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If your installation doesn’t start right away, check the system requirements, or click Try again.
Trying again downloads a standalone installer to your computer. This takes a little while, but may work better, depending on your connection settings.
Get Messenger and stay in touch
Windows Live Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay connected to the people you care about.
Favorites and groups
Put the people you chat with most at the top of your contacts, so you easily see when they’re online. Want to chat with several people in one window? Just set up a group.
Customize
Show off your personal style with custom scenes, animated display pictures, and signature sounds.
Share photos
Look at photos together, right in the conversation window. And Messenger tells you when people you know post new photos on Windows Live.
Depending on how your computer is set up, you may see a few security messages before installation begins.
Where you see a company or publisher listed in a security message, make sure the company name is Microsoft Corporation. If so, then it is safe to click Run, Continue, or Allow.
The installer will open. Select the programs you want to install*, and then click Next.
*Previously installed Windows Live programs will also be updated if you don't have the latest versions installed yet.
Sit back and relax, or do other things on your computer while you wait. Installation shouldn't take more than a few minutes on a broadband connection.
When it's done, you'll find your new programs in the Windows Live folder on the Windows Start menu.
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