


That being said, we've done all of our usual testings and can't find any malware, viruses, running services, or startup entries that typically show a problem. The downside to installing Windows Movie Maker in Live Essentials is that you also have to install Photo Gallery.

If you're not sure, download Windows Live Essentials from MajorGeeks and install only Movie Maker and Photo Gallery. Windows Defender allowed the installation. See our second screenshot below for a Windows Defender scan. Because it's only three of sixty-eight, and a Microsoft product, we believe that these are false positives.

Having said that, it's worth pointing out that most of the apps still work surprisingly well, even on newer iterations such as Windows 10 and Windows 8 (Windows 7 is supported, as well). It's quite important to be aware of the fact that since January 10, 2017, Windows Live Essentials 2012 is no longer officially supported by Microsoft. Handy Microsoft suite that works rather well even with the latest versions of Windows These are as follows: Windows Live Family Safety, Windows Live Mail, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Photo Gallery, Windows Live Writer, OneDrive, and Windows Live Messenger. Windows Live Essentials 2012 (formerly known as Windows Live and Windows Live Installer) is a useful suite that helps you deploy some of the most popular Microsoft-vetted apps of old for cloud storage, email, parental control, blogging, instant messaging, photo and video editing, just to name a few.
