Windows Live Writer 2009 – Installing on Windows Server 2003

Posted on Apr 8, 2009 in Microsoft, Online Storage, Productivity by dee 6 Comments

I’m now starting to use offline blogging software to write some of my posts. I had a look at a couple of offline blogger applications to see which one suited my needs best. The two that looked most promising were Windows Live Writer and Zoundry Raven. Both has had an excellent feedback recently especially when blogging to engines such as Blogger and WordPress.

While I had the latest version of both installed at home, I had a major issue installing Windows Live Writer at work. I run Windows Server 2003 on my desktop at work and the installer for Windows Live simply refused to work on it.

After a bit of research, i found that it was only the installer that had the issue and I could install Windows Live Writer via the .msi. In the end, I found the .msi file in my temp folder on my Vista machine at home. (I also found an .msi on the net, but that was for either Dutch or an older version). This one is for Windows Live Writer 2009

For others who are running Windows Server 2003 and the installer complaining, I’ve uploaded the .msi file to my Skydrive. You can download it from here:

http://tinyurl.com/gimmeWindowsLiveWriterMSI

NOTE: This is the 32 bit version!

If you need any other MSI’s (eg, Live Messenger, etc), please leave a comment or send me an email.

I’d appreciate a comment if this helps you in any way :)

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Tags: Live Essentials, Live Writer, Microsoft, Productivity, Server 2003, Tutorials

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  Anonymous Apr 18 2009 - 5:27 pm Reply

  After trying blogjet, w.blogger etc I almost dumped my idea of hosting blog at blogger.com. Finally when I downloaded Live writer, it gave non-supported OS message. Thank you so much for providing msi. Though I have little experience with blogging, Live Writer works simply the best with blogger.com. I need your feedback – If I host my blog(currently at blogger.com)at my own hosting provider, will this tool work as good as it works with blogger.com?

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  Dee Apr 19 2009 - 12:34 am Reply

  Hi Anon,

  Windows Live Writer does support a variety of blog engines including ones you can host yourself such as WordPress and BlogEngine as well as FTP. There are several how to’s on the net on how to use Live Writer with hosted services.

  It is my primary mode of writing at the moment as I too have tried several blogging applications. With its tight integration into Blogger, WordPress and Picasa, its perfect for general day to day writing. Additionally, the html it spits out is quite tidy and not like the inbuilt Blogger WYSIWYG editor which ends up putting a lot of HTML markup unnecessarily.. :)

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  Pinal Bhatt Jul 14 2009 - 1:48 am Reply

  tons of thanks……. i was struggling for this since long…and could get it done today with the help of this post.

  thanks once again.

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  heewook Sep 2 2009 - 1:00 pm Reply

  Thanks a lot…
  It’s the one i want.

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  Kent Boogaart Sep 19 2009 - 2:06 am Reply

  Life saver! Thank you, sir.
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