Category Archives: Windows Live
Windows Live Essentials 2011 released
This evening Microsoft released the final build of Windows Live Essentials 2011 just a month after the last beta refresh. Live Essentials includes the programs like Windows Live Movie Maker, Mail, Messenger, Writer, Sync, and Family Safety and Version 2011 … Continue reading
Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta released
The Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Public Beta has now been released. The beta is only supported on Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 and Windows 7. If you want to play with the public beta download your copy from … Continue reading
Save/import of contacts gone in latest QFE3 update of Windows Live Messenger 2009.
A commenter over at Jonathan Key’s Messenger Geek blog has pointed out a very useful feature has been removed in the latest QFE patch. The ability to backup and restore the Messenger Contacts list. Why this has to be removed … Continue reading
Hotmail passwords leaked online
Tom Warren of Neowin.net is reporting that thousands of passwords have been posted by an anonymous user of Pastebin.com on October 1st, a site commonly used to share source code. The accounts may have been collected by a phishing scam … Continue reading
Update to the Windows Live messenger Service
Over the next few weeks there will be an upgrade to the Windows Live messenger service and the upgrade will happen in two phases as detailed below. The upgrade will include fixes as well as resolve a security vulnerabilities as … Continue reading
Microsoft releases Windows Live Essentials build 8064
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 … Continue reading
Windows Live Essentials released
A few hours ago, Tom Warren announced what Steve Ballmer announced during the keynote address tonight. From what I and many others understood, there was apparently a new build labeled as the “final version” released over at Download.live.com. However this … Continue reading
How To Enable Polygamy In Windows Live Messenger (9.0 RC1)
Many of you will have several WLIDs, and want to sign into Messenger with more than one of them. Until now you had to seek refuge in a patch or add-on to be able to do so. Not anymore! Microsoft’s … Continue reading
Windows Live Messenger and Live Suite Wave 3 released (RC)
Microsoft has just made the updated release candidate of the Windows Live Suite wave 3 at download.live.com. Thanks to Sean Bradford for alerting us. Microsoft has updated the Messenger client to Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8050.1202) as can be seen below … Continue reading
Windows Live For Mobile Updated
While we are all eagerly waiting for the release of Windows Live Essentials, let me ask you this: are you used to all those new services yet? I for one love them, especially the new Homepage. This truly is the … Continue reading