Windows Live Essentials 2011 Beta 2

Posted on August 20, 2010 by sophieparker

Microsoft has released the next major version of Windows Live Essentials. The 2011 beta suite comes with a number of bug fixes, improvements and new features.

The first beta was released by Microsoft on June 24th. Essentials programs include: Windows Live Movie Maker, Mail, Writer, Sync, and Family Safety. This version of WLE is designed to take full advantage of Windows 7. All applications now use ribbon UI and integrate with Windows 7 by using Jumplists. Also included in the package is Windows Live Sync, which allows users to synchronize their files on the web and across multiple machines.

Windows Live Photo gallery has several new features such as photo fusing, which allows two photos to be blended together. facial recognition has also been improved.

The beta?s build number is 15.4.3001.809 but some applications have a different build number:

Movie Maker – 15.4.3002.0810
Messenger – 15.4.3002.0810
Mail – 15.4.3002.0810
Photo Gallery -15.4.3002.0810
Sync – 15.4.3001.0809
Family Safety – 15.4.3001.0809
Writer – 15.4.3001.0809

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