Microsoft have released the long awaited beta of their Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 suite.
If you don’t know what Windows Live Essentials is, here is how Microsoft describe them:
Windows Live Essentials beta includes free programs from Microsoft for photos, movies, instant messaging, e?mail, blogging, and more. Get them all in one download and get more done with Windows.
Windows Live Essentials beta requires Windows 7 or Windows Vista. Learn how to upgrade from Windows XP. It includes beta versions of Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, Movie Maker, Writer, Family Safety, and Sync, plus Bing Bar and Messenger Companion. You also get Microsoft Office Outlook Connector Pack and Microsoft Silverlight.
Installing the beta was easy – it takes a little time but it gets there. I didn’t like that the Bing Bar was installed everywhere, but hey, that’s just me.
The biggest change is to Messenger.
It takes a little getting used to but it looks good!
Why not go and try out some of the new features and see just what you think?
You can learn more about Windows Live Essentials and download the Wave 4 beta from here: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials-beta
I have been using it for a couple of days now and it seems prety cool. Love the Sky Drive interface. Sweet!
Oh, and once you upgrade you cannot read new Movie files from the current version so make sure you ok with that before you upgrade!
There is a known issue with computer is in a domain that the domain account keeps getting locked. http://windowslivehelp.com/thread.aspx?threadid=6…
And I personally haven
there are quite a few nice new features I really like – and as you say, it can only get better 🙂