Windows Live rollout sketchy, team apologizes

Microsoft's Live Team has apologized for the bumpy rollout of the new Windows Live services that began yesterday, and acknowledged a number of problems that need to be fixed.

Yesterday, Microsoft began the rollout of the new Windows Live, which joins Microsoft's Home, Spaces, Events, Groups, and other services into a single, more Friendfeed-style social portal. However, the initial updates proved to be buggy and problematic for users.

At the end of the day, Microsoft acknowledged some of the most prevalent problems, and apologized to users for the "growing pains" that it attributed to network problems. The most commonly reported problems included the inability to send out network invitations, and registered LiveID users showing up as "No Name." Of the more than one hundred comments in the Live Blog apology, in fact, all are by "No Name" users.

Some issues, however, were related to outright delays. Namely, the ability to link Twitter and Flixster updates to a user's newsfeed. Microsoft is reportedly working with those sites to provide their real-time updates shortly.