Windows 7 has moved many tools out of the OS and into a free download. How do they measure up? Let me say at the outset: I never liked Outlook Express. Never. The feature difference between Outlook ...

I have been using Movie Maker and the Windows Photo Gallery for a long time, but unfortunately, Windows Essentials got deleted from my PC while formatting it—and now, since it is no longer supported, ...

When I try to install it I get a message saying I need to install Windows Platform Update (I use Vista SP2) and get a link to this page where it has this to say: How to obtain the Platform Updates for ...

Microsoft has rolled out an impressive array of apps and services under the Windows Live banner, including the new Windows Live Essentials package (see Mary Jo Foley’s write-up for more details on ...

It's been three years since Microsoft last released a public beta of its Windows Live Essentials suite. (So much for more rapid services releases.) But on June 3 (just after 12 midnight EST), the ...