There are few still remembering that talk of Windows Live Essentials debuted all the way back in 2006, even before Windows Vista was released to manufacturing and over a year ahead of Windows Live Wave 2, which introduced the centralized Installer for all Windows Live desktop clients. windows - comments - 21.12.2008
On the path to Wave 3, the Windows Live collection of services and applications debuted into Beta earlier this year, and has been crawling toward RTW ever since. download - comments - 17.12.2008
With the evolution of Windows Live suite of applications and services and the Windows client, Microsoft managed to produce the intersection of its visions. windows - comments - 13.11.2008
Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software.
windows - comments - 1.10.2009
Yesterday I downloaded the installation files for Microsoft Security Essentials beta, Microsofts free consumer antimalware program. So, is it any good? microsoft - comments - 24.6.2009
Just found this on AskVG that the latest version of Nero the famous CD/DVD burning utility on Windows can now be legally downloaded for free! download - comments - 3.8.2009
The folks at Neowin has confirmed that Microsoft Security Essentials will reach its final build in coming weeks. Security Essentials is a free Microsoft anti-virus, anti-spyware that will replace Windows Live One Care (which is not free). microsoft - comments - 21.9.2009
Last year, Microsoft announced that it was halting development of its highly regarded Windows Live OneCare product (see my review of Windows Live OneCare 2.0) and would instead release a free anti-malware solution codenamed Morro by the end of 2009. microsoft - comments - 22.6.2009
Microsoft today has released the final version of their free antivirus/antispyware solution for Windows 7, Vista and XP. download - comments - 29.9.2009
Microsoft has begun the second public beta test for its new System Center Essentials 2007, a central management console targeted at small- to medium-sized businesses. Microsoft has had a centralized desktop management offering for some time, Systems Management Server (SMS). microsoft - comments - 19.9.2006
MSE features a a streamlined solution with smaller footprint that focuses on core but comprehensive anti-malware protection including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans. download - comments - 22.6.2009
Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23. microsoft - comments - 18.6.2009
On Monday Microsoft began rolling out Windows Live Spaces, the next generation of the worlds most widely used blogging service, MSN Spaces. The new service includes social networking features designed to help users discover and connect with friends through their trusted contacts and allows customers to personalize their Windows Live Spaces with gadgets. windows - comments - 2.8.2006
After the announcements yesterday about Microsoft's new "live" services the company held a press conference detailing all the products in the Microsoft Live platform.
The company demoed an early version of Office Live, a managed web application for organising calendar, mail and contacts. Office Live will combine Web Hosting, Collaboration of Projects, Business Applications and Communications. Many expect a fully hosted version of Microsoft Office but this is not the company's intension for Office Live. microsoft - comments -
While it is in the process of forcing users of its IM client to upgrade to the latest version of the client-based application, Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows Live Messenger. microsoft - comments - 13.10.2009
Microsoft is currently cooking Wave 3 of its Windows Live suite of products and services. As of July 30, the Redmond company unveiled Windows Live FrameIt, a new Windows Live service built as an integral part of Wave 3. windows - comments - 1.8.2008
Well, almost. It's coming very soon, we promise. But for those who can't wait, here's a sneak peak at all the new features for Windows Live Mail Beta "M5" (M5 is geek speak for Milestone 5). windows - comments - 1.3.2006
We've been hard at work on the new software, and we're pleased to report that the new Windows Live Sync is now available for Windows and the Mac.
microsoft - comments - 12.12.2008
We've heard about Windows Live, Office Live, Visual Studio Live, CRM Live. But now there's the Live granddaddy of them all: The Microsoft Live Labs. microsoft - comments - 26.1.2006
On November 1, 2005, Microsoft announced that it would release a set of services beginning in 2006 under the Windows Live brand. For the most part, the Windows Live services match up with previous projects from MSN, which had been pulled into the Windows division at Microsoft during a late 2005 reorganization. microsoft - comments - 23.1.2006
Today you will see a new product category in WSUS for Windows Live. Windows Live online services include web-based products for consumers, such as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Toolbar. windows - comments - 19.4.2006
Microsoft's new Windows Live section seems to be moving into the hardware business, according to LiveSide. The Redmond-based giant is planning to release 2 WebCams (or, as Microsoft calls them, LifeCams), which will produce high definition pictures, plus high-definition video on select models. microsoft - comments - 14.5.2006
The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5. microsoft - comments - 27.5.2007
After discussion last week that Windows Live OneCare 1.6 had been released, it is now available to all users from onecare.live.com. download - comments - 6.6.2007
Drops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0. microsoft - comments - 1.11.2007
Windows Live OneCare has moved to the next stage in its evolution. At the debut of July, 2008, Microsoft made available for download version 2.5 of its one-size-fits all security solution. download - comments - 10.7.2008
Microsoft is waving goodbye to Symantec and McAfee it seems. On Tuesday, the company opened the doors to its Windows OneCare Live beta, a PC protection and maintenance service that offers an antivirus and firewall, along with tune-up and backup functionality.
