Ron wrote:

Windows8 User wrote:

Can somebody confirm that Version 14.0. 8117.0416 is the last version
that is not broken and can be safely used on Windows 8 RTM 64Bit
machine. I had to recover my Toshiba machine which had Windows 8.1 free
upgrade but it was crashing all the time so I decided to recover it and
see if it works this time otherwise I'll have to return it for a
replacement.

My version is 2012 (Build 16.4.3522.0110) and it works fine on Win 8.1.

By "not broken" might mean the OP wants WLM to properly quote when
replying to newsgroup posts. That was broke in version 15. Could be
the OP meant some other "broken" functionality but didn't bother to
divulge it to us which means we haven't a clue what the OP think is
"broken".

I know that when you have an old OS that Microsoft won't let you
retrieve a newer version of Windows Essentials, including any component
of it, like Window Live Mail. As I recall, it also limits the minimal
version you can install. That is, if you're running Win7 then you get
the latest version from Microsoft so that would be the same for Win8.

The OP wants to install the old version 14 of WLM which is "not broke".
I think all you get from Microsoft is a web installer; i.e., when you
download Windows Essentials, you don't get Windows Essentials (or the
components you picked) but instead get a small installer that does the
component downloads and then installs those. Do you know where the OP
can get the FULL installer for WLM version 14?