CHROME DIRECT DOWNLOAD

You can directly download the latest standalone version of Chrome from here...

http://dl.google.com/tag/s/appguid%3D%7B8A69D345-D564-463C-AFF1-A69D9E530F96%7D%26iid%3D%7B63A02678-F7D9-5470-D63A-5C240784E871%7D%26lang%3Den%26browser%3D3%26usagestats%3D0%26appname%3DGoogle%2520Chrome%26needsadmin%3Dfalse/update2/installers/ChromeStandaloneSetup.exe


Enjoy..
Urs Venki.