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1. #Windows live essentials 12 how to#
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5. #Windows live essentials 12 upgrade#

Windows live essentials were a single stop for all the needs that were required by the user. The windows live essentials 2012 software had updated to the current needs almost seamlessly causing less confusion and Dilemma. These features installed within Essentials lead to a drastic attraction of the consumers towards Microsoft as they had all the in-demand features and they were cheaper compared to premier brands that offered the same set of applications at a price. Some of the note0worthy features of the suite were: The package mainly contained applications that satisfied the requirements or eased the process of a task, the user would use the computer for. Microsoft developed the idea of integrating all the applications into one single roof under the name, Windows Live Essentials. The windows live essentials 2012 suite contained a package of applications that satisfied the need of every user of a computer. However, as I mentioned above, for things like removing date stamps from photos, the Windows Essentials 2012 Photo Gallery is waaaay better.Overview of the Windows Live Essentials 2012 This whole “Universal Windows Dumbed Down App” thing is really irritating.īut hey, try it out. Now, some people seem to love the Win 10 Photos app, but personally I really hate it. So, if you have Windows 10, I still recommend downloading Windows Essentials Photo Gallery because everything just works better. Trouble is, Spot fix doesn’t work very well. Photos has a “Spot fix” feature that is essentially the same as Retouch in the older Windows Live Photo Gallery: Windows 10 comes with the Photos app by default.

#Windows live essentials 12 how to#

What about the Windows 10 Photo app?Īs I remarked previously in How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10: The other options can be UNchecked, since there’s a very good chance you’ll never use them, and/or there are newer alternatives available.

#Windows live essentials 12 movie#

Note that Photo Gallery and Movie Maker come as a “bundle”, so you’ll get both whether or not you want Movie Maker.

#Windows live essentials 12 upgrade#

If you run the Essentials 2012 installer with Windows Live Blah Blah Blah 2011 installed, you’ll get an upgrade window, like so: I actually discovered that on my Windows 10 install, I still had the older 2011 version, so I just updated, too.

#Windows live essentials 12 update#

If you have the 2011 version, download the installer above, run it, and let it update your software. Run Photo Gallery, click File, and then click About Photo Gallery: I’ll be using it for a long time to come! How do I know what version I have? Windows Essentials 2012 Suite Full InstallerīOOYAH! I’m hosting the second link, so even though MS will no longer support the Essentials suite, you can still download it and use it.

If the above link stops working, this one is guaranteed to work: So, if you want Photo Gallery and/or Movie Maker, you should grab them from MS’s site right now before they disappear:

The newer version is Windows Essentials 2012 (I updated the links in the date stamp article).īoth of these suites of free MS apps contain the same thing, but the Essentials 2012 version is newer and better (um, theoretically). SIGH… To make matters worse: Do you want to find the installer for the latest version? Well, good luck with that!! 🙁Īnyway, in my article on how to remove date stamps from photos, I actually gave a link to Windows Live Essentials 2011. Sometimes, I imagine that there is a secret group of 300 highly-paid people at Microsoft whose only job is to sit around and endlessly debate which stupid name they’re going to use this week for some chunk of software. Oh wait, no, we’re back to: Windows Essentials. Nah, now it’s Windows Piggy Piggy Gumdrop Essential Programs for Your Digital Lifestyle. Yeah, I know… Microsoft is piss-poor at naming things.

#Windows live essentials 12 full version#

And even after January 10th, you can download the full version below! That’s in a few short weeks!įear not though, because it’s still available for download now from MS’s site. The trick was to use Windows Photo Gallery since it’s a pretty powerful and handy bit of photo-organizing and editing software.Īpparently, Microsoft will end support for Photo Gallery (and all of Windows Essentials 2012) on January 10, 2017. Last month, I wrote a lovely article entitled How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10.