Microsoft released Windows Essentials 2012 suite today, which provides updates across the board to the previous Windows Live Essentials 2011 applications. An interesting thing to note is that Microsoft is dropping the ‘Live’ branding from this release of Windows Essentials. Lately Microsoft has been very aggressive at trying to re-brand itself. First they re-branded Hotmail.com to Outlook.com and now they’re dropping ‘Live’ from Windows Essentials. Strangely, the individual apps included in Windows Essentials 2012 still retain the ‘Live’ nomenclature.
This update is huge, clocking in at 131 MB. Not surprisingly, this package includes a ton of apps including Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, SkyDrive, and Writer. Windows Movie Maker and Photo Gallery received the most substantial updates with Windows 8 optimization. Let’s delve a bit deeper and see what’s changed. Continue reading “Windows Essentials 2012 available today”
Tired of codec problems? Try this innovative pack for audio and video files! Windows Essentials Codec Pack will enable you to play anything you download, from movies to music. Avoid the usual conflicts between different codec versions for the same file type and stay up to date with the most recent codecs, thanks to the program’s update feature.