Microsoft's anti-trust woes shook up Windows, pulling out all those little applications that sat in the Start menu and rarely got used. Off went Windows Mail, Movie Maker, the Gallery and Messenger ...

The final version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 is now available to download. The all-in-one bundle of mail client, instant messenger, movie editor, blog editor, and more, runs on Windows Vista and ...

Microsoft released Windows Live Essentials 2011 yesterday afternoon. While the Windows Live software package is focused on PC functionality and Windows 7 integration, there is a growing connection to ...

The beta of Microsoft’s latest update of its free Windows Live Essentials line of online applications — which Microsoft calls Wave 4 — was recently released to reviewers and beta testers; the final ...

Windows Live Essentials has been part of most Windows Users standard installation for many years now. This familiar and ‘essentials’ set of applications does much to make Windows come to life as a ...

One of the things we've known about Windows 7 for a few weeks is that it would contain fewer bundled applications than Vista did. Instead, these apps would be provided separately, under the Windows ...

Today, Microsoft announced the "general availability" (GA) of Windows Server 2016 Essentials. It's the server edition that's aimed at small businesses, with support for 25 users and 50 devices maximum ...

Windows 7 has moved many tools out of the OS and into a free download. How do they measure up? Let me say at the outset: I never liked Outlook Express. Never. The feature difference between Outlook ...

The small business Windows server suite from Microsoft. Designed to integrate with Office 365 and Internet backup such as Windows Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials supports up to 25 users and ...

Microsoft provided details this month about its Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to come, which is designed for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses as a "first server" product. Microsoft ...

Windows Server 2012 Essentials software can be downloaded, but you won't find it on hardware for a few more months. According to a Microsoft announcement, Windows Server 2012 Essentials was released ...

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Server 2019 Essentials SKU from the Server family will be the last such edition to cater to small businesses of 25 users and under, or 50 devices. The company ...