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Windows 7 just got even better with new tools to organize and share photos, make movies, and keep in touch with people that matter most.

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Advanced made easy: photo sharing & video creation Advanced made easy: photo sharing & video creation Windows Live Photo Gallery and Movie Maker make it easy to create visually stunning photos and movies that you can share with friends and family. Photo Gallery and Movie Maker provide advanced features in easy-to-use apps.
Smart, anytime email, calendar and contacts Smart, anytime email, calendar and contacts When it comes to managing multiple email accounts, organizing contacts and calendars, or reading through customized RSS feeds, Windows Live Mail offers a great solution. Windows Live Mail is easy to set up and gives you anytime access to your email, attachments, calendar and contacts regardless of internet connectivity from your PC.
Your most important digital stuff, always accessible Your most important digital stuff, always accessible With Windows Live Sync, your photos, movies, music and other files are synchronized across your PCs, and then automatically updated with the latest changes so you have access to your most current stuff when you need it, including over the internet.

Windows Live Essentials

Photo Gallery. Windows Live Photo Gallery is the best way to find, edit and share your photos and videos — for free. Whether you want to upload photos to Facebook or save a video slide show to YouTube, you can do it all from the new Photo Gallery.

Movie Maker. Windows Live Movie Maker is the easiest way to make movies. Easily turn photos and videos into great-looking movies to share with family and friends. Whether you’re new to movie making, or you’re a steely-eyed video blogger, you’ll find something to love in the new Windows Live Movie Maker.

Mail. Windows Live Mail enables smart email, calendar and contacts management that seamlessly integrates with your Windows-based PC. Aggregate your accounts in one place, then access them online or off.

Sync. Windows Live Sync makes it easy to access your digital stuff anywhere from any device. With Sync, you have the freedom to use any PC, knowing you’ll always have access to the files or apps that you need.

Writer. Windows Live Writer is a powerful blogging tool that allows you to create and share custom blogs easily. Whether its photos, videos, relevant search results, maps or more, Writer allows you to seamlessly integrate content into your blog and publish it exactly the way you want it to look.

Family Safety. Microsoft knows that keeping kids safe on the family PC is important to parents. That’s why Windows Live Family Safety is designed to enhance Windows Parental Controls to help parents keep their children safer online.

Messenger. The world’s best instant messaging service whether you’re on your PC, the web or your phone now also brings together updates from social networks, your inbox and other sharing websites and lets you determine how they’re prioritized so you never miss an important update.

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