List of Standalone Installers

I'm annoyed by software installers which need to constantly download additional content from the internet in order to complete an installation. Besides taking forever to install, it requires you to be connected to the internet and doesn't make efficient use of internet bandwidth if you need to install on more than a few machines.

The following is a list of the most common standalone installers I could find, any other suggestions would be great;

• Skype
• Windows Live Essentials
• Adobe Reader X (10.0)
• Google Earth
• Google Chrome
• Java Runtime Environment (x86) and (x64)
• Internet Explorer 9 RC (x86) and (x64)

Internet Explorer 9 Release Candidate (RC) Standalone Installer

The release candidate of Internet Explorer 9 was made available for download on 10 Feb, the final version is expected in April.

Here are the direct download links for the standalone (offline) installer (saves you having to re-download 30MB for each machine you want to upgrade):

• x86:  http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/F/4/5F49F6DB-5538-48CE-9E13-38621B5176D4/NeutralMSU/x86fre/IE9-win7.msu
• x64: http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/F/4/5F49F6DB-5538-48CE-9E13-38621B5176D4/NeutralMSU/amd64fre/IE9-win7.msu