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Windows Live have announced their OneCare
service helping to simplify the multi-PC
environment.
Press
Release:
With many
families now owning more than one home computer,
people have an increasing need to simplify the
way they secure and care for all their PCs.
Microsoft Corp. released the next version of the
Windows Live OneCare
service.
The service
provides all-in-one, self-updating PC care
designed to help consumers and small businesses
maintain the security and performance of their
PCs. Windows Live OneCare, a subscription
service part of the Windows Live family,
is available
download
here
and at the
OneCare
Live website.
Users
understand they need to take care of their PCs
and home network, but they have limited
awareness of the required tasks. According to a
recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on
behalf of Microsoft, 50 percent of adults who
have a home computer and wireless network are
concerned about the security of their home
wireless network, and only 24 percent of adults
who have a home computer have backed up the
digital photos stored on their computer within
the past month.* Windows Live OneCare
answers the increased need for a simple PC care
solution that makes it easy to improve security
and management of multiple PCs and provide new
options for important data backup for the home
or small office.
“Customers
have told us they want an all-in-one solution
for PC care that is simple and easy to use
across all the PCs in their home,” said Amy
Barzdukas, senior director of Windows Live
OneCare at Microsoft. “Windows Live OneCare
helps address this need by providing a
comprehensive set of security and performance
tools while adding new features, including
multi-PC management, printer sharing support and
centralised backup options.”
Hassle-Free Computing for Home and Small
Businesses
Windows Live OneCare offers an all-in-one
solution that is simple and automated, providing
an enhanced experience for Windows Vista. It
helps take the hassle out of multi-PC management
and care and provides better peace of mind that
the computers in the household are protected.
From providing anti-virus protection to setting
up wireless configurations and backing up
important photos and documents, Windows Live
OneCare is the all-in-one solution for today’s
busy consumers and offers the following
features:
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All-in-one. Windows Live
OneCare brings together a complete set of
services in a single, easy-to-use interface
to help keep users safe and allows them to
continually manage and maintain their home
PCs.
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Multi-PC and home network
management provide a single intuitive user
interface for monitoring the security and
maintenance of networked computers. They
also enable one-click actions to resolve
issues among covered computers within a home
PC network.
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Simple and automated. PC
care is simplified, making it easy for users
to manage performance, backup and security
for their home or small-office PCs.
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Centralised backup
enables users to centrally configure and
monitor backups for all PCs covered under
the same Windows Live OneCare subscription,
with the data from all the PCs backed up to
a central location.
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Simple, one-click issue
reporting and resolution across the home or
small-business network helps eliminate the
need to visit individual PCs covered by the
Windows Live OneCare subscription to monitor
their security.
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Printer-sharing support
makes it easy to connect printers to local
networks so all computers covered by the
Windows Live OneCare subscription and
connected to the same local network can
share printers.
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Enhanced monthly reports
provide a summary of key actions that
Windows Live OneCare has performed in the
past month, as well as activities and
recommended actions for each PC in the local
network.
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Online photo backup keeps
precious photos safe from theft or
accidental loss by backing them up to an
off-site location in Windows Live Folders
(available at an extra cost).
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Enhanced experience. The
perfect companion to Windows Vista, Windows
Live OneCare helps users get the most out of
their computing experience.
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Proactive fixes and
recommendations go beyond basic tune-up
tasks by examining the user’s specific
system and software and use that information
to optimise the computing experience.
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A start-time optimiser
speeds PC boot time by identifying and
removing rarely used applications from the
startup menu.
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Automated updating keeps
Windows and other Microsoft applications up
to date by enabling the automatic update
feature of Microsoft Update.
“I’ve been using the beta of the most recent
One Care offering for some time now and am
impressed with the combination of protection,
centralised control, and the lack of aggravation
normally associated with many AV products,”
said Rob Enderle, president and principal
analyst of the Enderle Group. “It’s a solid
improvement and probably the best family
solution currently on the market.”
Windows Live OneCare works with the built-in
security enhancements to Windows Vista such as
Parental Controls to optimise the Windows
experience.
Additional information and a
free 90-day trial of Windows Live OneCare are
available at the OneCare Live
website.
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