Announcing the next generation in Windows Live apps & services

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Nick White
01:25 PM Tuesday
Nov 06, 2007
37 Comments

Today the Windows Live team announces the final release of the Windows Live suite of applications and web services designed to enhance the Windows user experience. Consumers can now download the full Windows Live suite at once or pick and choose their favorite apps and services.

Why Windows Live on this blog? Simply put, the two product platforms are now linked more than ever before. Windows Live includes the Windows name because, ultimately, it is designed to take the Windows computing experience one step further. The power of the PC is now combined with the flexibility and pervasiveness of Windows Live online services. For example, the Windows Live Photo Gallery client app for Windows Vista now includes panoramic photo stitch and the ability to publish to Flickr.

This release comprises these Windows Live Applications:

Windows Live Messenger 8.5
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Writer
Windows Live Photo Gallery
Windows Live OneCare Family Safety

...and these Windows Live Services:

Windows Live Spaces
Windows Live Events
Windows Live Hotmail
Windows Live for Windows Mobile (client-based or browser-based access to Windows Live from a Windows Mobile-based device)

To install the final versions of the Windows Live suite of applications, go here to access the Windows Live installer, which will let you pick and choose among the available applications. New in this release is installer support for 64-bit PCs.

If you choose not to install all of the Windows Live applications at once, you can re-launch the Windows Live installer to install any of the remaining Windows Live applications whenever you wish.

Going forward, we'll be covering more of how the new Windows Live applications enhance the Windows Vista user experience both here and on the Windows Experience Blog. Expect us to dive deep into each specific Windows Live application.

Meantime, be sure to check out the Q&A over with Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live Experience Program Management, where Chris details what makes today's release a compelling one for consumer users, developers and advertisers alike.

Comments

ambar1

Posted on: November 10, 2007 at 3:58PM
Hi! I've installed WLM (Desktop). I only see this pop-up "please wait while windows configures windows live mail", it closes after a while... and... nothing happens! WLM won't start!... I have installed Vista 32bits.

Please if you know how to resolve this... tell me... thank you.
dovella

Posted on: November 11, 2007 at 9:39AM
Wonderfulllllllllllll :D

THX Microsoft
omgbbq

Posted on: November 12, 2007 at 12:16AM
Where can I find the offline Windows Live installer? Also, where can I find the stand-alone installer for Photo Gallery? I never understood the online installation method. It just adds more work for me to find the offline version. I want the install files available to me for installation elsewhere.
planetf1

Posted on: November 13, 2007 at 2:23PM
I heard the good news about the release. x64 support super!

But I was disappointed. There is STILL no x64 support for Family Safety. x64 users still have kids......

I realise the family safety component is probably the most intrusive, but it has been a year since Vista was released, and I had the impression x64 would at least be treated equally by Microsoft.

So what IS the future of x64? Why isn't it treated equally by MS?
windows

Posted on: November 28, 2007 at 1:04AM
How can I check my hotmail account using windows vista. My new Laptop won't let me load msn websites, including my hotmail account!

Confused.
RockLobster

Posted on: December 04, 2007 at 4:39PM
Why didnt windows live just update the existing applications, I know have the original vista version and the live version of photo gallery, mail and messenger. I dont realy want two of everything on my computer especially when the original vista versions have no uninstaller.
jeffreyimperial

Posted on: December 06, 2007 at 11:16AM
Bad new for me. I haven't a high-speed internet conncetion, and I think it's causing my problem. After having run the unified Windows Live Installer, and after the download begins, it STOPS at 99%. Any ideas?
RockLobster

Posted on: December 08, 2007 at 1:39PM
I dont have a high speed connection either, the installer quit before the end 3 times. In the end I used a download manager but it didnt update the existing apps it installed new ones so now I have two of them. Why does microsoft insist on providing installers for everything a simple .exe file to download and run is all it takes, these damn installers have a habit of screwing up. Yahoo messenger is another one that does this its so frustrating.
SamCPP

Posted on: December 11, 2007 at 6:41PM
Same problem here. We use WLM for messaging in our office and several PCs continually fail on the install process. Stalling at 99% has happened a few times. Why a resume process for installs can't be done in this day and age seems ridiculous to me. It is such a basic thing to do.

There needs to be an offline installation... we shouldn't need to download the application 20 times for 20 PCs on the same network.
de4th str

Posted on: December 26, 2007 at 9:09PM
Yes, it stops at %99 when downloading Messenger. I am really mad. I really want to get on MSN but I cant. Any1 fix this? I turned off my firewall. And I only have Dial-Up

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