I consider a lot of the stuff in the Windows Live OneCare suite is
overlapping. I think Tune-up itself is a resource nightmare and prefer the
low priority defragger built into Windows Vista. I personally have had a bad
experience with the product. It locked me out of my system once to the point
I was on the brink of formatting my system, luckily I booted into
diagnostics mode and removed it. I got a 3 license install and never thought
of using it. Hopefully it will qualify for the next generation product.
--
Best regards,
Andre Da Costa
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> Hi, Andrew.
> That announcement took me by surprise, but in the long run I think it is a
> good
> direction. The engine will continue and the fluff will be removed. From my
> perspective, Tune-up, Backup, Circles, and the rest are complicated
> overhead for
> the core concept of OneCare as a protection product.
> I do hope that they offer these other services/components in another form
> in the
> future, though.
> -steve
>
> "Andre Da Costa" <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>Thought I would post this here:
>>"In a very surprising move, Microsoft has announced today that Windows
>>Live
>>OneCare customers will be getting the shaft next year. The software giant
>>has decided to replace OneCare with a free security solution (codenamed
>>"Morro") to be released in the second half of next year. The
>>yet-to-be-announced product will be a realtime anti-malware protection
>>solution, whereas OneCare offered that plus backup and management
>>features.
>>Retail sales of the Windows Live OneCare subscription service will end on
>>June 30, 2009. "
>>
>>http://arstechnica.com/journals/micr...care-next-year >
> --
> Stephen Boots
> MVP Windows Live
> Windows Live OneCare Forum Moderator
> sboots@xxxxxx