Any Windows XP SP2 user can now register to download the latest beta release.
microsoft - comments - 1.12.2005
As we reported a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially rolled out an update to Windows Live Essentials (Build 8064). If you're not familiar with
Windows Live Essentials, it is a suite of applications that include: Windows Live Mail (Desktop Version), Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo
Gallery, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Toolbar, Windows Live Family Safety, and Windows Live Movie Maker Beta. The updates don't appear to
have any new features, but contain lots of fixed bugs especially for Windows 7 users. Microsoft has announced that users still using Windows Live
Messenger 8.1, 8.5, and the latest 9.0 (build 1202) will be asked, not required, to update to 14.0.8064.0206.
Microsoft finally released
today a beta version of its
Windows Live Essentials
service to all beta-testers
that subscribed to the beta
program.
The
point of Windows Live
Essentials is quite simple:
provide a simple way for users
to use the most important
Windows Live Services: Windows
Live Messenger, Windows Live
Mail desktop, Windows Live
Mail, Windows Live Spaces and
Windows Live Dashboard being
the included products as of
yet.
The website
is only available to people
using Internet Explorer 6, so
nothing has changed yet on
compatibility since the
preview, though it is said
that each release will bring
improvements to operating
system, language and web
browser support.
Only some time after LiveSide
posted screenshots of the
upcoming Windows Live
Essentials product, Microsoft
is previewing it in its
internal Windows Live website,
live-int.com.
Unfortunately, the website
can only be seen using
Internet Explorer 6, version 7
and all other browsers being
unsupported at this point. As
opposite to usual internal
Windows Live sites, a download
link to its parent product,
Windows Live Dashboard, is
apparently already available.
Apparently, the
site is often down, so if it
doesn't load when you're
trying to visit, try again
later on...
Microsoft's Windows Live team today formally announced a number of upgrades to the Live platform that constitute its "next generation," a
more unified experience across all the services within Windows Live... betanews.com - 13.11.2008
The Windows Live Team is at it again. Following the major release of the Windows Live Essentials release 3 days ago, the team has released Windows
Live Solution Center. The name is quite a cache though. Most would assume that the website would provide solutions for users using all of the Windows
Live products and services. However, the main focus of the new solution center at the moment is Windows Live Hotmail. The Windows Live team has stated
that more services will be covered in the new solution center at a later date, but that doesn't mean you absolutely cannot ask for help with other
Windows Live products and services.
Since September
we've known that Windows Live would be replacing some built-in Windows applications with the release of Windows 7. At PDC, we got further details:
Microsoft is making this move in order to eliminate confusion between having similar applications (Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail for example), to
avoid any potential lawsuits for stunting competition, and to be able to release and update these programs without having to tie their timelines to
the operating system. The Windows Live applications, Family Safety, Mail, Messenger, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Toolbar, Writer, as well as Microsoft
Office Outlook Connector, will be bundled under the moniker "Windows Live Essentials."
So far, Windows Live has meant what’s now called Windows Live Essentials, the suite of downloadable software (Live
Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker) for a while now, since the Wave 3 beta opened up in September. But the desktop downloads are only half of
Windows Live, and now for the first time we’re about to get our hands on the online bits: Profile, People, Photos, Home.Live.com, and more.
Microsoft's security essentials team has confirmed the final version of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will be made available in the coming
weeks. MSE is Microsoft's free anti-virus and anti-spyware product that is set to replace Microsoft's paid Windows Live OneCare subscription
service which was withdrawn earlier this year. In an email to beta testers the team thanked testers for their participation and encouraged them to
upgrade to version 1.0.1500.0 of the beta to ensure a "smooth experience". Neowin exclusively revealed Security Essentials in June when it was
codenamed "morro". Morro was renamed Security Essentials and appeared in beta form in late June.
