I cant download Live Messenger or MSN Messenger 7.5. Half way through a
splash screen is displayed which states:

" IE cannot download Install_Messenger_* from download.microsoft.com. IE
was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either
unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later. "

I suspect this could be a problem due to the pop-up blocker, although no
blocked message is indicated in the status bar (as i cant turn off pop-up
blocker in IE / tools. After selecting turn off pop-upblocker it immediately
reverts to on.)

Any ideas please? I am logged on with admin rights and have Windows Firewall
temporarily disabled.




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dsburns001

I also dont appear to be able to spell
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dsburns001


"dsb" wrote:

> I cant download Live Messenger or MSN Messenger 7.5. Half way through a
> splash screen is displayed which states:
>
> " IE cannot download Install_Messenger_* from download.microsoft.com. IE
> was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either
> unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later. "
>
> I suspect this could be a problem due to the pop-up blocker, although no
> blocked message is indicated in the status bar (as i cant turn off pop-up
> blocker in IE / tools. After selecting turn off pop-upblocker it immediately
> reverts to on.)
>
> Any ideas please? I am logged on with admin rights and have Windows Firewall
> temporarily disabled.
>
>
>
>
> --
> dsburns001

I think MS has redone their download page, possibly using Flash, as I tried
over the weekend with w2000 pro and xp pro and got the same error, but when I
turned off the flash blocker and popup blocker, I was able to get the website
although not all of it, some parts were still blocked, either that or they
are having some problems with their servers.

"dsb" wrote:

> I also dont appear to be able to spell
> --
> dsburns001
>
>
> "dsb" wrote:
>
> > I cant download Live Messenger or MSN Messenger 7.5. Half way through a
> > splash screen is displayed which states:
> >
> > " IE cannot download Install_Messenger_* from download.microsoft.com. IE
> > was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either
> > unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later. "
> >
> > I suspect this could be a problem due to the pop-up blocker, although no
> > blocked message is indicated in the status bar (as i cant turn off pop-up
> > blocker in IE / tools. After selecting turn off pop-upblocker it immediately
> > reverts to on.)
> >
> > Any ideas please? I am logged on with admin rights and have Windows Firewall
> > temporarily disabled.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > dsburns001