@jagowar

Here's a copy and paste from the Live Mesh help page.

If you're using Windows Vista, you must have User Account Control (A feature in Windows Vista that can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. It will ask you for permission or an administrator password before performing actions, such as installing new software or changing settings, that could affect your computer's operation.) enabled to install the Live Mesh software. To enable the Live Mesh Remote Desktop enhancements, you must be logged on to Windows Vista using an administrator account.

As to your question why? I can at least promise you the intention is not to annoy people :)

1. make sure you kill FolderShare (and maybe SkyDrive.) We don't want to see again this branding complexity for same products and canibalism between tools. I don't see the difference. Maybe there is, but it will never be obvious to the consumer.
2. Will it be integrated in the overall Windows Live services or be a different service?

Yes, if you could use other sources other than SkyDrive that would open up a lot of opportunities. If Home Server or Windows Server that would be very nice.

Does the mesh app support encryption between other mesh members?

This looks like a great product. It would be even cooler if I could use my Windows Home Server as the back end storage instead of SkyDrive.

• A way to allow web developers to allow users to access this storage through their site easily, for example go onto facebook or something and allow the user to sign on andget those files wherever they are. Alternativey have a way to allow sites to be added as a sharing friend for a shared folder so I can synchronise folders on my PC with a (e.g.)photosharing site directly, no middle man... I would love to see better integration of the Live services just for them to get more attention from people my age (20).
• In the distant future I wonder if this could achieve one bit of techy nivana for me- allow me to use this connection to my home PC to allow me to plug my Zune into another PC and still use the marketplace. Software+services is great but software+services+hardware would be an amazing combination. It would still have to be my zune and my live ID but it would be nice to be able to use it elsewhere e.g. work.

As I said, it is impressive, and great job, I just hope to see it go beyond what we see as a desktop doing (even if it is some spiffy web desktop). A mesh to me involves connecting MANY places.