Connect, Protect and Manage PCs with Windows Live

Windows Live OPK | Applications | Mobile Applications | Helpful Resources | Windows OPK Deployment

Overview

Customers can use the latest version of Windows Live Essentials to communicate and keep their lives in sync as they use services and lead active lives online—whether using a mobile phone or a PC. The new release of Windows Live Wave 3 QFE2 (Quick Fix Engineering 2) includes:

Product performance enhancements.
Major updates to Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows Live Family Safety applications.

Try the Windows Live Demo
Watch this brief demo video to see how Windows Live can help your customers communicate, share, connect, and stay in sync with friends and family.

Window Live Wave 3 OEM Preinstallation Kit

The updated Windows Live OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) now includes Wave 3 QFE2 product performance enhancements, along with major updates to Windows Live Movie Maker and Windows Live Family Safety applications. Use the newly updated Windows Live OPK to deploy Windows Live onto new PCs. The OPK includes the installer application as well as instructions on how to silently install and configure Windows Live for customers.

Download the Windows Live OPK.

Windows Live Essentials Applications

Application	Description
Windows Live Messenger	Helps customers connect with people and groups in real time through text, photo, voice, and video.
Windows Live Mail	Provides offline access to e-mail, contacts,and calendar information downloaded in advance.
Windows Live Movie Maker	Provides unique video editing and composition tools.
Windows Live Writer	Helps customers compose and publish personal stories and blogs.
Windows Live Photo Gallery	Helps customers find, fix, and share photos and videos.
Windows Live Family Safety	Helps parents control the content their children access online.
Windows Live Toolbar	Enables easy access to almost all Windows Live activities.

Windows Live Essentials Mobile Services

Application	Description
Windows Live Hotmail	Web- and client-based mail on mobile phones. New mail alerts via SMS.
Windows Live Messenger	Web-, client-, and SMS-based instant messaging from your mobile phones.
Windows Live Photos	Web-based photo viewing, upload, and sharing. Client-based photo upload.
Windows Live People	Integrated contacts in mobile phone address book. Web-based hub to access contacts. SMS-based search for contact info.
Windows Live Spaces	Web-based access to personal Web page and blogging.
Windows Live Calendar	SMS-based access to today's and tomorrow's appointments.

Helpful Resources

This brief, comprehensive presentation includes details about Windows Live, the current and future opportunity for system builders, preinstallation, product availability, and licensing.

Download the Windows Live Presentation .pptx 4.1 MB

Windows Live Reviewer's Guide, Wave 3

This document explains the five core services in Windows Live:

E-mail
Instant Messaging
Photos
Social Networking
Online Storage

Each of these services is built to integrate with the others to make it easy for customers to get things done and stay connected online. While every service in the suite can help a customer accomplish a specific task, the combination of services and the way that they interconnect is what distinguishes Windows Live.

Download the Windows Live Reviewer's Guide, Wave 3 .pdf 3.1 MB

Windows Live Wire Blog

Get the latest news, announcements, and tips for Windows Live. Visit the blog.

Windows OPK Deployment

Windows 7 OPK Deployment
Get everything you need to complete a Windows 7 deployment, including the OEM Preinstallation Kit for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Rapid Deployment Method for System Builders
Contains step-by-step instructions for how to create an image server based on a network share that can be used for rapid and repeatable deployment of the Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems, Office Ready PC, and Windows Live.