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wow is there an easier way?

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
I have not installed MSN since the "msn live" crap update got pushed. I don't feel its right to dedicate 700MB+ of my ram to a chat application. like wtf. So I've been using Trillian since.

But I just formatted a PC for someone else and rather put MSN as people always come back to me when stuff is "different". Ok so I run the install, I install it, then I go to run it, so it says I have to update, fine. Then it wants me to download this other update so it throws me to some MSN site saying I need to turn on automatic updates, so I do, but then it also wants me to install IE7. I don't really like installing beta software (anything less then 2 years old put out by MS is beta tbh) but w/e. So it's downloading now, using their super slow net installer crap.

But, is there an easier way to get MSN installed? like wow, its retarded I have to go through all that.
 
which version did you first install? i dont exactly follow your rant or the 700mb thing or about beta softwre, but it seems like you first installed an old version then it asked you to install the updated one. i'm wondering why you didnt just install the newest one first and save a step.

 
Just an FYI, my MSN Messenger is using 2.5MB RAM at the moment, with a peak just under 10MB, so I don't know what you're even complaining about.
And when I updated I didn't need IE7, nor was I redirected to a webpage.
 
Actually this particular install only started off at 15MB but then the ram usage kept growing non stop. Don't even know if this PC will handle it, my old PC had trouble handling it without forcing all my apps to start swapping, so this one is older and may have issues, but it did not hit close to even 50MB yet. But I do remember it using 700MB on my machine, sure I had like 5 convos, but still.

I finally managed to get it installed. Every time the install failed it had to go through the download process again, it never let me save the installer. I find MS are getting better in terms of enterprise stuff (like win2k srv series are decent, and so is exchange, etc) but when it comes to home products they still suck monkey balls.

We use Ms communicator at work, its simple, does what its made to do - why can't msn be the same? Nobody wants all that bloat. Ok, maybe some people do, sadly...
 
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