Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2011 is the suite of desktop applications designed to help customers do more with Windows:
- It includes powerful yet simple tools for communication and self-expression that are tightly integrated with Windows Live web services.
- It’s optimized for Windows 7.
- Customers can easily access, organize and share all of their digital content across devices and services.
| Application |
Description |
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| Windows Live Messenger |
- Provides instant messaging on a PC, the web, or phone.
- Brings together updates from social networks, inboxes, and other sharing websites.
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| Windows Live Mail |
- Enables customers to manage multiple email accounts, calendars, contacts and newsgroups all in one place.
- Allows customers to work online or off.
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| Windows Live Movie Maker |
- Easily turns photos and videos into movies to share across a TV, PC or mobile device.
- Improved video editing.
- Uses the most popular camera types and file formats.
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| Windows Live Writer |
- Adds photos, videos, maps and more to blogs, and publishes to popular blogs easily.
- Customers can access their published blogs and drafts from any PC anywhere.
- Integrated with Photo Gallery and new templates.
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| Windows Live Photo Gallery |
- Helps customers find, fix, and share photos and videos.
- Facial recognition, better photo search filters, one-click fix for multiple photos, and automatic sharing with social networks.
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| Windows Live Family Safety |
- Helps parents control content their children access online and manage their email and IM contacts.
- Provides search safety.
- Manages a child’s local activities on the PC and online activity in one location.
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| Windows Live Mesh |
- Makes it easy to sync photos, movies, and other files across PCs.
- Allows access digital content anywhere from any web-enabled device.
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These downloadable sales tools are ready to use and tailored for Microsoft partners and their customers.
| Videos |
Description |
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Photo Gallery
.zip 18.6 MB |
Photo sharing in Windows Live Mail, photo/video search, and the new Photo Fuse feature. |
Movie Maker
.zip 15.8 MB |
AutoMovie themes (music and effects) and making a movie with pictures from your camera. |
Writer
.zip 9.6 MB |
New blogging features, starting a new blog, and connecting to existing blogs. |
Family Safety
.zip 26.1 MB |
Keep children safe from inappropriate content and strangers online. |
Mail
.zip 8.4 MB |
How to manage multiple email accounts whether online or offline. |
Messenger
.zip 34.1 MB |
New IM features, how to use Messenger wherever you are, privacy controls, and the ultimate social dashboard. |
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The Express Deployment Tool (EDT) helps to quickly, easily, and correctly preinstall PCs with genuine Windows. The EDT offers these benefits:
- Creates a consistent and customized end-user experience.
- Works with OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) tools to provide streamlined deployments of typical PC configurations.
- Provides the benefits of the traditional OPKs in a fraction of the time.
- Simplifies compliance with OEM System Builder license terms.
- Preinstalls third-party applications and all other major OEM product releases, including optional preinstallation for these applications:
Download the Express Deployment Tool.
If you choose not to use the Express Deployment Tool, you can still use the Windows Live Essentials OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) to deploy Windows Live onto new PCs. The OPK includes the following:
- Installer application
- Instructions for how to silently install and configure Windows Live for customers
Download the Windows Live Essentials OPK.
