Micrsoft Releasing Update For Live Essentials 2011
Written by Alan Monday, 21 March 2011 06:53
Microsoft this week will be pushing a new update for Live Essentials 2011 via Windows Update. Well, pushing isn’t really the word since the update will be optional, but it will available through the Update software in the Windows Control Panel. The update is called QFE1 (quick fix engineering). According to Microsoft the fix will cover the following:
- In Messenger, we fixed a couple of issues where in some cases you could not re-establish video calls or file sharing activities after losing your network connection. Also, sometimes your status messages and display picture were not synchronizing correctly between PCs, so you’d see a notification that changes made would not be seen on other computers. We also made various performance and stability improvements.
- In Photo Gallery, we made a design change so that geotagging no longer overwrites GPS coordinates in image files.
- We corrected various problems with language translation.
The update has actually been available for manual download since December 2, 2010, but is now being moved to Windows Update to make it more accessible to users. The update is only a patch – not a full upgrade of Live Essentials. It will, likely, require a reboot of your PC. If you have installed the software since December 2nd then the patch was included with your version.
To see which version you can click the About button in Messenger or Photo Gallery. If you have version 15.4.3502.0922 then you do not have the update. If you have version 15.4.3508.1109. If you don’t yet have the Essentials pack then you can get it from the Windows Live Essentials 2011 site.
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