Batu69 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 The Microsoft Essentials pack, consisting of Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Live Writer (which is now available as an open source project) and Live Mail, has been in a state of limbo for quite a while now. The latest major update for the pack dates back to 2012 and still uses the Live branding that Microsoft abandoned in the same year. All of these apps are still available for download, but one of these apps, Live Mail, will soon stop working without the installation of a new required update. Because of underlying updates on the Microsoft mail platforms (Outlook/Hotmail), Live Mail will lose the ability to receive emails. However, since the application still has quite a few users, Microsoft has provided an update that will prolong the life of the mail application and allow it to receive mails once again. Microsoft does recommend that any users of the Live Mail application switch over to the new Mail application that has been built-in to Windows 8 and Windows 10. These applications are still actively being developed, so it might be a smart choice to move over, since the support for Live Mail will probably end soon. This free update is now available here and is dubbed "Update for Windows Live Essentials Mail 2012" (KB 3093594). Source: Windows Central Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeSmithG Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I installed the update, no problems. Trying to view Hotmail.com in I.E. on the web is a pain in the back side. It keeps saying ''cannot connect'', then eventually it connects. I think they are tying to convert us to outlook. Maybe they would had found it better to remove all Hotmail.coms and change them to outlook.com so if you name is Keren and you were [email protected] then turn it to [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyko666 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 My parents still use this.. thanks for your information Batu69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nasa Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Be careful: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/livemail-wlinstall/update-for-windows-live-essentials-mail-2012/e1c4a52a-ada7-4ac7-94e8-3fa5102fcb90 On my parents computer it didn't crash but the calendar stopped syncing. After uninstall and reinstall without the patch it works again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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