IM and e-mail stay in touch. With Messenger, you can chat, swap photos, and see what’s new with friends. Mail brings together your Hotmail, Gmail, and other accounts, along with multiple calendars.
Messenger
Mail Photos and movies
Use Photo Gallery and Movie Maker to edit and organize your photos and movies, and then post them online or send them to friends.
Photo Gallery
Movie Maker beta
Blogging
With Windows Live Writer, blogging is a breeze. You can add photos and videos, format everything just so, and publish to most blogging services.
Writer
Web browsing
With Toolbar, you can customize your browser and find what you need, fast. Family Safety helps you keep your kids safer online.
Toolbar
Family Safety
System requirements
Windows Live products require the following:
* Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 Beta (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008. Note: Windows Live Movie Maker is not supported on Windows XP
* Processor: 1 GHz or higher for Windows Vista; 800 MHz or higher for Windows XP
* Memory: 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or more recommended) for Windows XP; 512 MB for Windows Vista
* Resolution: Minimum 1024 x 768
* Internet connection: Internet functionality requires dial-up or broadband Internet access (provided separately). Local or long-distance charges may apply.
* Browser: Windows Live Toolbar requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later
* Graphics or video card: Windows Live Movie Maker requires ATI Radeon 9500 (or higher) or nVidia GeForce FX 5900 (or higher).
Additional requirements
The following components are needed for specific Windows Live programs, and may be installed for you if they’re not already on your computer.
* For Writer: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher*
* For Photo Gallery: SQL 2005 Compact Edition and Windows Imaging Codecs*
* For Photo Gallery and Movie Maker: Some components of DirectX9.
* Not required when installing on Windows Vista.
Note
To install or uninstall Windows Live products, you must have administrator rights on the computer. learn more, click here