Windows Live Essentials

“A Suite of Integrated programs which can be downloaded free from Microsoft.”

Windows Live Essentials is a suite of freeware applications by Microsoft which offers several free applications for PC that helps to manage multiple e-mail accounts in one place, make the most of the digital photos, chat with IM, blog publishing, create and share cool videos, and even keep the family safer online.

Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, with the Windows operating system, and with other Windows Live web-based services such as Windows Live Photos and Windows Live Hotmail, so that they operate coherently.

Windows Live Essentials applications can be installed on Windows Vista SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008

ALL ABOUT WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIALS:

The Windows Live Essentials package includes lots of useful software, part of which will be installed to your Computer, while other programs are accessible on the Internet. For example, from any place in the world you can use the Internet to access your personal blog, your e-mail messages, your calendar, and your address book. Do you take a lot of pictures, and do you want to share them with friends? With just a few mouse clicks you can convert your own Windows Live web space into a beautiful photo album. Also, you can edit video files and change them into online movies, or conduct a video conversation and have a live chat with your friends.

Furthermore, you get 25 GB online storage space for your personal files on the Windows Live servers.


THE DIFFERENT UPDATED VERSIONS OF WINDOWS LIVE ESSENTIAL ARE:
• Essentials and Windows Live Dashboard (Wave 1)
• Windows Live Installer (Wave 2)
• Windows Live Essentials 2009 (Wave 3)
• Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4)

Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4):-

Microsoft released a public beta for the next major update for Windows Live Essentials dubbed "Wave 4" on June 24, 2010.The updated applications include Windows Live Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Writer, Family Safety, Mesh, and Messenger Companion. For Windows Live Mesh, the application has been rewritten to be based on the previous Live Mesh, and will allow PC and Mac users to keep their documents, pictures and music in sync across multiple computers. The Wave 4 beta has dropped support for Windows XP, and Windows Vista or Windows 7 is required for its use. The last updated version of applications was released on July 6, 2011
(Build 15.4.3538.0513).

The programs included in Windows Live Essentials package 2011 are:

• Windows Live Mail: Windows Live Mail gives you efficient access to your Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail Plus and other accounts, contacts list and calendars, and you can access previously saved content even when you are offline.

• Windows Live Messenger: Windows Live Messenger is the best way to stay in touch with all your friends, colleagues and your family. It is a fre chat and communication program offered by Microsoft.

• Windows Live Movie Maker: With Windows Live Movie Maker, you can easily turn photos and video memories into great-looking movies to share with family and friends using many of the most popular camera types and file formats with effects, transitions and sound.

• Windows Live Photo Gallery: It is the best tool to organize photos, and from there, you can easily find, fix and share photos online or with your friends and family. It is the best freeware tool used by many photographers.

• Windows Live Family Safety: Windows Live Family Safety is an easy and better way to monitor your children’s computer activities. It enhances the current and standard parental controls feature in windows by adding remote management and a lot of useful functions.

• Windows Live Mesh: Windows Live Mesh accesses the stuff on your computers from almost anywhere, using windows live Mesh one can sync their PCs with SkyDrive Online.

• Bing Bar: Its an easy way to get search result from bing without leaving the website you are on.

• Messenger Companion: Messenger companion see which pages your friends like while you surf the web using internet explorer.


• Windows Live Writer: Windows Live Writer makes it easy for anyone to tell a story or write content and post to your blog like a professional blogger. You can edit photos, insert your videos directly from your PC and add beautiful photo slide shows directly in your blog entries with it.


Windows Live Essentials 2011 System Requirements:

Below are the system requirements. This covers only the basics of requirements.

• Operating System: 32- or 64- bit version of windows 7 or windows vista with service pack 2 and the platform update of windows vista, or windows server 2008 R2, or windows server with service pack 2 and platform update for windows server 2008.

• C.P.U.: 1.6 GHz or higher.

• Memory: 1GB of RAM or higher.

• Screen resolution: 1024 x 524 minimum.

• Internet connection: Internet access is required by no means.

• Graphics card: Windows live movie maker requires a graphics card that supports DirectX 9 or higher and Shader model 2 or higher.

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