Windows Live won't install on Windows Server 2008

I'm running Windows Server 2008 on my workstation (for a variety of reasons
that aren't important), and the Windows Live unified installer refuses to run
because it's "only supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista" - not that it
won't work, but it's not supported.

I don't care if it's not supported, and arbitrary blocking of the installer
is not polite - let me install it and deal with the consequences!

(not that their would be - I manually extracted the MSI's from another
computer and installed them with no issue for the previous versions of the
suite.)

Please, if you can't change the installer (which I can understand), just
post links direct to the MSI's with a huge "THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED AND WE WILL
NOT HELP YOU IF YOU DO THIS!!!!(!!!)" banner.

Thanks you.

Greetings,

I installed it from the MSIs on my server too. No specific issues that I can tell to the
Server OS and I've been using it all day.

However, this isn't new, the previous Live Installer didn't allow Server OSs either or XP
64-bit. Of course, Messenger ran fine.

The official word from Microsoft on this is that they would not be distributing the MSIs --
it's up to the community. Luckily they're digitally signed so at least you know it's not
been modified with malware.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--




"Fowl the 2nd" <> wrote in message
news:73D3EB1D-2202-4969-A529-...
> I'm running Windows Server 2008 on my workstation (for a variety of reasons
> that aren't important), and the Windows Live unified installer refuses to run
> because it's "only supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista" - not that it
> won't work, but it's not supported.
>
> I don't care if it's not supported, and arbitrary blocking of the installer
> is not polite - let me install it and deal with the consequences!
>
> (not that their would be - I manually extracted the MSI's from another
> computer and installed them with no issue for the previous versions of the
> suite.)
>
> Please, if you can't change the installer (which I can understand), just
> post links direct to the MSI's with a huge "THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED AND WE WILL
> NOT HELP YOU IF YOU DO THIS!!!!(!!!)" banner.
>
> Thanks you.

I tried to find the msi file so that I could install this new version on Windows Server 2008 x86. I did it successfully with the older version. However, I could not find the file. Where to look, please? When I did a search, I found only the msi file for the older version 9 Messenger, not the new one.

Walter Blanchard
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:...
> Greetings,
>
> I installed it from the MSIs on my server too. No specific issues that I can tell to the
> Server OS and I've been using it all day.
>
> However, this isn't new, the previous Live Installer didn't allow Server OSs either or XP
> 64-bit. Of course, Messenger ran fine.
>
> The official word from Microsoft on this is that they would not be distributing the MSIs --
> it's up to the community. Luckily they're digitally signed so at least you know it's not
> been modified with malware.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
>
>
> "Fowl the 2nd" <> wrote in message
> news:73D3EB1D-2202-4969-A529-...
>> I'm running Windows Server 2008 on my workstation (for a variety of reasons
>> that aren't important), and the Windows Live unified installer refuses to run
>> because it's "only supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista" - not that it
>> won't work, but it's not supported.
>>
>> I don't care if it's not supported, and arbitrary blocking of the installer
>> is not polite - let me install it and deal with the consequences!
>>
>> (not that their would be - I manually extracted the MSI's from another
>> computer and installed them with no issue for the previous versions of the
>> suite.)
>>
>> Please, if you can't change the installer (which I can understand), just
>> post links direct to the MSI's with a huge "THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED AND WE WILL
>> NOT HELP YOU IF YOU DO THIS!!!!(!!!)" banner.
>>
>> Thanks you.
>
>

Try C:\Program Files\Common Files\Windows Live\.cache

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"Walter Blanchard [WalterB]" <> wrote in message
news:#1bk#...
> I tried to find the msi file so that I could install this new version on Windows Server
> 2008 x86. I did it successfully with the older version. However, I could not find the
> file. Where to look, please? When I did a search, I found only the msi file for the older
> version 9 Messenger, not the new one.
>
> Walter Blanchard
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I installed it from the MSIs on my server too. No specific issues that I can tell to the
>> Server OS and I've been using it all day.
>>
>> However, this isn't new, the previous Live Installer didn't allow Server OSs either or XP
>> 64-bit. Of course, Messenger ran fine.
>>
>> The official word from Microsoft on this is that they would not be distributing the
>> MSIs --
>> it's up to the community. Luckily they're digitally signed so at least you know it's not
>> been modified with malware.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Fowl the 2nd" <> wrote in message
>> news:73D3EB1D-2202-4969-A529-...
>>> I'm running Windows Server 2008 on my workstation (for a variety of reasons
>>> that aren't important), and the Windows Live unified installer refuses to run
>>> because it's "only supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista" - not that it
>>> won't work, but it's not supported.
>>>
>>> I don't care if it's not supported, and arbitrary blocking of the installer
>>> is not polite - let me install it and deal with the consequences!
>>>
>>> (not that their would be - I manually extracted the MSI's from another
>>> computer and installed them with no issue for the previous versions of the
>>> suite.)
>>>
>>> Please, if you can't change the installer (which I can understand), just
>>> post links direct to the MSI's with a huge "THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED AND WE WILL
>>> NOT HELP YOU IF YOU DO THIS!!!!(!!!)" banner.
>>>
>>> Thanks you.
>>
>>

Got it, Jonathan, thanks.

Walter Blanchard
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message news:...
> Try C:\Program Files\Common Files\Windows Live\.cache
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "Walter Blanchard [WalterB]" <> wrote in message
> news:#1bk#...
>> I tried to find the msi file so that I could install this new version on Windows Server
>> 2008 x86. I did it successfully with the older version. However, I could not find the
>> file. Where to look, please? When I did a search, I found only the msi file for the older
>> version 9 Messenger, not the new one.
>>
>> Walter Blanchard
>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I installed it from the MSIs on my server too. No specific issues that I can tell to the
>>> Server OS and I've been using it all day.
>>>
>>> However, this isn't new, the previous Live Installer didn't allow Server OSs either or XP
>>> 64-bit. Of course, Messenger ran fine.
>>>
>>> The official word from Microsoft on this is that they would not be distributing the
>>> MSIs --
>>> it's up to the community. Luckily they're digitally signed so at least you know it's not
>>> been modified with malware.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Kay
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Fowl the 2nd" <> wrote in message
>>> news:73D3EB1D-2202-4969-A529-...
>>>> I'm running Windows Server 2008 on my workstation (for a variety of reasons
>>>> that aren't important), and the Windows Live unified installer refuses to run
>>>> because it's "only supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista" - not that it
>>>> won't work, but it's not supported.
>>>>
>>>> I don't care if it's not supported, and arbitrary blocking of the installer
>>>> is not polite - let me install it and deal with the consequences!
>>>>
>>>> (not that their would be - I manually extracted the MSI's from another
>>>> computer and installed them with no issue for the previous versions of the
>>>> suite.)
>>>>
>>>> Please, if you can't change the installer (which I can understand), just
>>>> post links direct to the MSI's with a huge "THIS IS NOT SUPPORTED AND WE WILL
>>>> NOT HELP YOU IF YOU DO THIS!!!!(!!!)" banner.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks you.
>>>
>>>
>