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A Live Mesh beta deadpool reminder

Feb 25, 2011 10:19 pm by Kip Kniskern | 8 comments

An email reminder was sent out today by Windows Live to Live Mesh beta participants, reminding them that the beta will be completely shut down on March 31, and any data stored on the Live Mesh beta servers will be lost. LiveSide readers will remember a similar email from last October, this one is just a bit of a more urgent reminder:

Dear Live Mesh beta participant,
You’re receiving this message because you used the Live Mesh beta from Microsoft. On March 31, 2011, the beta of Live Mesh will end, and the Live Mesh beta will stop working. After March 31, you won’t be able to access any files stored online in your Live Desktop or connect to your PCs remotely using the Live Mesh software. Microsoft will not be able to help you retrieve any files you have stored online after this date. Your files will also stop syncing between your computers and your Live Mesh online storage. Please read below for actions we recommend you take.

Just to clarify, this is for the Live Mesh beta, and not Windows Live Mesh, which is available today via Windows Live Essentials. If you still have blue Live Mesh folders on your desktop, you’re in the Live Mesh beta, and need to take action:

What you need to do before Live Mesh beta shuts down
To prevent loss of any of your files, please sync all files from your Live Desktop so that you have them on your computer when the Live Mesh beta service is shutdown. To do this, follow these steps:
On your Live Desktop, right-click any Live Mesh folders not yet synced with your computer, and then click Sync with this computer. Make sure all the folders on your Live Desktop have desktop shortcuts.
Select where you want each folder to sync, and then click OK. If a folder has a lot of files, this might take a while. Open each folder and make sure all the files are downloaded.

Hopefully you’ve already moved off the Live Mesh beta, if you’re still hanging on, time to get moving or risk losing data!

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http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Wesley-Williams/711180509 Wesley Williams
I’m hanging on until the end. I want to see what happens when they turn off the lights, but mainly I’m just praying the remote desktop feature still works. Unlikely I know, but I’d rather be forced to go to another service rather than go voluntarily.
- Bnlf
  you just need to uninstall the BETA and install the final version. whats wrong with that? final version still has remote desktop and all the features
  =)
- Anonymous
  I wouldn’t do that if I was you…
- Damaster – LiveSide.net
  The final version of Windows Live Mesh 2011 has the same remote desktop feature as Live Mesh (it’s even been improved a bit). So if that’s all you’re using that for I suggest you upgrade. Of course, this is unless you’re using Windows XP.
http://www.facebook.com/lorenzoarredondo Lorenzo Arredondo
I used the beta and now am on the current version with the Essentials and I gotta say I miss the beta version. Not having the cloud desktop is something I miss, along with the folders that have a news feed of what changes I’ve made. Most importantly, I miss having my windows XP work machine get support so now not all of my files sync between my Win7 at home and the XP machine at work.
- Anonymous
  Agreed. Biggest feature I miss is being able to upload documents back into synced folders. I work and attend classes at a university, and thus use many shared/public computers. Rather than log into my Live Desktop at any PC, I now have to upload any files I create or edit to the “regular” SkyDrive, then when I get to a computer I own that syncs I have to download the files again, then upload them again by placing them in their proper synced folders.
http://twitter.com/AlexMedia Alex van Herwijnen
I guess it’s time to move on to Dropbox then.
Anonymous
Windows Live Mesh needs some more features from Live Mesh. Like some form of cloud print. Also, it NEEDS Office Web Apps. It really does.