MSN Explorer installation problems

[FoxPacific]

Hi All,

We just put up a Windows XP box, we like to use Microsoft Explorer as it is a nice integrated easy-to-use environment. We are having trouble installing MSN Explorer, we haven't done anything fancy; MS Office, Lexmark all-in-one printer driver and Kazaa. When we try to install MSN Explorer the application just locks up. It doesn't lock the computer just the installation. We've tried to download the installation file(s) and isntall from the hard drive as well as just choosing the "Open" option on the MSN Explorer download page. Has anyone else had similar problems with MSN Explorer or have any advice on how to fix it??

Thanks in advance for any help.

Aloha,

James

 

[linney]

Here is the free Microsoft Support page for MSN see if that helps you.

http://explorer.msn.com/support.htm

What I find a little bit confusing about your post is that XP in most cases comes with MSN Explorer already installed. Is this a OEM version of XP that you have? Perhaps they are different.

Have a look in the Windows Components of the Add/Remove section. See if MSN Explorer is listed there already. If you are trying to install something that is already on your machine that might explain why it is behaving funny.

Also watch out for that Kazaa, it has a lot of spyware in it.

 

[FoxPacific]

Yeah we tried setting up accounts with MSN that came with XP and when that froze up we tried to use the one available on the net.... same result.

However, I'm now having trouble connecting to the IM in MSN from another location (different city). I wonder if their network could be experiencing problems.

I know Kazaa has alot of sh*# but that's what they wanted so??? you know how that goes.

By the way what exactly is spyware, I've heard the term thrown around a bit but haven't come across a simple definition. Does spyware report your activity to a certain source?

Aloha,

James

 

[linney]

For some info on Spyware in general.

Http://www.spychecker.com/spyware.html

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=spyware

Two of the programs I use to counter it are Ad-Aware and SpyBot (Search and Destroy) both easily available off the net and freeware.