Microsoft Silverlight is a must-have browser plug-in developed to improve functionality of web sites such as Netflix. It is powered by the .NET Framework, bringing some of its functionality to online services.

The application is compatible with several browsers including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. It can be necessary to Silverlight installed to run some streaming services as it enables DRM content to be played.

The Official site of Microsoft Silverlight. Read and review the Microsoft Silverlight Installation License for users. Microsoft has realized it and they have launched their own and similar concept, it's called Silverlight and you may know it if you surf microsoft websites. If you usually use Firefox, when you arrive in a website with silverlight content, you can install de plugin, but it doesn't work, that's why you need to doownload and install this plugin we. New in Microsoft Silverlight SDK 5.0.60401.0 Beta: Controls: ItemsControl Search: A user can now search a list of items in an ItemsControl using keyboard input. Silverlight will reach the end of support on October 12, 2021. Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11, with support for Internet Explorer 10 ending on January 31, 2020. There is no longer support for Chrome, Firefox, or any browser using the Mac operating system.

Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 Cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering rich interactive applications for the Web. Microsoft Silverlight Download.

Microsoft Silverlight features IIS Smooth Streaming, technology which helps high definition streaming playback on virtually any type of devices. The PivotViewer feature allows users to view and manipulate large amounts of data.

Other features of Microsoft Silverlight include Pixel Shader which improves and enhances graphics with blurs, dropshadows and other effects, 3D Graphics support and a number of other skinning and styling for display of high quality graphics.

All in all, Microsoft Silverlight is an excellent framework for web services and definitely a requirement to have in order to enjoy a variety of online services.

Features and highlights

• IIS Smooth Streaming
• PivotViwer
• SketchFlow
• Media Format Extensibility
• Perspective 3D graphics
• Skinning and styling options available
• Smooth media player

Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs

This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from media players without restrictions. Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

1. Microsoft Silverlight Download
2. Freeware Media Players
3. Major release: Microsoft Silverlight 5.1
4. Cross-platform Plugin Software

About Microsoft Silverlight

Microsoft Silverlight 5.1.50918.0 is a must-have browser plug-in developed to improve functionality of web sites such as Netflix. It is powered by the . NET Framework, bringing some of its functionality to online services. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system/platform without restrictions. Microsoft Silverlight is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.

We tested the file Silverlight.exe with 28 antivirus programs and it turned out 100% clean. It's good practice to test any downloads from the Internet with trustworthy antivirus software.

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Older versions of Windows often have trouble running modern software and thus Microsoft Silverlight may run into errors if you're running something like Windows XP. Conversely, much older software that hasn't been updated in years may run into errors while running on newer operating systems like Windows 10. You can always try running older programs in compatibility mode.

Officially supported operating systems include 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2008, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista.

The current version of Microsoft Silverlight is 5.1.50918.0 and is the latest version since we last checked. This is the full offline installer setup file for PC. This site has hosted other versions of it in the past such as 5.1.50907.0, 5.1.50906.0, 5.1.50905.0, 5.1.50901.0 and 5.1.50709.0. At the moment, only the latest version is available.

The program currently supports over 7 video formats including AVI, EVO, H.264, MOV, MPE, MPG and WMV.

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