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The Windows Live Mail team has posted on their blog today about what was updated and fixed in the latest release (build number 14.0.8089.0726) that came along with the new Windows Live Movie Maker. Here’s a few of the main bugs that were addressed in this update:

• Windows Live Mail can now properly import Outlook Express mail account settings that were transferred from a Windows XP to a new Vista or Windows 7 system using the Windows Easy Transfer wizard.
• Some users had problems launching Windows Live Mail and we have addressed this. In some cases, after you closed Windows Live Mail, the application would appear to close, but the wlmail.exe process would continue to run in the background. That process would prevent Mail from launching in the future.
• On Vista and Windows 7, Windows Live Mail wouldn’t connect properly to POP email servers using SSL. In particular, this affected some users of Yahoo! Mail.

If you have had sign-in issues with Windows Live Mail previously, try this new update to see if your problems are addressed.
It is good to see that the Windows Live Mail team has been proactive and publishing the details about this update. We’ll have to wait and see whether the other teams will be posting about their latest changes. Kudos to the Windows Live Mail team!

You can grab the latest Windows Live Essentials at http://download.live.com


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Upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 14.0.8089.726, or be upgraded


The Windows Live Messenger team announced a phased upgrade to the quietly released 14.0.8089.726 build, which addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Active Template Library (ATL) as cited in Microsoft Security Advisory 973882. The upgrade also comes with unspecified code fixes and feature enhancements.

Users of Windows Live Messenger 8.1, 8.5 and older 14.0 versions will be asked and later forced to install the update.

First Phase, Optional Upgrade:

1) Starting Aug. 25, customers using versions 8.1 or 8.5 were asked to upgrade their client.

2) Starting early Oct., all customers using versions 14.0 (but not the latest release 14.0.8089) will be asked to upgrade their client.

The upgrade at this time is optional. Customers who haven't upgraded during the optional phase will be required to do so during the second phase.

Second Phase, Mandatory Upgrade:

1) Starting mid-Sept., all customers using Messenger 8.1 or 8.5 will be required to upgrade their version of Windows Live Messenger.

2) Starting late Oct., all customers using Messenger 14.0 will be required to upgrade their version of Windows Live Messenger.

Of course, you don't have to wait for the upgrade notification to pop up and just grab the latest build from messenger.live.com.

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