The support page for Microsoft's Windows Essentials 2012 states the company will pull the suite off life support in January and lists alternatives.

While these kinds of add-ons are often considered extraneous filler, the reality is that many parts of Windows Live Essentials are pretty, well, essential. I've rounded up the components that you ...

After moving the Wave 3 version of Windows Live Essentials out of beta last month, Microsoft has now updated specific applications in the suite. Windows Live Essentials, which refers to the suite ...

Live Mesh users, read the Windows Essentials 2012 fine print. Microsoft is doing what some had feared in latest services bundle -- replacing it with SkyDrive, which still doesn't offer the same ...

Despite Windows Live Essentials’ association with Windows 7 (it will be integrated into the forthcoming OS if you download and install it), you do not have to run Windows 7 to use Live Applications.

While Windows Live Mail doesn't have its own repair feature, it is part of the Windows Essentials 2012 package, which does have a repair function.

The "Live" brand was dropped with Wave 5 in 2012 when the suite became Windows Essentials. See Windows Live.

Microsoft changing email service, Windows Live Mail 2012 will no longer work without recommended manual update.

While everyone was expecting a public RC of the Wave 3 applications last week, a beta refresh made it out this week over at download.live.com. Windows Live Essentials, which refers to the suite of ...

The new Windows Live Essentials beta will be available for public testing starting Thursday, according to Microsoft. A collection of free Web-oriented applications and services for Windows Vista ...

Microsoft released Windows Live Essentials 2011, a set of free downloadable applications tied to Windows 7 and Windows Vista that the company said would allow users to organize their e-mail ...

Microsoft got a jump on 2011 releasing a new version of it's Web-based productivity application including: Windows Live Photo Gallery, Live Mesh, Live Mail, and more.