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Windows Essentials 2012 gets a minor October 2012 update

A few months back in Aug , we had seen the release of a new version of Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery 2012 for Windows 7 and Windows 8. We had also seen what’s new in Windows Movie Maker and [...]

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Complete list of what’s new in Movie Maker 2012 and Photo Gallery 2012

Recently Microsoft released new versions of Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery for Windows 7 and Windows 8. We had earlier seen some of the features included in the new version. In this post we will check all the new [...]

Windows Essentials 2012: Download links for 48 languages

In our earlier post Windows Photo Gallery 2012 and Movie Maker 2012, we had provided the English language download links for Windows Essentials 2012. Now the Windows Essentials are available in language of your choice in 48 languages including in [...]

Windows Photo Gallery 2012 and Movie Maker 2012 released

Microsoft today announced the new versions of Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery for Windows 7 and Windows 8. As we had earlier seen Microsoft decided to drop Windows Live branding with Windows 8 – as a result, the new [...]

Windows Live Essentials 2011 updated to Build 15.4.3555.308

Microsoft has released an update for Windows Live Essentials 2011. The announcement was made by Steven Abrahams, Lead Program Manager – Windows Live. “Today, we released an update for Windows Live Essentials 2011 in all 48 languages. This minor release includes [...]

Download latest Windows Live Essentials 2011 Build 15.4.3538.0513

Two days back Microsoft announced that Windows Live Essentials 2011 15.4.3538.0513 would be available for download soon. It is now available for download. This new version improves performance and quality of service and would also includes full support for SSL (Secure [...]

How to track and monitor activities using Windows Live Family Safety

In my earlier post I told about How to set up and configure Parental Controls in Windows 7. Now I will tell you how to add extra Parental Controls to track activities and monitor web activities of your kids. In addition [...]

FAQ: Forthcoming Windows Live Essentials 2011 QFE1 Performance Update

If you are a user of Windows Live Essentials 2011 on Windows Vista or Windows 7 and have enabled Microsoft Update, then an update will be made available in the coming week (Mar 21st, 2011). This update includes a set [...]

What’s new in Windows Live Writer 2011, since Beta Refresh

As we have seen, the final version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 was made available few days back. And Windows Live Writer is one of the popular apps in the Essentials suite. Let us see what are the new features [...]

How to switch languages in Windows Live Essentials 2011

You must have read our earlier post Links for Windows Live Essentials 2011 Offline Installers for ALL languages. The new Windows Live Essentials 2011 now also supports Multi-language User Interface (MUI).

Photograph yourself with your clone using Photo Fuse

As you know Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite was released yesterday. One of the App in that suite is the Windows Live Photo Gallery. The new Photo Gallery comes with great new features such as facial recognition, improved retouch tools, [...]

Direct download links for individual Windows Live Essentials 2011 programs

We have shared with you the links for Windows Live Essentials 2011 Offline Installers for ALL languages. But if you want to download only specific programs from the Windows Live Essentials 2011 suite, like maybe Windows Live Mail or Messenger, [...]

Links for Windows Live Essentials 2011 Offline Installers for ALL languages

The final version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 are now available for download. Here is the list of and the links to the offline installers in all the available languages.

Windows Live Essentials 2011 final version available for download

Windows Live Essentials 2011 is finally out of beta and is now available for download. The Windows Live Essentials 2011, Wave 4, beta refresh was released over a month back, and it is good to see the final version being [...]

Explore Windows Live site is now available in 48 languages, across 78 markets

Explore.live.com the central portal for all Windows Live Service and software is now available in 48 languages, across 78 markets.

Windows Live Photo Gallery vs. iPhoto vs. Picasa Comparision Chart

Sometime back we had seen a comparative chart for Windows Live Essentials Vs Apple iLife and also for Windows Live Messenger vs other Messengers. Here is a chart showing head-to-head comparison of Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 beta against Apple’s [...]

Head-to-Head comparison: Windows Live Essentials Vs Apple iLife

Here is a head-to-head comparison of Application Suites of Windows Live Essentials against Apple iLife. The chart says it all! Have a look!

Download Windows Live Essentials 2011, Beta 2

Windows Live Essentials 2011, Wave 4, beta refresh, has been released and is now available for download. The new installer weighs in at about 151MB for the full installer and carries the build number 15.4.3001.0809. UPDATE 30th Sept 2010 : [...]

Offline Installer links for Windows Live Essential Wave 4 Beta

With the previous Windows Live Essential version it was possible to download the full installer file e.g. on a memory stick and install Windows Live Essentials without or slow dial up internet connections. But this isn’t the case in wave [...]

Windows Live Essentials beta are now available for download

Windows Live Essentials beta are now ready and available for download from the Microsoft website.

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