Windows Live Writer Beta Update We’re all excited about the freshly released update to Windows Live Writer Technorati tags: WLW, Windows Live Writer [ Current Listening to: Eat City by Angels from Wasted Sleepless Nights: Definitive Greatest Hits ] Comments Anonymous May 30, 2007 Any problems installing any of the new Live stuff, we have some instructions that seem to be working here: http://liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/05/31/windows-live-installer-problems-try-this.aspx Anonymous May 30, 2007 Any problems installing any of the new Live stuff, we have some instructions that seem to be working here: http://liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/05/31/windows-live-installer-problems-try-this.aspx Anonymous May 30, 2007 Not available for download from NZ based IP addresses :-( Anonymous May 30, 2007 dave - really? that’s weird i’ve emailed the folks in MS NZ to see what they can dig up Anonymous May 30, 2007 Yeah.  If I visit get.live.com using my NZ IP or signed in using my NZ based Live “passport”, don’t get any of the betas showing up except for the “Family Safety”. if I sign in using a passport with a US address, then I can see a lot of the other betas available, but when I actually go to download it, I get redirected to MSN.com. If I connect from a US based IP either not signed in with any account or signed in with my US account, then I can see and download the betas.  If I sign in with my NZ account from the US Ip address, then I can’t see anything. Anonymous May 30, 2007 The comment has been removed Anonymous May 30, 2007 I managed to get Live Writer Beta 2 OK and install it and i signed in with my AU Passport. I can’t access the supposed Messenger 8.5 beta though.. Anonymous May 30, 2007 Full urls for downloading are available on Neowin at http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=40634 Anonymous May 30, 2007 Excited; indeed we are. :) Maybe I’ll get back into blogging again. Anonymous May 30, 2007 Guys have you tried the direct download links? The installer is only being tested in the markets noted above, hence the restrictions. http://g.live.com/1rebeta/WLMsgr85_en-us http://g.live.com/1rebeta/WLM_en-us Anonymous May 30, 2007 Direct link to the download http://g.msn.com/4SAWLWENUS/WriterMSI Anonymous May 31, 2007 Well, finally, another version of WLW. I’ve come to quite like the little tool that allows me to Anonymous May 31, 2007 Today i downloaded WLW after seeing Franks post that a new version had been released. It’s still Anonymous June 02, 2007 Frank Arrigo (a lovely gentleman, if I may say so) notes that a new build of Windows Live Writer has Anonymous June 02, 2007 This is nice… Additional resources Last updated on 2007-05-30