Installing Windows Live Messenger on Windows Server 2003
Friday, 31. July 2009, 07:58:43
When I tried to install the new Windows Live Messenger 2009 on my Windows Server 2003 machine, I got the "Couldn't install programs" error message, and the detail is "os_check: 0x8028004".
Windows Server 2003/2008 and 64bit XP systems are not supported by the new Live Messenger.
How to make it work properly:
1. Open the Windows Live Messenger installer with ResourceHacker
2. Open the resource tree to "CONFIG -> CONFIG0 -> 0"
3. Find the XML tag: <os productType="workstation" />
4. Change "workstation" to "server" and recompile the script in the Resource Hacker.
5. Save the modified installer file.
6. The installer should work properly on the Windows Server 2003 now.
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