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O.P. WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
All good that's it's being released but I doubt it's going to be solid.

Seriously, I'm a bit miffed off at microsoft, I've been a tester for wlsuite, everything is still buggy in places, old graphics from outlook express in wlmail, wlphoto gallery won't even install outside America.

We've only had 1 beta for each (there was a test update for messenger via windows update but it was only to test the system no actual fixes) I just hope they've fixed all the many bugs we found/suggested in connect. even though almost every suggestion ended in the 'no, but we may look into this at a later date'

It does strike me as why do they even need connect testers if they're not going to use them to their full potential
09-05-2007 10:29 AM
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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
I agree, I thought it was pretty quick. Surely they can't have fixed everything in 1 beta?

It'll be interesting :P
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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
Yeah, i've submitted loads of things, same old excuses though.
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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
On connect, testers seem to just get the reply:
'This fix/ suggestion won't be applied in the next release, but we will consider it for future builds.'

Using Connect is also ridiculously stupid, I can't navigate a thing.
09-05-2007 08:10 PM
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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
We got it :

In french :
http://www.msncreative.net/index.php?option=com_r...nc=fileinfo&id=355

English is upping on my server )


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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
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Using Connect is also ridiculously stupid, I can't navigate a thing.
Yeah it's pretty bad for that.
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O.P. RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
yeah... rock on Microsoft let's not support you're latest Operating system 8-)

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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
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Works on Vista here :p.
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64bit vista not supported in beta 2 :@
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RE: WLSuite Soon to be released, any other testers annoyed?
The new Windows Live installer is truly horrible. It took me almost 30 minutes to install just Messenger and even then i didn't have an option to not install Sign-in Assistant. I know more people hate this bundled installer, so i extracted just the new Live Messenger installer in a few languages so you don't have to go trough 30 minutes of pain for a Messenger update that doesn't seem to have anything new anyway.

These files will install Live Messenger "2008" v8.5.1288.816 WITHOUT Sign-in Assistant or the buggy Windows Live installer:

EDIT: MOAR working links added.


Separate installers in various languages...

Windows Live_Messenger 2008 8.5.1288.816:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...ar-xa_(Arabic).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...bg_(Bulgarian).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...s-es_(Spanish).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...-ee_(Estonian).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...t-it_(Italian).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li..._nl-nl_(Dutch).msi

Windows Live Sign-in Assistant:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi

Windows Live Mail 12.0.1365:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li..._nl-nl_(Dutch).msi

Windows Live Writer 12.0.1277.816:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li..._nl-nl_(Dutch).msi

Windows Live Photo Gallery 12.0.1193.81:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li..._nl-nl_(Dutch).msi

Windows Live OneCare Family Safety 1.8.4420.0:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li..._nl-nl_(Dutch).msi

Windows Live Toolbar 03.01.0000.0130:
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li...n-us_(English).msi
http://random.menthix.net/windows_live/Windows_Li..._nl-nl_(Dutch).msi


The installers will do their job automatically without showing anything on screen, after they finished Messenger should be installed and accessible from the startmenu.




How to extract separate (clean) installers yourself:

These steps will work for all the Live products bundled in the installer.

1) Set your preferred browser language to the language you want your Live products in. Don't worry, just go to step 2 directly if you don't understand this.

2) Visit http://get.live.com/wl/all to download the Windows Live installer in your own language, or if your language isn't available yet, get the English version at http://get.live.com/en-us/WL/config_all. Make sure you only select the parts you want before you start the download.

3) Run the WLinstaller.exe you just downloaded and let it download all the products you want. Unfortunately installation will automatically start after that, just ignore that and let it go for now.

4) Press Start > Run... > and open "C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\Local Settings\Application Data\WindowsLiveInstaller\MsiSources".

5) In the folder you just opened you should see Windows Installer Packages (.msi files) if the installer finished downloading successful. If there are multiple of these files you can check which product each file is by right-clicking them > Properties > Summery > Subject.

6) Copy the .msi files of the products you want to a safe place (for example your Desktop). Rename the file to something more famaliar if you like.

7) Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs. You can now remove the crap the Live Installer forced you to install like "Windows Live Sign-in Assistant" and "Windows Live Installer".

8) Use the .msi file you copied in step 6 to do clean installs. These MSI packages install without showing anything on screen, after they finished you should find the working product in your startmenu, if not, reboot and try again.

9) Share the MSI installer you just extracted with people who have problems with the full Windows Live Installer, or people who just don't want the extra crap.

This post was edited on 09-06-2007 at 10:17 PM by Menthix.
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