#Do i need windows live essentials movie#
#Do i need windows live essentials install#
#Do i need windows live essentials windows 8.1#
#Do i need windows live essentials Offline#

However, the Windows Live Essentials applications will not be 'bundled' with the Windows 7 operating system. On October 29, 2008, it was announced at the Professional Developers Conference 2008 that Windows Live Installer would be renamed as Windows Live Essentials, and would be integrated into Windows 7 to allow users to download the included Windows Live applications.

#Do i need windows live essentials movie#

The Windows Live Installer application was significantly updated with the subsequent 'Windows Live Wave 3' release of applications, with the new inclusion of Windows Live Movie Maker (beta) and Microsoft Office Outlook Connector to its suite of products.

#Do i need windows live essentials install#

Users were able to select the Windows Live software they wished to install on the website, and the website would pass on the information to the unified installer software such that the installer will only download and install those applications selected. In the 'Windows Live Wave 2' suite of services, Windows Live Installer was the name of the website and software given to serve the purposes of allowing users to discover, download and install Windows Live software and services. Subsequent reappearance of a Windows Live Dashboard is seen with the initial 'Windows Live Wave 2' unified installers from Windows Live Messenger 8.5, Mail and Writer that was released on May 30, 2007. Shortly after its initial beta release, the original Windows Live Essentials website became unavailable and the website was redirected to Windows Live Betas (then Windows Live Ideas), and as a result Windows Live Dashboard also became unavailable. At that time, web-based services such as Windows Live Hotmail (then Windows Live Mail) was also part of the list.

Windows Live Dashboard required users to sign-in with their Windows Live ID to check whether the service has been downloaded or not. The Windows Live Essentials website was integrated tightly with Windows Live Dashboard, an application which offers a view of the services the user already has and what new Windows Live software and services are available. However, the original Windows Live Essentials was referred to as the website serving the purpose of allowing users to discover new Windows Live services. It was very similar to Google Pack in that it allows users to discover, install, and maintain a number of Windows Live application programs. On August 25, 2006, Microsoft began seeking testers for their invitation-only Windows Live service named Windows Live Essentials. Previous versions were also available on Windows XP and Windows Vista, and included Windows Live Messenger. Windows Essentials applications support installation on Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012.

#Do i need windows live essentials windows 8.1#

OneDrive (later integrated into Windows 8.1 or Windows 10).

Windows Essentials 2012 includes the following applications:

2.4 Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4).

2.3 Windows Live Essentials 2009 (Wave 3).

You get the option to install all programs included in the bundle or only select programs. The installation itself is straightforward but you may run into issues installing the programs on Windows 10. Downloads were not super-fast when I tried regardless of the method that I selected to download the installation file. The download is provided as a web and torrent file, and the file itself has a size of 130 Megabytes. The reason why that is important is that web installers will fail as Microsoft removed the files they require to complete the installation.

#Do i need windows live essentials Offline#

Offline copy means that you can install the application suite directly setup requires no Internet connection and won't download any data from Microsoft as a consequence. You can download an offline copy of Microsoft Windows Live Essentials 2012 from. While some programs don't work at all anymore or only limited, others, like Movie Maker or Photo Gallery, work fine and provide all the included functionality. Windows Live Essentials requires at least Windows 7 but it runs fine on newer versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system including Windows 10.