When Microsoft renamed Windows Live brand, everyone wonder what will be the fate of Windows Live Essentials after separation from web services, and new versions of Messaging, Mail, Calendar and Photos etc. are introduced as part of Windows 8; which miss lots of features present in Live Essentials counterparts. The only question was “Will we [...]
Windows Live ID is now Microsoft Account
The most crucial and important part of Windows 8’s integration with Windows Live has been reformed today. Windows Live, the brand name of a suite of web based services (Hotmail, SkyDrive and Messenger) has been finally dissolved. In the latest post on the official Windows 8 blog site, Microsoft’s Chris Jones writes about how Windows [...]
An update to Windows Live Essentials 2011 (Wave 4)
Microsoft always serves quality of service and continuing by releasing an update to Windows Live Essentials 2011 which updates Windows Live apps to version 15.4.3555.0308. This update primarily addresses improved performance and quality of service associated with suite. This update improves performance in Windows Live Essentials 2011. The following list describes these changes: Setup: During [...]
My friend’s been hacked! – A unique feature to Hotmail
Email Hijacking, when hackers take the charge of your email account and use it to send spams or access your private data; is a big problem for IT industry. Maybe you or your friend may have got spam messages from one of your friends, like ad for a product. Or maybe it’s a more involved [...]
Windows Live Essentials 2011 Offline Installer Available, Download Now
Windows Live Essentials a free program that helps you do more with photos, movies, instant messaging, email, blogging, family safety, and more. Recently Microsoft rolled out a newer release we have brought direct links of installers including both (online and offline) exclusively for you. The latest and greatest version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is 15.4.3538.0513 and same [...]
Now Recover/Retrieve deleted emails from your Windows Live Hotmail Inbox
You may be have deleted one important e-mail which you don’t know how to get it back! But now Hotmail provides ability to recover deleted emails. Microsoft has evolved Hotmail’s Deleted folder and added a link to recover messages that were deleted from Inbox. Whenever you click on it; Hotmail tries to recover deleted messages [...]
500 new features coming to Windows Phone
Windows Phone 7’s next major update codenamed Mango is due in near September, 2011 and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that next Windows Phone 7 update will have 500 new features, while he was addressing a Developer meet in Tokyo last Monday. “We have a release that will come to market later this year in [...]
Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta now available (Offline ISO)
Microsoft is gearing up the next version of Windwos Phone 7 Codenamed Mango. To leverage new phone features while conituning to develop application for Windows Phone OS 7.0, Microsft has released Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta that enable you to get started developing applications Mango. Mango has numerous performance improvements such as fast application [...]
Get Hotmail Email Notifications on the Taskbar, Just Pin it!
Today Microsoft introduces an easy way to keep eyes on Hotmail Inbox updates i.e. Email Notifications. In which, pinned Hotmail site displays the number of unread messages in Taskbar since your last successful session. And it clears the counter as you read messages. Group Program Manager, Hotmail Dick Craddock says- We’ve been working on taking [...]
QFE1 for Windows Live Essentials 2011 released through Microsoft Update
Today, Microsoft released the QFE1 (QFE stands for Quick Fix Engineering) for Windows Live Essentials, which is being served through Microsoft Update. This update primarily addresses the top quality-related issues, were reported after Windows Live Essentials 2011 RTW availability. It includes: In Messenger, A couple of issues fixed where in some cases you could not [...]