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Live Writer Technical Preview Triggers False Expiration

4 September, 2008

I use Windows Live writer to post and so far it has been very convenient but yesterday I came across this window which was prompting me to update my version because it was going to expire. So I used their download button and it took me to the ?Windows Live? page where I found out(after a lot of meddling?because they don?t have any sense to make a page or software user friendly) that there was no update. So after searching around I came across this article which says its an error caused by Live Writer and its solutions. So if you use the technical preview and you have go this error read below for more details on it.

For those of you who downloaded the Technical Preview and have used Writer in the last couple of days, you may have seen a notification to upgrade to the new version only to be directed to http://get.live.com/writer to find that there is nothing new to install.

On Monday (September 1, 2008) the Technical Preview of Writer started erroneously triggering expiration for October 1, 2008.  We have fixed the issue that was causing the false expiration.  While the Technical Preview of Writer will not expire on October 1, you may still see this notification again. 

When you see this notification, click the ?Ask Me Later? button and you will be able to continue using Writer without any change.

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

The Windows Live Writer Team

Source: Writer Zone