows 8 devices. What shall I do to access outlook.com (delete calendar &import a .ics file) from a Windows 7 desktop? Is there some neat API…
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Unable to make work ExchangeUserCredentialForToken from DotNetOpenAuth

I'm using DotNetOpenAuth to aunthenticate a user, and I'm unable to make it work. This is my code: public string AuthenticateUser( string key, string secret, string user, string password, AuthorizationServerDescription…
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Live SDK LiveAuthClient.InitializeAsync error

Working on my app to allow backups to skydrive, I was able to get the "SignIn" button to work properly. After further refinement I'm starting to use LiveAuthClient.InitializeAsync but it seems no matter where I put it (UI thread or not) or what…
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Windows Live Authenticaton

Is it possible to make HttpWebRequest query to windows Live ID enabled web sites? What is the method of authentication knowing username and clear text password? Could not found anything like that in Live ID SDK.
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Prevent WebBrowser Control in C# from launching external IE pop-up when logging into Windows Live

This is for a Desktop C# app in Visual Studio 2012. I need to use a WebBrowser control in C# to log into a Windows Live instance, getting the control to open the page is nothing, but signing in is causing me a headache. I've tried about 4 different…
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Windows 8 metro app single-sign-on using Windows Live SDK

I am building Windows8 metro app and need to implement single sign on and connecto to skydrive. Code from various sources that I referred (mentioned at the end)... WL.init({ scope: "wl.signin" }); WL.login().then( function…
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