Well, for those who like free applications for their PC (and who doesn't?), Microsoft today made available their suite of Windows "Live" desktop applications for download. While beta versions have been available for these apps for some time now, they have now gone final. The applications available are:
- Windows Live Mail: An email client with support for multiple e-mail accounts. Similar to a cutdown version of Outlook. Works with many popular free email services such as Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail.
- Windows Live Messenger: Latest version of Microsoft's popular instant-messaging client
- Windows Live Photo Gallery: Photo and video sharing tool. Useful for Live Spaces and other blogs/sites.
- Windows Live Writer: Blog editing/publishing software. Works great with Live Spaces and many other popular blogs.
- Windows Live Toolbar: Provides instant access to Live Searches and maps from any webpage
These applications are all free of charge, and designed to work on Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista. On the hardware side, an 800 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM are required. Internet Explorer 6 or newer and .NET framework are required by some applications. In addition to the above desktop software, Windows Live also includes free online services such as Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Hotmail, and Windows Live Events, as well as paid applications such as Windowls Live One Care antivirus product.
Click here to download the new Windows Live desktop applications.
Click here to use the free Windows Live online safety scanner for Windows 2k/XP/Server 2003
Click here to use the free Windows Live online safety scanner for Windows Visa
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