Monday, July 6, 2009

Get Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Working on 64bit XP and Server 2003

Microsoft says that these are not supported. But they actually are.

You need to download the MSI version of the installer. It's available here:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Windows-Live-Messenger-9-Download-89148.html

You may then get the "cannot connect to server" message. In that case, upgrade the communication plumbing by installing this:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/F/4/0F4D43A7-8D47-4312-BC35-EC1F888AC156/en/Contacts-ship-neutral.cab

You should be able to connect at that point.