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 Windows Essentials applications - clockwise from the top left: Mail, Messenger, Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 25, 2006 |
| Final release | 2012 (v16.4.3528.0331)
/ April 17, 2014 |
| Operating system | Windows XP to Windows 10[1][2] |
| Type | Software suite |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | windows |
Windows Essentials (formerly Windows Live Essentials and Windows Live Installer) is a discontinued suite of Microsoft freeware applications that includes email, instant messaging, photo sharing, blogging, and parental control software. Essentials programs are designed to integrate well with each other, with Microsoft Windows, and other Microsoft web-based services such as OneDrive and Outlook.com.[3][4]
- ^ "Windows Essentials download options". Support. Microsoft. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Windows Essentials". Support. Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
- ^ Foley, Mary Jo (August 5, 2006). "Microsoft Seeks Testers for Windows Live Essentials". eWeek's Microsoft Watch. Ziff Davis Enterprise. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (October 6, 2010). "Making Sense of Windows Live Wave 3, Part 1: How We Got Here". SuperSite for Windows. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.