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Old 05-26-2009   #1 (permalink)
PA Bear [MS MVP]


 
 

Re: windows updates

[x-post to WLMessenger newsgroup]

You can install (upgrade to) WLMessenger v14.0.8064.206 here:
http://download.live.com/messenger

NB: The installer on that page will also install the latest versions of
Windows Live Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker beta, Family Safety,
and Toolbar unless you UNCHECK the options to install them!

You'll find a link to download the standalone installer for WLMessenger
v14.0.8064.206 (Messenger.msi) here:
http://messengergeek.spaces.live.com...DA1!1723.entry
--
~PA Bear


Rage Skywolfe wrote:
Quote:

> yes the update for the recent update is what I meant.
>
> PA Bear wrote:
Quote:

>> I'm not aware of any Windows Live updates being offered via Microsoft
>> Update for the most-recently released version of Windows Live Messenger
>> (v14.0.8064.206; 12 Feb-09).
>>
>> If you're running the previous version (released in Dec-08), the upgrade
>> will NOT be offered via Microsoft Update AFAIK.
>>
>> You can post your query to this Windows Live Messenger-specific
>> newsgroup:
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger
>>
>> On the web:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...live.messenger
>>
>> In your newsreader:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...live.messenger
>>
>>
>> Rage Skywolfe wrote:
Quote:

>>> ok that is what I was wondering. the early updates that were installed
>>> were
>>> windows update but the muweb control is installed now and is usualy
>>> offered
>>> when you first do them after a few visits to the update site in general.
>>> that is why I wondered. the update I am missing from live is the one on
>>> messenger 2009 that has something about IMElanguage compatibilities.
>>>
>>>> After a clean install of Windows, Windows Update will be your default
>>>> update source. When you go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and
>>>> click
>>>> "Upgrade to Microsoft Update," that's when the "muweb control" (ActiveX
>>>> Control) is installed.
>>>>
>>>> If there are no Windows Live applications installed, Microsoft Update
>>>> will
>>>> not offer any Windows Live updates.
>>>>
>>>> If MS Office isn't installed, Microsoft Update will not offer any
>>>> Office
>>>> updates.
>>>>
>>>> <QP>
>>>> What are the differences between Windows Updates, Automatic Updates,
>>>> and
>>>> Microsoft Updates?
>>>>
>>>> While Windows Update provides you with updates specifically for
>>>> Windows,
>>>> Microsoft Update expands the service to download and install updates
>>>> for
>>>> other Microsoft software, such as Microsoft Office and Windows Live.
>>>> Automatic updating is a feature that allows you to set your PC to
>>>> automatically download and install updates using either service, making
>>>> it
>>>> easy and convenient for you to keep your Windows PC current.
>>>> </QP>
>>>> Source:
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/dow...pdate/FAQ.mspx
>>>>
>>>> => To switch from Microsoft Update back to Windows Update as your
>>>> default
>>>> update source, go to Microsoft Update website | Click on 'Change
>>>> Settings'
>>>> in left pane | Scroll to bottom of page | 'To Stop Using Microsoft
>>>> Update'
>>>>> 'Disable Microsoft Update software and let me use Windows Update only'
>>>>> (check/select).
>>>>
>>>> With Windows Update as your default, you will need to check-in at
>>>> Office
>>>> Update to keep your Office applications fully patched:
>>>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/do...incatalog.aspx
>>>>
>>>> NB: Microsoft will be discontinuing the Office Update option on 01
>>>> August
>>>> 2009. After that, you will have to use Microsoft Update as your
>>>> default
>>>> update source in order to be offered any updates for Office.
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rage Skywolfe wrote:
>>>>> how do you make it a default when you are first downloading updates.
>>>>> it
>>>>> is
>>>>> microsoft now because the muweb control was installed. and normaly
>>>>> right
>>>>> after that control is installed it offers the live updates it just
>>>>> didn't
>>>>> this time.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Unless you change your default update source to Microsoft Update, no
>>>>>> Windows Live or MS Office updates will be offered by Automatic
>>>>>> Updates
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> when you update manually via Windows Update website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After making Microsoft Update your default, Windows Live and MS
>>>>>> Office
>>>>>> updates will be offered by Automatic Updates and when you update
>>>>>> manually
>>>>>> via Microsoft Update website.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rage Skywolfe wrote:
>>>>>>> when I am first doing the updates until the prompt comes up to
>>>>>>> install
>>>>>>> microsoft update it is windows update.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When you open your browser to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com,
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> taken to Windows Update or Microsoft Update? (Windows Live stuff's
>>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>>> offered at Microsoft Update.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rage Skywolfe wrote:
>>>>>>>>> several months ago on one reformat 35 updates for sp3 were
>>>>>>>>> released..
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> was before they had the live essentials updates comming through.
>>>>>>>>> lately
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> has been 36 with the windows live essentials updates released as
>>>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>> last one it went back to 35 is there a reason it has changed from
>>>>>>>>> even
>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>> few
>>>>>>>>> days ago to now? just curious here.

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