Screenshot Tour: Windows Live Essentials Beta

Here we’ll take a look at the beta suite and see what you could expect.

Windows Live Essentials is a bundle of nice free apps for Windows.

Note: The new Windows Live Essentials Beta only run on Vista and Windows 7.

Choose your language and nudge the Download now button.

If you had Mesh installed previously, you’ll notice a prompt as it uninstalls during the setup.

You’ll see there are some new ones, and some existing programs will be updated.

If you’re not a fan of extra Toolbars you’ll probably want to unselect Bing Bar.

For testing sake, we went ahead and installed everything.

Depending on what you choose to install, a reboot may be required.

You don’t have to connect social services, but if you want to, the option is there.

So you might want to check out our article onmoving it to the system tray in Windows 7.

Windows Live Sync BetaWindows Live Sync is meant to replace Live Mesh, which never left beta stage.

This is one of the more exciting features in Windows Live Essentials Beta.

We’ll definitely be covering more details on this as we get things tested.

Windows Live Family Safety BetaLive Family Safety as new features and helps protect you children while browsing the Internet.

Previously it was a separate download and is not included in the suite.

The amount of features you have will depend on the version of Outlook you’re running.

it’s possible for you to find out more about Outlook Connectorfrom here.