Windows Live (insert product name) Update Notifications

One of the things missing from the Windows Live products, especially the impressive Windows Live Writer (WLW), and the equally impressive and excellent Windows Live Mail Desktop (WLMD) client, is the lack of built-in update checking.

The latest version of WLMD, build 8.0.1223, which I downloaded incidentally in the process of reviewing my Velocity Micro HTPC, is so much faster than earlier versions and does not require the turning-off of DEP in order to work correctly without crashing.

Indeed, it has worked for the past four days crashing.