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    Dear LM dev team,

    My Windows Live account has a primary login, along withh 3 linked accounts, all of which seem to be working normally with respect to logging in to Windows Live services.

    Now, when I try to login to http://m.mesh.com, only the primary login works. The others are accepted, and I get authenticated, BUT there is a polite error message saying that I need to go to the desktop Live Mesh and "activate my account". At this point, it's not clear what to do. 

    Plese let me know.

    Follow-up:

    So as an experiment in "account activation" I tried logging in to the Live Mesh desktop with the alternate linked accounts, and was able to do so. However, they do not show the same folders as my primary account.

    And now when using the alternate accounts on the Windows Mobile 6.1 phone, same as on the desktop, I'm in LM, but with empty folders.

    How could we set up LM so that a number of accounts could all "see" the same shared content?





    Regards,

    Nick 
    DigitalDirect Development Corporation
    Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:01 PM

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     Basically, the linked accounts now have their own Live Mesh personalities. They are linked from an account perspective in LiveID accounts, but they are unique IDs. If the linked accounts were also Hotmail accounts, for example, when you switch IDs you are looking at each IDs mail, not a consolidated view of all mail and not a view of any other ID's mail. It is the same with Live Mesh. You log in with a LiveID to see that ID's Mesh. Logging in with a different LiveID will present a different desktop/Mesh. For them to be viewing the same content, you would need to share the folders from the main ID to the "linked" IDs.
    -steve
    Microsoft MVP Windows Live / Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
    Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:40 PM
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    I don't think the linked accounts work in Live Mesh. I tried the same thing a while ago and instead of accepting your alternate credentials it actually creates another mesh under that ID/password. Thius the different look. The two meshes are actually not linked even though the credentials are.

    It would be interesting to have linked credentials though, as that would make possible a "joint" mesh, or group mesh where people could collaborate on documents. This might be an interesting senario for businesses too. Having a company instituted/maintained mesh.
    Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:22 PM
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    LorencM said:
    It would be interesting to have linked credentials though, as that would make possible a "joint" mesh, or group mesh where people could collaborate on documents. This might be an interesting senario for businesses too. Having a company instituted/maintained mesh.


    Can't you do that now by sharing a folder with someone else? But, depending on the document, is this the best way to share the information, as opposed to a wiki or content management system/forum software, or version control system? I guess the answer is "it depends".
    Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:03 PM
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     Basically, the linked accounts now have their own Live Mesh personalities. They are linked from an account perspective in LiveID accounts, but they are unique IDs. If the linked accounts were also Hotmail accounts, for example, when you switch IDs you are looking at each IDs mail, not a consolidated view of all mail and not a view of any other ID's mail. It is the same with Live Mesh. You log in with a LiveID to see that ID's Mesh. Logging in with a different LiveID will present a different desktop/Mesh. For them to be viewing the same content, you would need to share the folders from the main ID to the "linked" IDs.
    -steve
    Microsoft MVP Windows Live / Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
    Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:40 PM
    Moderator