"John R. Yamamoto-Wilson" <john@rarebooksinjapan.com> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to download MSM Messenger in English to a computer in
> Japan? I just get directed to the Japanese website
> (http://get.live.com/messenger/overview).
>
> God, how I hate these silly restrictions! (Still haven't got past the
> problem of how to get a Contribute update in English.)
>
> John
> http://rarebooksinjapan.com
>

John, get it here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&hs=tFg&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official_s&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=MSN+Messenger,+download,+USA&spell=1

How to search at Google:      MSN Messenger, download, USA

All you need is forcing your browser to open a US website. I used to habe
this problem when trying to access Google (USA, UK, Germany). It would
always try to open the Japanese site.

Sigi