Let’s stay I want to share a picture of my 3 month old son with my mom who loves to print her favorite photos of her grandson. Santa brought her a nice photo printer last Christmas. To make the photo look great when printed, it is strongly recommended to print from the highest resolution file. Thankfully Windows Live can help and here is how to do it in just 6 easy steps.

First, let me remind you that Windows Live Photos (http://photos.live.com/) gives you plenty of online space to store and share your pictures. On average, based on a quick calculation, 25GB should hold from 10,000 to 15,000 pictures, depending on the resolution. The best part is that it’s completely free.

Step one:
If you haven’t already done so, download and install the latest Windows Live Photo Gallery at http://download.live.com

Step two:
Launch Windows Live Photo Gallery from your Programs menu in Windows. On the left side of your screen, you will see all of your pictures organized by Folder, Date and Tags.

Step three:
Select the pictures you want to share online.

Step four:
From the menu at the top, click on Publish and then Online album from the toolbar.

Step five:
You now have the option to choose a name for your album or you can choose an existing album. In order to store and share the original size picture, make sure you choose the Upload Size option to Original. See screenshot below.

When choosing the album, you can set your sharing permissions. You will find additional options including: selecting categories and individuals in your online album (http://photos.live.com/).

Make sure you organize your categories to share with just the people you want with a couple of clicks. This could be the subject of another blog article…

Step six:
After the upload, your pictures are ready to be shared at http://photos.live.com/. Your friends and family  now have two great ways to download your pictures.

1) If they have the new Windows Live Photo Gallery installed (who doesn’t? ;-)) when opening the album, they can choose to download all the pictures from the album. From the More menu, they will find Download with Photo Gallery. See below.

2) They can also choose to download individual pictures by clicking on it and then selecting Download. See below.

Et voila! Your original pictures can now be printed in full resolution.

Hopefully, this quick guide will help you. Don’t hesitate to send us your feedback.

Your Canadian Windows Live team

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This is actually pretty amazing stuff!  Check out the demo video on the site and you’ll know what I mean (hopefully :)).  Warning though, the site is written in French.  I’m going to download the private beta and try it out tonight. 

Real time flight status is now available in Canada!

In an effort to continue offering consumers instant access to information through Live Search, the Answers team has built out the flight status answer for 5 English markets.  This is a huge feature for Canada.

It’s simple to use – just type in the flight number (AC 540) and you’ll receive real-time flight information for both domestic and international flights.

Try it for yourself today on Live.ca!

Examples:

- Air Canada

- West Jet

- Porter

- American