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 OneCare Live 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 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 OneCare
Live
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 OneCare Live at
Microsoft. “Windows OneCare Live 2.0 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 OneCare Live 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 OneCare 2.0 is the
all-in-one solution for today’s busy consumers and
offers the following features:
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.
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.
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.
Centralised backup enables users to centrally
configure and monitor backups for all PCs covered
under the same
Windows OneCare
Live
subscription, with the data from all the PCs backed
up to a central location.
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.
Printer-sharing support makes it easy to connect
printers to local networks so all computers covered
by the Windows
OneCare
Live
subscription and connected to the same local network
can share printers.
Enhanced monthly reports provide a summary of key
actions that
Windows OneCare
Live
has performed in the past month, as well as
activities and recommended actions for each PC in
the local network.
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).
Enhanced experience. The perfect companion to
Windows Vista, Windows OneCare Live 2.0 helps
users get the most out of their computing
experience.
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.
A start-time optimiser speeds PC boot time by
identifying and removing rarely used applications
from the start up menu.
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 OneCare Live 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 OneCare Live are available at the
Microsoft Website.
