How to Install Windows Live Wave 3 Beta Programs (include Messenger) on Unsupported x86 and x64 of Windows Server 2003 or 2008

For Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 users who download and try to install any of the Windows Live Wave 3 beta programs such as Windows Live (MSN) Messenger, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Movie Maker, etc. would have been disappointed and frustrated.

The integrated and unified installer for Windows Live Wave 3 beta programs, namely wlsetup-web.exe or wlsetup-all.exe, does not allow nor permit installation on Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 or other server based operating system, affecting both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) platform, which is unsupported operating system.

And it’s also (almost) impossible to uncompress and extract the individual standalone installer for the programs contained inside the package (as there is trick to retrieve the standalone individual silent setup installer for each Windows Live programs), which does not contain check on operating system and can be used to install on non-supported OS such as Windows Server.

In order to make the Windows Live Installer works to install on unsupported operating system (only Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Windows Vista is supported), use the hack below to remove the OS check from the unified Windows Live Installer executable so that it will “support” installation on unsupported OS:

  1. Download Resource Hacker or XN Resource Editor
    .
  2. Run the Resource Hacker or XN Resource Editor.
  3. Open the Windows Live Installer executable (WLSetup-All.exe or WLSetup-Web.exe).
  4. Locate CONFIG -> CONFIG0 -> 0.
  5. Delete and remove the following XML code, and leaving the rest of the text intact:

    <rule name=”IsValidOs” logic=”or”><group logic=”and” name=”vista+”><os version=”vista” condition=”greaterthanorequal” /><os productType=”workstation” /></group><group logic=”and” name=”xpsp2″><os version=”xp” servicePack=”2″ condition=”greaterthanorequal” /><os version=”vista” condition=”lessthan” /><os productType=”workstation” /><os cpu=”i386″ /><fileVersion path=”CSIDL_SYSTEM” file=”msi.dll” version=”3.1.0.0″ condition=”greaterthanorequal” /></group></rule>

  6. Compile the script and save the modified executable.
  7. Run the modified executable, and the Windows Live beta wave 3 software applications can be installed anywhere on any OS and operating system check is now removed.

For user who no need to install the app in workstation environment, there is another hack. The hack is similar to the trick above, using exactly the same steps, except that on the OS validity check XML code above, don’t remove the text. Instead, change and replace the workstation value of the “os productType” to server. After saving the binary, voila, the full or web installer can now works on a server OS.


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19 Responses to “How to Install Windows Live Wave 3 Beta Programs (include Messenger) on Unsupported x86 and x64 of Windows Server 2003 or 2008”

  1. Simmessa
    August 11th, 2009 15:23
    19

    Great article, it saved my day on XP64, you’re the Best there is!

    Keep doing this!

    Simmessa.com

  2. amf
    July 5th, 2009 15:26
    18

    i have edit, but still can’t install windows live in win 2003 :(

  3. jusdurian
    June 7th, 2009 14:32
    17

    you’re rock mate

    thanks for the great tips

  4. fN
    May 31st, 2009 13:30
    16

    U are simply
    T H E B E S T !!!

    ;o) GREATINGS

  5. Kurt
    May 25th, 2009 06:47
    15

    Got it working just by subbing in the x64 for the i386 for the info.

  6. Kurt
    May 25th, 2009 06:21
    14

    Been trying to do it.. downloaded every editor i can find an it won’t seem to work..
    in a few cases i get an invalid file or id just won’t do anything.

  7. om
    February 27th, 2009 22:28
    13

    this works on win server 2008

    group logic=”or” name=”vista+”

    os version=”vista” condition=”greaterthanorequal”

    os productType=”server”

    group

  8. om
    February 27th, 2009 22:26
    12

    thanks for the tip.
    i got it working by changing the first group logic to.

  9. kure
    February 22nd, 2009 04:28
    11

    Aff thx mbx, I didnt understand at first but ye, for live 2009 replacing os cpu= i386 for x64 works

  10. Kure
    February 22nd, 2009 04:16
    10

    Doesnt seem to work on new version, also the code I get there is

    I get corrupted file after editing one or both of those rules

  11. mbx
    January 29th, 2009 01:44
    9

    os cpu= i386 with x64
    guess it doesn’t like slashes in code tags…

  12. mbx
    January 29th, 2009 01:42
    8

    For messenger 2009, I got it to work by replacing with on windows xp pro x64.

  13. mascix
    January 13th, 2009 15:02
    7

    looks nice. I have tried it for live 9 it did not work can you test it ?

    thanks

  14. keith
    December 25th, 2008 00:25
    6

    Awesome – thanks for the info! This works great.

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  16. devalian
    October 31st, 2008 01:07
    4

    bro, how to use XN resource editor to change the name from workstation to server??

    i cant do anything on the name ther 1?? pls help..

  17. bjnews
    October 30th, 2008 23:19
    3

    it works on my server 2008, great!

    thx buddy:)

  18. akay
    October 22nd, 2008 09:32
    2

    This works! Remember, if you own a Windows Server 2008, you have to follow the latter trick!

  19. Umar
    October 22nd, 2008 02:55
    1

    This looks awesome…Im gona try it when i get home

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