msn

[spicy]

when i opened my msn messenger it said there is new version available when i try to

download it it say i must do critical upgraded to my xp sp2 system by installing

some client .. what is all that stuff? i dont want to install windows updates coz

of disc space .. is there a way to do that? thanks

[Andrew]

More details would be nice. Such as what msn were you using? and what is it trying to upgrade to? Exactly what is this "some client"?

I thought there was a forced/recommended upgrade to wlm 8.5.

Yes the WLM 8.5 installer is a piece of crap as I have documented before.

If you are worried about disk space, there are many alternatives to the official WLM client that use less disk space and less CPU/ram, although they usually lack some features (which I don't use anyway).

[spicy]

am using wlm  8.1  it said it needed upgraded when i try to do that

it say my os needs a critical upgread and i need to install windows

update agent 5.8.02 then it want to take me to windows update site

to start poring updates on my pc and i dont need all that i just need

a 5 mb messenger exe .. this is a bad set  back for msn users

[spicy]

Yes the WLM 8.5 installer is a piece of crap as I have documented before.

well that installer was trying to start me up just like u said but

i refused and canceled from the start . glad i still have the 8.1

exe ill just ignor any upgrades .. is there a way to get that exe

file from somewhere eals ?

[gryphon]

I am on 8.5.1 now. The installer that came with 8.0 was confusing to say the least. 8.5 is just the old installer with a few extra options. (ok, they should have left those out and they changed those useless options from the previous version Andrew ;) )

Besides that change of look and feel it's not all that different I think.