Download Windows Live Essentials 8.5.1302.1018 software

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Windows Live Essentials is a great way to stay in touch with your friends.

Whats new in version 8.5.1302.1018:
Animated GIFs and emoticons are turned off in software mode:
• If your PC uses software rendering instead of hardware rendering, you won\'t see any animations in Windows Essentials 2012.
• This includes animated GIFs used in display pictures and animated emoticons in Messenger.

Movie Maker and Photo Gallery must be installed together:
• Windows Movie Maker and Windows Photo Gallery can only be installed together because they share many features. That means that if you have an earlier version of either Movie Maker or Photo Gallery installed on your PC, you\'ll have both programs installed after you upgrade to the new versions.

Microsoft SkyDrive installed in place of Windows Live Mesh:
• If you have Windows Live Mesh installed, it\'s automatically removed when you install Windows Essentials 2012, and Microsoft SkyDrive will be installed in its place. To sync everything that\'s on your SkyDrive to all your PCs, and even on a Mac, you\'ll need to install SkyDrive on each computer.
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