What to DO when you can not post your blog to blogger.com using Live Writer

Do you ever experience that you can not post your blog to blogger.com using Windows Live Writer ? It seems that Google has blocked your blogger account because every time you try to post your blog it always returned with an error message. Is it true that Google has blocked your blogger account ?

As the user of Windows Live Writer, I’ve experienced this difficulty before. And after googling to find the answer, finally I found the answer of the problem.

From support.google.com, it said that :

Google may block sign in attempts from some apps or devices that do not  use modern security standards. Since these apps and devices are easier to break into, blocking them helps keep your account safer.

Some examples of apps that do not support the latest security standards include :

• The Mail app on your iPhone or iPad with iOS 6 or below
• The Mail app on your Windows phone preceding the 8.1 release
• Some Desktop mail clients like Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird

Further, it said that :

TO help keep your account secure, we may block these less secure apps from accessing your account, and you’ll see a “Password Incorrect” error when trying to sign in. If this is the case, you have two options :

• Upgrade to a more secure app that uses the most up to date security measures. All Google products, like Gmail, use the latest security measures
• Go to “Allow less secure apps” from your Google Account Sign-in & security setting. The button to turning on or off the “Allow less secure apps” setting can be found in “Connected apps & sites” menu.

If you choose the second option by turning on the “Allow less secure apps” from your Google Account, then you’ll be able to post your blog to blogger.com again by using Windows Live Writer.

But, please be noted that if you do this, later you’ll get an email from Google warning you that :

YOU are no longer protected by modern security standards. If you made this change please be aware that it is now easier for an attacker to break into you account.

I think if you still want to use Live Writer as your blogging tool to post your blog to blogger.com you have no other choice but to accept the risk and go ahead (HRD).

WPS Office, the freeware Alternative for Microsoft Office. Now with File Roaming ability

Microsoft Office, is no doubt, one of the most popular office suite of desktop applications, servers and services for both Microsoft Windows and OS X Operating Systems. It also runs on various devices with its Office Mobile for Windows Phone, Android Phones and also for iPhone. While, the version of Office for iPad was launched in March 2014. A web-based version of MsOffice called Office Online is also available.

But, if you can not afford the price you have to pay to obtain the license, I think Kingsoft Office may become one of the best alternative for freeware office app.

Kingsoft Office, or now called WPS Office, is 100% free to use. PC World crowned it as the best Microsoft Office alternative (read the review in here). CNET also championed Kingsoft Office Free 2012 as one of the top Microsoft Office alternatives for Windows (read the review further in here). Based on its official website, this office suite already used by over 250 million Windows users worldwide. With its latest version of WPS Office 2014 (beta), it supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well. Other than Windows, it also available for another Operating Systems such as Linux, iOS and Android.

WPS Office is fully compatible with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint. It supports DOC, XLS, PPT, TXT files (Read further in here).

In the recently-released new version of WPS Office 2014 (Version 9.1.0.4746), it already bundled with the new feature called File Roaming.

What is File Roaming ? As described within the official website, by using File Roaming, once you open a document in WPS Office, it will be automatically saved in WPS Cloud. You can access the same document to view and edit it when you log in to WPS Office in other devices. Read further how to use File Roaming feature of WPS Office : in here

Read also the latest review of WPS Office by CNET : WPS Office: The best free office suite since Kingsoft