I recently replaced my 8 year old workstation with a new Windows 8.1 system with an SSD drive. One of the  software apps I use all the time is Windows Live Writer 2012 to post blogs to my website.

Thanks to Scott Hanselman for his post on where to download Live Writer 2012. I was glad to see that someone else also loves using Live Writer!

Here are the steps to installing it on your workstation:

• Download the software from this link:
  http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/essentials
• Select the option to “Choose the programs you want to install”
  
• Make sure that Writer is the only program checked
  
• Select the blog service you use (WordPress, in my case) 
  
• Enter your login and password for your blog site
  

Happy blogging!