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Recently I talked about keeping several computers, in different locations up-to-date with the latest versions of my files.\u00a0 Microsoft’s Mesh<\/a> has solved this problem.\u00a0 Yesterday, I received my invitation to participate in the closed beta.\u00a0 I didn’t have to pull any strings or call in favors to get the invite.\u00a0 I went to the web site, filled out the request and waited for a few days.\u00a0 It was worth the wait.<\/p>\n Once I had the account, I logged into the Mesh site.\u00a0 I was presented with the picture above (without my computers that have been added).\u00a0 I went to each of my computers and clicked the Add Device button.\u00a0 A system tray program was installed and that computer was a part of my mesh.<\/p>\n I started with my presentations, since I have a lot of them.\u00a0 I copied them into a mesh-share called Presentations.\u00a0 Here is where it gets really cool.\u00a0 From another computer I opened a PowerPoint that was in the mesh-share.\u00a0 I didn’t copy it to the computer; I merely opened it.\u00a0 I made an adjustment and saved it.\u00a0 The final version was instantly available to all the machines in my mesh.<\/p>\n In Windows Explorer, a new right-click item is added to the menu.\u00a0 It’s called “add folder to live mesh” and it permits any mesh member to synchronize a local folder with other computers on the mesh.<\/p>\n On top of the file synchronization, mesh adds a remote control feature to any computer on the mesh.\u00a0 I can already do this with a combination of VNC and Hamachi.\u00a0 I did test out the feature in mesh just to see how it works.\u00a0 It was slower than VNC.\u00a0 I\u00a0also had a problem connecting to my home desktop with dual monitors.\u00a0 The remote display was resized to the equivalent of one screen (half the normal size).\u00a0 There may be a way to fix this, but I didn’t see the need to invest the time to research it as this remote control solution will be a backup for what I already use.<\/p>\n I am still playing around with all the features of Microsoft Mesh.\u00a0 I will certainly add a post as\u00a0I become more proficient in its use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Recently I talked about keeping several computers, in different locations up-to-date with the latest versions of my files.\u00a0 Microsoft’s Mesh has solved this problem.\u00a0 Yesterday, I received my invitation to participate in the closed beta.\u00a0 I didn’t have to … Continue reading ![\"livemeshicon.png\"](\"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/livemeshicon.png\" "\\"livemeshicon.png\\"")
Next I went to my Live Desktop.\u00a0 This is where I can share resources between computers.\u00a0 By clicking the Create New Folder icon a “mesh-share” is automatically created and shared among all the computers in my mesh.\u00a0 A short-cut to this share is added to my desktop and any files dropped into that folder are automatically synchronized on each computer in my mesh.<\/p>\n![\"livemeshdesktop.png\"](\"http:\/\/www.trustyetc.com\/trustyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/livemeshdesktop.png\")
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