WinVistaClub : Review Of Windows LiveSkyDrive.

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Windows Live SKYDRIVE

Reviewed By : Manan "iMav".

No, its not a space-age car made by Microsoft, but an online file storage and sharing system !!! It offers a storage space of 500 MB. Yes, I agree its less, but 250MB of Hotmail was said to be less and it increased to 5GB, so I'm pretty sure this will too! And yes; a really cool and very very user friendly interface.

This is the home page of your SkyDrive, after you log in.

Creating Folders:

* Create Personal, Shared and Public folders: You decide who has access to each folder.
* Folders work well on any Windows or Macintosh computer with Fire fox 1.5 or higher, or Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.

Protecting Files:

* Your personal folders are password-protected with your Windows Live ID, so only you have access.
* When you create a shared folder, the friends you're sharing with need to sign in with their own Windows Live ID and password.
* Just like at your online bank, all file transfers are protected using Secure Socket Layers (SSL).

Personal

* Use personal folders to back up important files that are only for you.
* Get to your files from any computer with Internet access by signing in with your Windows Live ID.

Shared

* Shared folders make it easy to collaborate with coworkers or classmates.
* You decide how much control each person has over each shared folder. Some can just read what's there: others can add and delete files.
* Everyone who is sharing uses their own Windows Live ID.

Public

* With public folders, anyone on the Internet can view your files, but they can't change them.
* Want to show your public files to others? Just send them a link! Each folder and file has its own web address.
Now this is what all u can do on Skydrive:

Folders have the following options on the top:

And the files/folders have the following options at the bottom ...

This is where you get the url of the file/folder which you want to share. One interesting feature that MS has provided, is the 'embed option with a pre-generated code', to simply copy-paste on blogs or other web pages.

The following are the sharing settings of a folder. You can choose as per your requirement.

The above features are the one's that set it apart from most file sharing services and the fact that your same Hotmail account can be used and also it is FREE !

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