Do yourself a favor, don't fight the work admin's settings. Ask them for
legit help. If you hack the Messenger in you are going to hit some of the
security settings. Messenger updates can be downloaded for install by your
admin.

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"One off poster" <One off poster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B4ACF0E8-26A6-4B81-B68F-2DDAE56ECE6E@microsoft.com...
> Hi there, I am trying to upgrade to the latest version of Windows Live
> Messenger.
>
> It says I have to install "windows update agent 5.8.02469" and tries to
> download it. It goes off in a loop saying my version of IE isn't up to
> date
> (it's the latest) and says I can't download "windows update agent
> 5.8.02469".
>
> I suspect this is as it's a work laptop and has a windows update blocker
> installed as my company does it's own packaged patch management.
>
> How do I upgrade Windows Live Messenger in this case?
>
> Thanks