terrible installer for messenger 8.5(wheres the full setup??)

hi,

I decided to instal messenger 8.5. I got WLInstaller.exe, after than i had
to go download Windows Update agent 5.8. And after it all, WLInstaller starts
up and stays at 0% for over an hour.

After 22 freakin hours it downloads 6%!!!! My internet is fine! I can browse
fine, i can download fine too! Why the heck is there an installer that
downloads the whole thing! Why cant i get the setup to 8.5 itself!? If this
is a way to get people to install all Live products, its really not working!

Could someone please give me a link to the file? The full messenger 8.5?
Please dont tell there is'nt one!


Thanks so much
Gideon

Greetings Gideon,

The installer is known to be rather slow, but 22 hours is more than I've ever heard. The
installer hasn't met much positive reviews anywhere.

Anyway, you can grab the MSI directly from here:
http://www.msgstuff.com/downloads/download/135/

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"giddy" <> wrote in message
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> hi,
>
> I decided to instal messenger 8.5. I got WLInstaller.exe, after than i had
> to go download Windows Update agent 5.8. And after it all, WLInstaller starts
> up and stays at 0% for over an hour.
>
> After 22 freakin hours it downloads 6%!!!! My internet is fine! I can browse
> fine, i can download fine too! Why the heck is there an installer that
> downloads the whole thing! Why cant i get the setup to 8.5 itself!? If this
> is a way to get people to install all Live products, its really not working!
>
> Could someone please give me a link to the file? The full messenger 8.5?
> Please dont tell there is'nt one!
>
>
> Thanks so much
> Gideon