

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on September 13, 2011. It's nice to see Windows Live get a little more beefier with functionality and it will be interesting to see how much of Essentials will be integrated into Windows Phone 7.KB2570791 KB2570947 KB2571621 KB2607712 KB2616676 KB905866 KB947821 Windows Live Mesh will sync these folders and files between your PC, Skydrive and any other "trusted" computer. Users are able to store files on the Skydrive and access them remotely from work, home or anywhere I have access to a computer.

I am just now beginning to appreciate Microsoft's Skydrive and having the storage space increase from 2 to 5 gigabytes is a nice bonus.

Luckily, I had a backup copy of my contacts and imported them. When I updated my version of Windows Live Mail to Essentials 2011, the update deleted all of my contacts (either that or hid them really well on my computer). It is very important that you back up your contacts. One footnote with regards to upgrading from previous versions of Windows Mail. The interface is really smooth and lays all your email information out nicely. Obviously, Windows Live Mail is Essentials email application where you can access your Hotmail account and other email clients. Windows Live Mail received a decent face lift with Essentials 2011. You also have the ability to chat with Facebook and Messenger contacts and while Messenger is running in the background of your PC, pop-ups will appear when the online status changes of friends. Windows Live MessengerĪsides from being a instant messaging application, Windows Live Messenger pulls in your social feeds from Facebook and see your friends updated status.
Windows 2011 movie#
Movie Maker is your basic video editing application that has the ability to directly upload your videos to YouTube, Flickr and your Skydrive account. If you are familiar with Microsoft Movie Maker, Windows Live Movie Maker will seem very familiar. The Photo Gallery also updates the facial recognition functionality, making it more accurate and reliable. The Photo Gallery will now recognized geo-tagged photos and give you the option to display the location the shot was taken in Bing Maps. You can tag, sort and edit photos, create folders, and preview your photos. While you can do all this now, everything will be native to the Windows Phone and third party apps or plug-ins won't be needed.Īgain, Windows Live Photo Gallery is a management application for all your photographs.
Windows 2011 Pc#
We could easily see taking a photo and it's automatically uploaded to your Photo Gallery storage on Skydrive or create a Word Document on your PC and have it accessible through Mesh on your Windows Phone. How tightly integrated these connected services will be with Windows Phone 7 has yet to be seen.
Windows 2011 software#
While the Windows Live software package is focused on PC functionality and Windows 7 integration, there is a growing connection to Windows Phones. Microsoft released Windows Live Essentials 2011 yesterday afternoon.
