Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3245/mslivezi2.pngMicrosoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.

Windows Live Mail is the free consumer client Microsoft will invest in moving forward. It is a superset of existing free clients and will replace Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail desktop beta. While it used to be a paid feature, Hotmail customers can now access their account for free in Outlook 2003 and Windows Live Mail.

Windows Live Writer is a blogging tool that has been available in the US since August of last year. The tool was very well received by US bloggers at launch since it provides increased product functionality for Windows Live Spaces users and it also allows publishing to many of the largest blogging products in the world.

Windows Live Messenger 8.5 will also go out with a largely back-end update, but includes feature updates such as new look and feel in sign-in and conversation window, new emoticons, and integration with Windows Live OneCare Family Safety.

[I]Download: Windows Live Writer Beta 2

Download Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1:
[/I]US (En) | US (Es) | GB (En) | India (En) | French | German | Spain | Chinese (Simplified) | Japanese Download Windows Live Mail Beta:
US (En) | US (Es) | GB (En) | India (En) | French | German | Spain | Chinese (Simplified) | Japanese

i m using windows 2000 professional, it says “Install_WLMessenger.exe is not a valid win32 application”

^ That message in other words my friend means get Vista :smiley: !

On a more serious note, re-download the app from a different link :wink:

actually i hav only win 2000 prof in office, i hav xp and vista @ home.. it seems it wont work on win 2000…

I just got it and am about to start using it.

If you’ve installed the leaked spanish beta you’ll have to delete the following directories after uninstalling the previous version …

For Vista
C:\ProgramData\WindowsLiveInstaller
C:\ProgramData\WLInstaller

For XP
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\WindowsLiveInstaller
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\WLInstaller

^^^Thats why it wasnt installing. Thank you very much man :):slight_smile: