How to manually Update the Windows Live Writer to 12.0.1367.1128 or apply KB946058

KB946058 is available using Microsoft Update only. If the group policy prevents you from downloading this update then you can use the following manual workaround.

1. Go to Microsoft Catalog site
2. Type KB946058 in the search field and click on search. You will see this: Update for Windows Live Writer (KB 946058) . Click on Add to Add it to download basket.
3. Click on View Basket and then Click on Download.
4. Select a folder using browse button and click on continue.
5. It will start downloading the files in a folder named Update for Windows Live Writer (KB 946058). File Size: 93.6 MB
6. Once download is complete, expand all-writer_98208e1045c9a7601507b61ed94e27ba598ff527.cab file as follows.
7. Go to dos prompt and type: expand all-writer_98208e1045c9a7601507b61ed94e27ba598ff527.cab writer.msp
8. Run writer.msp by double clicking on it from Windows explorer.

Note: You must install the Final version of Live writer before installing this update.

Imified - Do almost anything using IM

There is this new cool web service IMified that allows you to do almost anything using the IM. You can post entries to your blogs or post what are you doing in twitter or jaiku
It works with GTalk and MSN Live Messenger.

Add Comments to Files in Windows XP

You can store additional information to your files in Windows XP.

1. Open Windows Explorer and select View -> Choose Details... -> Select Comment and Move it up, so that it appears after the name and press Ok.
2. Go to Tools -> Folder Options -> View and Click on Apply to All Folders.
3. Now You can add comments to ant file by right clicking on that file and Selecting Properties -> Summary Tab and adding text to comment field.

If you want to make this process simple and want to add this to right click context menu item for the file, you can do this as follows.

1. Download and install Dsofile.dll from Microsoft site: dsofile.dll
2. Download this zip file and replace the original dsofile.dll file from the following site: Modified dsofile. This resolves the permission denied issue when adding the comment for the first time.
3. Download this vb script addcomment.vbs and store it in c:\scripts or any other folder.
4. Open registry editor
5. Go to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
6. Create shell Key if it does not exists
7. Create a Key Add Comment under Shell Key
8. Create a Key Command under Add Comment
9. Set default value as follows for Command key
10. wscript.exe C:\scripts\addcomment.vbs "%1"

Here is the things in action.