MSN Explorer 9

The client thinks Microsoft is still there

Download

The setup, German and English

msn_setup.zip - about 2.1 MB

SHA-256: 83fe7b22671dbdaecf07e24a03f78627c80643dcc909c2da9c0118ef827679ba

Check it before you run it:

certutil -hashfile msn_setup.zip SHA256

What is inside

File	For
MSNSUSII_de.exe	the setup, German
msnsusii_en.exe	the setup, English
msn_setup_xp_up.exe	Windows XP and newer
msn_setup_win2000.hta	Windows 2000

Two language builds and two ways to start, depending on the Windows version. Windows 2000 gets an HTA because the executable wants a newer system than it has.

What it needs

Requirement	Detail
System	Windows 2000 or XP, in a virtual machine
Network	the MSN names pointed at this server
Trust	the project's root certificate, imported on the client

A virtual machine is not a suggestion. The setup redirects Microsoft's own host names and installs a root certificate - neither belongs on a machine you use for anything else.

One word of warning

The client checks the certificate and insists on HTTPS. Without the root certificate in the client's trust store, no connection comes up - and the message you get will not mention certificates.

The setup guide has the order to do things in.