When Live isn’t so Live (Wave 3)

Microsoft made a lot of noise about Live last week, but some MSN tricks never die. For example, the new wave of Live apps is beyond broken, but they won’t let you download the old stable ones. So what to do, what to do.

I have a 32bit Vista Enterprise, and after attempting to install Windows Live Suite I am given the following error:

There was a problem with this installation. Windows Live Suite was not installed.

System error details

Code: 0x8000ffff

Description: Catastrophic failure

I found a great blog by Jonathan Kay covering this very issue and the resolution. It also has great tips on removing and adding different live components.