If you use Windows Live Mail as part of Windows Live Essentials 2009 or 2011, these older suites won’t be supported by Microsoft anymore. A reported bug with the update has now been fixed by Microsoft. You can continue to use WLM 2012 on your PC with a Hotmail,, MSN or Live email account, but you’ll need to install the update linked to within the Microsoft email.
Yes - although it's poorly designed and looks a bit like a scam email (not addressing users by name, and encouraging you click links titled 'click here'), this is a genuine email from Microsoft.ĭepending on which email system you’re using, there are different steps you may need to take. It also warns users of the older Windows Live Essentials 20 programs that they will no longer be supported and will need to use a different means for accessing their emails. The email encourages users of Windows Live Mail 2012 to click through to receive a software update. Microsoft has emailed its users to say, ‘In a few weeks, we will be making some changes to our email services that might impact your email account’. Windows Live Mail is an email program that can be used to access various email accounts, including Microsoft ones such as and addresses. Yet the somewhat clumsy official messaging, plus the release of an update that reportedly caused crashes, has created confusion for Microsoft users. Microsoft has notified users of its numerous email services that they will no longer be able to use the Windows Live Mail email client without installing an update.
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