How does Microsoft manage to ruin even the simplest things in life?? Now Live Messenger takes 10+ minutes, two downloads and a restart to install!! What a piece of crap. What kind of idiots are behind this and how do they keep their jobs?

DAMN! The Windows Live this time is Suck. It's has 2 major draw back:
1. It doesn't have offline installer.
2. The online installer doesn't install on the Windows Server and or Windows 64 bit any kind. But if you use the cached temp hidden msi offline installer, it install just FINE.
To use the cached temp hidden msi offline installer go to your windows folder, then go to SoftwareDistribution\Download\Install. Just make sure you run the online installer on the appropiate OS first. If you don't have one. Ask your friends help or Download via softpedia. 
Becarefull of corrupt when RESUMING download from softpedia. The Messenger is available in softpedia. The Photo .... [i forgot] is availble via MajorGeek. --> offline installer.
The online installer is asuming you have very high speed internet connection. It just save please what a few minute to finish about more than an hour. 
Good Luck Jim :)).

What are the odds one of those 'third sites' is facebook

-hey neat, i just got the same verification code :)

I hate them. I trully hate them. And I want my software in english, as I can't stand all those new inventions in local languages.

So why can't they put an option to download version I like. Is it so hard to put in ONE SIMPLE DROPDOWN LIST with all the languages?!

Here, if someone wants english one, instead a localized one..

http://g.live.com/1rewlive/en/WLInstaller.exe

Oh, and if you don't have it, you'll need this one too, and a direct link might be of help since MS doesn't provide one clearly shown ANYWHERE.

http://download.windowsupdate.com/WindowsUpdate/redist/standalone/7.0.6000.381/WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe

Oh, and live.com still says BETA on front page :D

I'll comment on software once it gets installed :P

Well, if anyone would be interested I've just made a small review of these tools... So far, not a bad package. I've got to say - much better than Google so far...

URL is here: http://itflame.blogspot.com/

If it doesn't get posted I'll understand :)