Tech Informer

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Windows 8 will sync with your Windows Live ID





Microsoft will offer the ability to sign into Windows 8 with a Windows Live ID, a move that places the next-generation operating system in heightened competition with both Google Android and Apple’s upcoming iCloud.

According to a Sept. 26 posting on the “Building Windows 8” blog, doing so will “ensure that each PC user has a truly personal experience that seamlessly bridges their online and offline tasks, is simpler to set up and use, and persists across their set of Windows 8 PCs.”

A newly purchased Windows 8 PC will give users the option of creating an account linked to a Windows Live ID. From that point forward, signing into any Windows 8 PC with that Windows Live ID will activate the user’s personalized settings on that machine. Those settings apparently include “lock screen picture, desktop background, user tile, browser favorites and history, spell check dictionaries, Explorer settings, mouse settings, and accessibility settings.”

That Windows Live ID will also sync Windows 8’s Metro-style apps, including their settings and most recent state. Users will have the ability to customize which settings sync between PCs. Websites that leverage the Windows Live ID, such as Hotmail, will not require a second sign-in after the initial log-in to Windows 8.

The ability to sync across multiple devices is a growing trend in the tech world, with different companies offering their own variation on the theme. Use your laptop to send an email via Gmail, for example, and your nearby Google Android tablet will update to reflect the new communication. Apple’s iCloud, due to ship this fall, will sync contacts, calendar, email, photos and music between users’ various devices.

source- eWeek

6 comments:

Intraman said...

Man, I'm still using XP... wonder when I will have to switch to windows 8... (hopefully not anytime soon)

Raymond Sequenza said...

I'm still in Vista, hopefully I won't have to switch either.

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Ingönyama said...

windows 8 looks awful in my opinion, just more eye candy for apple fanboys

MaJetiGizzle said...

Cool, but I won't be getting Windows 8 anytime soon...

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Crisalys said...

Maybe it's just me but I have little to no interest in the current technology trend about expanding connectivity between different platforms. I'm also not that interested in Windows 8, but let's see how it goes. Nice article

Miami Design said...

I hope its a step forward unlike some of the past windows OS. Going to have a new computer by then hopefull!