Microsoft confirmed today that they plan to release a public beta of Microsoft Security Essentials (formerly codenamed Morro) on June 23. The free
anti-virus product will begin with a beta program next week and an updated beta version over the summer period. Company officials also confirmed that
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) will be launching in fall this year. We have learned that Microsoft is targeting September or at the latest to
have the anti-virus software available for the October 22 Windows 7 launch. Formerly known as Morro, the software giant plans to replace its Windows
Live OneCare offerings with MSE later in the year.
Microsoft has confirmed via its Genuine Windows Blog that only those Windows users running genuine, validated copies will be able to download and
install the new Microsoft Security Essentials software. The Director of Microsoft's Genuine Windows team, Alex Kochis, stated in his post that,
"During installation, you'll be asked to validate Windows running on your PC to make sure that it's genuine." Windows validation is by no
means a new technology, and has been implemented in many of Microsoft's software packages with a few notable exceptions: Internet Explorer 8, for
example, and Windows Update which allows users running pirated copies of Windows to download essential security patches without validation.
Microsoft is continuing to
flesh out its Windows Live
strategy, on Wednesday
releasing beta versions of
Windows Live Photo Gallery and
Windows Live Folders. The
additions will join Windows
Live Mail Desktop, Windows
Live Writer, and a number of
other applications as part of
the Windows Live Suite... betanews.com - 28.06.2007
The release of (Codename Peloton for those keeping track), is expected to mainly take place from 4pm PST (2nd December) onwards, and will include the
release of new services such as Windows Live Groups, Photos and Profile as well as the significantly updated Home and Mobile offerings. No this
doesn't include the release of Windows Live Essentials, the desktop applications.
Note, Hotmail and Calendar are both on a different
release schedule, and as such will remain at their Wave 3 Milestone 2 builds until a later update. So no WebMessenger integration just yet :(
All the new services are available, so check them out.
Windows Live Photos (>) Windows Live SkyDrive () Windows Live
Groups () Windows Live Home ()
Microsoft is offering it's free anti-virus product, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) to 75,000 lucky people today. The company is offering the
product via a beta program and will likely extend the cap of 75,000 downloads depending on demand. MSE is Microsoft's free anti-virus and
anti-spyware product that is set to replace Microsoft's paid Windows Live OneCare subscription service which is being withdrawn a week today.
Earlier this month Neowin exclusively revealed MSE (codenamed Morro) and we believe that the final product will be available shortly before the
Windows 7 launch in October. MSE is being distributed on Microsoft's Connect site as a beta program.
Finally, after a year-long development phase, Microsoft Security Essentials have been publicly released. If you can't wait to get your hands on
Microsoft's latest security software, you don't need to wait any longer. In June, a public-beta was offered, and the download limit was
reached within 24 hours. It will be absolutely free for all users Windows XP, Vista and 7, both in 32bit and 64bit flavors — as long as you have
genuine copy. Microsoft will not bundle it with Windows 7, though, when it's released on October 22nd, 2009.
When you're installing Windows in a virtual machine or on old, slow hardware, you want the leanest, meanest and fastest-running configuration
possible. Most of the time, you want the best from your operating system, including all the bells and whistles. Other times, you don't want the
default, bloated Windows installation, with every single built-in feature slowing you down.
Luckily, whether you want to put
Windows on a diet in a virtual machine or you want to get Windows up and running all snappy-like on older hardware, you've got a handful of excellent
and free options at your disposal. Let's take a look at a few ways to trim down your Windows installation so that it takes up less space on your hard
drive and eats less RAM while it's running.
Brandon LeBlanc: Your Windows Live ID is essentially your online identity for all of the Windows Live services, Xbox Live, Zune and other third party
websites (such as Expedia.com) that utilize Windows Live ID. If you're using Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger, your Windows Live ID
stores all your contacts and email messages. Your Windows Live ID is definitely something you don't want to have compromised and I've got several
pointers - or best practices - in keeping your Windows Live ID safe.
Microsoft's new free security software, Windows Security Essentials, passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying
colors, said independent and trusted firm AV-Test, which tested Essentials, launched yesterday in beta, on Windows XP,
Vista and Windows 7. It put it up against nearly 3,200 common viruses, bot Trojans and worms, said Andreas Marx, one of the firm's managers. The
malware was culled from the most recent WildList, a list of threats actually actively attacking computers. 'All files were properly detected and
treated by the product,' Marx said in an e-mail. 'That's good, as several other scanners are still not able to detect and kill all of
these critters yet.' It also tested well on false positives.
Columnist Rob Tidrow discusses
how to get started with
Windows Live services, set up
your own Windows Live Space,
and participate in the Windows
Live Beta experience... WindowsXP/expertzone - 13.09.2006
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