
I just cannot mirror the whole document repository of MS. And of course there is a good chance they will be deleted in any second. Now, I have to hunt down Windows NT articles, beause the shiny new 2008 server R2 articles are just bullshit generated copy-pastes, all the basics are written only in 10 year old documents.
Technet articles used to contain much more details 10-15 years ago. There is no word for that, how badly I hate Microsoft for hiding details, deleting relevant information from the past, previous version of its own products etc. Bing is a shame, not even able to find relevant content on, I have to google everytime I look for sg on MS sites. I spent couple of hours to find that damn full package, with no luck.
I think it's weird, but there you go.Ĭarlos: I agree with you (MS rating us IT pros as stupids), however I am not as forgiving as you. Or, if you want an offline installer in other languages, go to, click Download, cancel it, then click Try Again.
Windows Live Essentials ONLINE English Installer - 1 megabyte bootstrapper. Windows Live Essentials OFFLINE English Installer - 134 megabytes total. I'm not sure if they are version-specific downloads but I will try to keep them up to date. They are current as of the writing of this blog post. Long story short, here's direct downloads for the Windows Live Essentials English Language ONLINE and OFFLINE installers. This takes a little while, but may work better, depending on your connection settings." "Trying again downloads a standalone installer to your computer. However, if you cancel the download immediately, there's a "Try Again" button and some text that no one (including me) reads: It will then go and download just the programs you want. Rather than offering a small link for "offline installer" or a choice, you have to click Download which will attempt to start a Download of Windows Live Essentials online bootstrapper. Then I figured out this bizarre bit of UI on the Live Essentials download page. I Googled with Bing, and then Googled with Google for things like "Windows Live Offline Installer" and found nothing but confusion. I went to and searched all over, looking for an offline installer. However, they only have dial-up and wanted an offline installer I could just put on a USB Stick (I actually figured I'd put it on their camera's SD Card.) His wife mentioned she wanted to make a quick DVD of the pictures and movies we took, so I suggested Movie Maker. My brother and his wife came over today and the kids went trick or treating. UPDATE 2015: Here is the offline link for Windows Live Essentials 2012.