Windows Live OneCare coming out of Beta, releasing on January 30, 2007

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Microsoft is all set to bring their flagship Desktop Security product, Windows Live OneCare out of Beta and are releasing it to a world-wide audience on January 30, 2007. OneCare is Microsoft’s all-in-one, always-on-PC care service. Besides security, OneCare also allows you to regularly backup up your files and also performs cleaning up and tuning operations to help keep running your computer at top speed. You can read more about Windows Live OneCare features and service overview here.

For most of the people running the OneCare beta, their service will expire latest by March 2007 or much sooner depending on when you installed the beta. According to Microsoft, after your service expires, you won’t receive new virus and spyware definitions or other OneCare updates and that to continue utilizing their “OneCare protection”, you will have to uninstall OneCare and then reinstall the released version of the product.

As for the Beta Testers, Microsoft seems to be in a generous mood and offering their supposedly limited time Introductory offer for Beta Users

To show our appreciation for our beta participants, we are offering you the full, released version of Windows Live OneCare at a price of 19.95 for one year. This offer is over 60% off the full retail price and covers up to 3 Windows XP or Windows Vista PCs. The offer will expire February 12, 2006, so be sure to take advantage of it soon.

To take advantage of this offer:
1) Uninstall Windows Live OneCare beta (by using the standard Add / Remove Programs Control Panel on your computer). Be sure to restart your computer when the uninstallation is complete.

2) When your computer restarts, return to this e-mail and click this link:

Special offer for Beta participants

(You must use the link in this email in order to be eligible for this special introductory pricing.)

Follow the instructions to redeem your offer and install the fully released version of the service.

Thanks again for all your support,
Windows Live OneCare Beta Team

Microsoft is still offering a free 90 day trial of Windows Live OneCare which you can download and experience first hand if it is worth giving up your personal desktop security products.

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