What is Windows Live Essentials?
It’s a suite of free programs for your PC running Windows that makes it easy to create and share polished movies, organize your e?mail, and more.
Do more with Windows
Windows Live Essentials includes free programs from Microsoft for photos, instant messaging, e?mail, blogging, family safety, and more. Get them all in one download and get more done with Windows.
With Essentials, you get Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Writer, Family Safety, and Toolbar, plus Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, Office Live Add-in, and Microsoft Silverlight.
Features:
Essentials includes Windows Live Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Messenger, Mesh, Mail, Family Safety, and Writer.
Photo Gallery
It’s a snap to get your photos and videos from your camera to your PC. Fix and organize your photos and then share them with friends and family online. Make your great photos look even better, and create impressive panoramic photos too.
Movie Maker
# Turn photos and videos into great-looking movies and slide shows that you can share with your friends and family—on YouTube or other websites, or on DVD.*
# Movie Maker isn’t available for Windows XP or earlier versions of Windows.
* DVD burning is available on Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, and Windows 7 Ultimate.
Mail
Access your e?mail, contacts, and calendar even when you’re offline. And Windows Live Mail helps you manage multiple e?mail accounts—Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail Plus, and more—in one program.
Messenger
Messenger is the best way to stay in touch with close friends. Share photos while you chat. Talk face-to-face in real time with video chat. Even see social updates your friends have shared.
Windows Live Essentials 2011 contains the following applications:
* Windows Live Messenger
* Windows Live Mail
* Windows Live Writer
* Windows Live Sync
* Windows Live Companion
* Windows Live Family Safety
* Windows Live Photo Gallery and Movie Maker
* Bing Bar
