Hi: You will find my problem in this newsgroup under the heading "MSN Premium
won't install". This is now April 17, 2007, and they still haven't fixed it.
I called MSN Premium twice, and their tech support indicates you have to
download version 9.5. I did, and I made or tried to make it compatible with
Windows XP SP2. Still doesn't work. I was just wondering if you had since had
any better luck than me.
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> I just talked to MSN Tech Support and received permission to pass the
> following on to the ng. I am only the messenger.
>
> The correct software for Vista is MSN 9.5. Please do not install previous
> versions on Vista.
>
> 9.5 is fully Vista compatible and the software is ready. It is the same
> software that XP users are now using. There is not a separate 9.5 just for
> Vista.
>
> Although MSN 9.5 is now available, it only installs on versions of Windows
> through XP. The problem is the installer, not MSN 9.5 itself. It cannot
> yet be installed on Vista from http://membercenter.msn.com/download.aspx.
>
> The reason is that http://membercenter.msn.com/download.aspx downloads the
> msninst.dll for XP and earlier and not the version of msninst.dll needed for
> Vista. You will get an error stating that msninst.dll could not be
> registered and the installer will exit if you try to use
> http://membercenter.msn.com/download.aspx to install MSN 9.5 on Vista.
>
> There is no supported workaround. If you find one, good for you, but MSN
> will not support it.
>
> What is going on is that MSN has finished the software but not the download
> website. MSN is working on upgrading
> http://membercenter.msn.com/download.aspx and when finished there will be a
> link for Vista users that will download the correct MSN installer for Vista.
>
> MSN will send an email to MSN users when this link goes live.
>
> Please don't shoot the messenger. 
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Colin Barnhorst (MVP Microsoft Virtual Machine)
>
>
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