Windows 10: Problem installing Windows Essentials/Photo Gallery

Trying to install Windows Essentials, in order to have Windows Live Photo Gallery on new laptop. Installer keeps failing, with message that I need to check Internet connection - which makes no sense as I know my Internet is good each time this happens. Anyone have any ideas on how to overcome this?
(Or a suggestion for a good replacement for WLPG........the new Photos app doesn't have a fraction of the functionality)

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Windows 10 photo import settings

Hi Rogg Yns,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

Please be informed that you will be able to see the Photo gallery in the apps list only if you have installed Windows Essentials.

Windows Essentials is a suite of products like Photo gallery/Movie maker/Live Mail/Live Writer available in one easy download.
Windows Essentials is a suite of products available in one easy download.
I suggest you to download and install the Windows Essentials from the below link.

Windows Essentials

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-live/essentials

After downloading the Windows Essentials from the below link, you will be able to access the Photo gallery. Refer to the below article and check if you are able to import photos and videos from the Photo gallery.

Import photos into Photo Gallery
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/photo-gallery-import-photos-faq

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Cannot Import photos to Windows 10

Hi Pawsitive Girl,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

I suggest you to import the photos using Photo gallery app.

Please be informed that you will be able to see the Photo gallery in the apps list only if you have installed Windows essentials.

Note: If you have installed Windows Essentials, skip the step 1 and proceed to step 2.

Step 1:

Windows Essentials is a suite of products like Photo gallery/Movie maker/Live Mail/Live Writer/One drive available in one easy download.
Windows Essentials is a suite of products available in one easy download.
I suggest you to install the Windows Essentials from the below link.

Windows Essentials

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/windows-live/essentials

Step 2:

After downloading the Windows essentials from the below link, you will be able to access the Photo gallery. Refer to the below article and check if you are able to import photos and videos from the Photo gallery.

Import photos into Photo Gallery
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/photo-gallery-import-photos-faq

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Is your antivirus blocking the installer? The Photos App is actually quite good for just viewing photos.

 

Is it likely to be the antivirus software? I get a Windows prompt asking to give permission to make changes to the PC. Then I get a popup on my screen that says 'Windows Live Essentials 2011 - Preparing to install' with one of those moving lines under it. That churns away for a few minutes, and then I get this error message telling me to check my Internet connection. So there's no indication that the antivirus software is intervening......
I agree Photos App has a few useful features, but is missing a lot of the useful Gallery functionality - face recognition, ability to tag people in pictures and then retrieve pictures with those tags, sophisticated editing capabilities etc etc

 

Is your Internet connection working at that point or not? Maybe your Firewall is blocking you? Have you checked Control Panel, Internet Options and the Security tab? Sometimes that has to be set at Defaults for other things to work properly.