Windows Live Essentials Beta due for release

[Tinkerdog]

In the Photo Gallery, when you group pics by Face Recognition (in the batch processing part), sometimes it looses the name of the person (you come back the next day and start up the PC, resume working on this, and you see some people in the name tags are gone!).

And when you merge two people (because of mispelled names or whatnot), it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

Not ready for primetime yet !

Its a beta for a reason, that reason being they didn't feel it was ready to be released as a final product. You should submit feedback regarding any bugs/quirks you find with Windows Live Essentials.

I understood it was a beta. I was just making jest at it not being ready for primetime.

Where can you send back feedback to Microsoft for this release?

 

[BCXtreme]

In the Photo Gallery, when you group pics by Face Recognition (in the batch processing part), sometimes it looses the name of the person (you come back the next day and start up the PC, resume working on this, and you see some people in the name tags are gone!).

And when you merge two people (because of mispelled names or whatnot), it sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

Not ready for primetime yet !

Which is why it's a public beta, NOT a general release.

Did I say it was a general release? I just pointed out that is was not ready at this point, at all.

Too many bugs.

And I was just pointing out that it's not expected to be ready at this point. I am pleased to report I have encountered no bugs at all with Photo Gallery or Mail, just a few with Messenger.

 

[Night Hawk]

it clearly says the beta is for vista/7 only, not sure if the final release will support xp anyway, not going to be supported in few years..

On Vista the installer froze and then come up with "Description of the Platform Update for Windows Server 2008 and the Platform Update for Windows Vista" on the MS page that opened. Description of the Platform Update for Windows Server 2008 and the Platform Update for Windows Vista

That was remedied fast and now of course on the 32bit Vista everything seems to be running normally. For reducing to the compact view the arrow in the second image here show the view button next to where it says "inbox" on Messenger.

Another thing to have displayed is the menu bar at the top for ease at getting into the options.

 

[burtie]

During the brief install here it was also found a bit awkward with the inflexible window size which lists all contact catagories and any Live groups. The one thing you can do for those planning to keep this release on is keep submitting some feedback of any bugs or suggestions for improvement.

Do not have a feedback button...or is it hidding somewhere?

I'm not against telling them for those Huge buttons (even if i can reduce the ribbon), I do much respect legacy blinds, but as far as i know i'm 100% on both:sarc:

To send feedback you have to enable the menu bar in messenger ad its under the help option

 

[Night Hawk]

During the brief install here it was also found a bit awkward with the inflexible window size which lists all contact catagories and any Live groups. The one thing you can do for those planning to keep this release on is keep submitting some feedback of any bugs or suggestions for improvement.

Do not have a feedback button...or is it hidding somewhere?

I'm not against telling them for those Huge buttons (even if i can reduce the ribbon), I do much respect legacy blinds, but as far as i know i'm 100% on both:sarc:

To send feedback you have to enable the menu bar in messenger ad its under the help option

The problem first seen on the 64bit 7 seems to have been 64bit related there for some reason since everything is acting as it should on the 32bit Vista install added on lately. The feedback page from the help secondary menu on messenger brings you to https://feedback.live.com/eform.aspx?productkey=wlmessenger&scrx=1

They just got an earful on seeing results on the previous version while problems abundant on the 7 64bit?! That one is still a puzzle however.

 

[Topi]

I like this new beta. It puts everything together and I like that.
And it also fixed a long term problem I had with the previous version. As I have Messenger starting with computer and autologging in, it didn't work with previous version, every day I got the annoying "Windows Live Messenger has stopped working" window, I got so tired of trying to solve the problem, I even re-installed Windows and still the same problem. But now it got fixed with this new version

 

[Night Hawk]

I never have WLM set to autologin or automatically connect and never run into problems with the present version. When going to install the beta on a recent Vista install that went on without a hitch but doesn't see the same options.

 

[jjthenovice]

I'm thinking of trying the the live mail beta. Does it install over my current live mail or do I need to uninstall windows live mail first?

 

[Dinesh]

I'm thinking of trying the the live mail beta. Does it install over my current live mail or do I need to uninstall windows live mail first?

Its good if you remove the current build before installing the new beta version.

 

[Night Hawk]

Once that was installed on Vista here being a second OS presently on I simply logged in as usual. Here it went right on like an update where later I simply reverted back to the present version which retained some extras added on recently.

On the 64bit 7 however that's where it somehow clashed with something to see two other working softwares trashed still without any explaination for it.

Fortunately I had already made an image to bring everything back when that install went bad. I recommend a clean install of any beta however to prevent any possible mishaps like the first saw here!

 

[Phone Man]

I'm thinking of trying the the live mail beta. Does it install over my current live mail or do I need to uninstall windows live mail first?

When you install the Beta it will update any existing programs. I had Live Mail, Photo Gallery and Movie Maker installed and the Beta updated all of them and they work great. That way you won't have to set up your mail again and all you mail is still there. Its best to backup (export) your mail and contacts before just in case.

Jim

 

[CorneliusM]

I just installed Windows Live Essentials beta last night and I seriously love it Windows Live Mail and Messenger as well as Writer (which I use quite a lot) look so much better and they are much easier to use, I was never bothered with the whole ribbon thing of Office 2007 but, its growing on me now and with the Windows Live Essentials looking fluid with one another now, Windows 7's Wordpad doesn't look out of place

I really don't think many people can complain about Microsoft or their free products considering they have revamped their free programs for us to make it easier for us to use. Hopefully the next Windows OS comes with the final version of Windows Live Essentials beta and Microsoft Security Essentials as standard and preferably with the option to install/uninstall individual unwanted elements

 

[aaronmiller2010]

Having installed and used for a few days i must say i think its annoying!!. In the end i have gone back to MS Outlook which i find far far easier to use and tolerate.

 

[Consequences]

I'm liking it so far. Like all new things it may take some getting used to although it is not that much different from the previous iteration. I'm looking forward to seeing the final product. Has anyone heard anything on a date? I saw a time line somewhere once but I can't find it and I was wondering if maybe that had been updated since.

I love the ribbon UI in WLMail!

 

[jjthenovice]

Just to be clear, I can install the Beta Live Mail over my existing Live Mail?

 

[Phone Man]

Just to be clear, I can install the Beta Live Mail over my existing Live Mail?

Yes you can. I did it and worked great. The installation will show you all the programs in the package and let you choose. If a program is already installed it will let you update.

Jim

 

[jjthenovice]

Just to be clear, I can install the Beta Live Mail over my existing Live Mail?

Yes you can. I did it and worked great. The installation will show you all the programs in the package and let you choose. If a program is already installed it will let you update.

Jim

Thanks. Your're right. I downloaded it with no problems. So far, so good. I like what I see in the new Live Mail.

 

[andyparks]

is there any problems with the messenger as thats all i use or should i wait until the final release

 

[jjthenovice]

Does Junk filter work with live mail

I've installed Live Mail and the Junk Filter is not working. Anyone having trouble with this? It worked fine Live Mail 1.0 (stable ver).

 

[Dinesh]

Working fine here..