
The software installed without a problem. I downloaded the Windows Essentials 2012 file, performed a virus scan and installed the software removing all options except for Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. One for Windows Essentials 2012 and one for Windows Essentials 2011. The comment in those video post lead me to the site . After quite a few attempts to install Windows Essentials 2012 found using Google searches, with the error messages 0x800c0006 WLXSuiteLang UXPlatformLang, the client suggested I try YouTube as he'd seen links to the software on YouTube. If Microsoft doesn't look after their users, users should reconsider supporting Microsoft.īut I digress. Just another reason my support for Microsoft has nearly vanished over the years. That protects people from having to download software from potentially questionable sites. Really Microsoft! Surely you could provide an archive area for all your old programs that people could download. As the software was discontinued in 2017 and no longer supported, the software is not even available from the Microsoft site. A visit to the Microsoft download site should fix that.

The client used Windows Essentals Photo Gallery and sometimes Movie Maker. All taking a considerable amount of time to find drivers to install. Over a hundred updates to be applied, graphics card not recognised and issues with the ports. However, reinstalling Windows 7 on an older computer nearly always comes with issues and time consuming updates. A welcome change from Microsoft that they make the ISO images available. Reinstalling Windows 7 isn't difficult now that Microsoft provides ISO images that can be downloaded. As a precaution I kept the client's hard disk for them and installed a new hard disk giving them more space at the same time. Lots of errors, Outlook not working and unable to repair.

A client's Windows 7 computer failed due to a failing hard disk.
