copying messenger from my other puter.

[bill]

hi all, I am in Nicaragua and traveling to the states soon. I want to
communicate with my family over messenger but only have it on the desktop. I
have tried a number of ways to copy the program to a disk, but the desktop
is "xp" and the Laptop is windows 2000. The reason I don't download from
microsoft is because I pay per minute to the TelCo here. Any ideas? Thanks
in advance

Jamie Smith

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jamie,

I actually sat down and tried to do this simply by copying the files, even adding the
installation files, registering the DLLs manually, running the INFs, etc. it simply would not
run. You might find it handy to instead of using the actual Messenger client, to using a
Java based client which you can logon to Messenger on your laptop with (without actually
downloading anything). To do this see:
http://www.odigo.org/download/index.html and click the 'Launch' next to Odigo Express.
Note: you have to sign up for an @odigo.com, and then add your MSN Messenger account in the
configuration screens.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"bill" > wrote in message
...
> hi all, I am in Nicaragua and traveling to the states soon. I want to
> communicate with my family over messenger but only have it on the desktop. I
> have tried a number of ways to copy the program to a disk, but the desktop
> is "xp" and the Laptop is windows 2000. The reason I don't download from
> microsoft is because I pay per minute to the TelCo here. Any ideas? Thanks
> in advance
>
> Jamie Smith
>
>

[Chuck]

On Tue, 13 May 2003 14:41:34 -0600, "bill" >
wrote:

>hi all, I am in Nicaragua and traveling to the states soon. I want to
>communicate with my family over messenger but only have it on the desktop. I
>have tried a number of ways to copy the program to a disk, but the desktop
>is "xp" and the Laptop is windows 2000. The reason I don't download from
>microsoft is because I pay per minute to the TelCo here. Any ideas? Thanks
>in advance
>
>Jamie Smith
>

Unfortunately, you're going to have to download it again.

You can't copy installed code from computer to computer, you need to
run the install process which does more than copy files. In NT
operating systems (including 2000 and XP), the install process also
makes entries in the Registry.

If you have the install file from a previous version, and it fits onto
the diskette, you can copy that. I have two versions of Windows
Messenger, both around 1M in size (compressed). Looking at MSN
Messenger, however, is another story. Its an (uncompressed) 2.4M in
size.

If you don't have the install file, you're going to have to download
it again. At least once.

I share your pain. Downloading over a dialup sucks. Dialing over a
dialup charged by the minute really sucks.


Chuck Croll

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