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Featured Instant Messaging Community Articles

How to have a video conversation with MSN Messenger

Columnist Joli Ballew explains how to install MSN Messenger, set up a webcam and microphone, and have video conversations.

Column: Manage Your Windows Messenger Contacts

Microsoft Press author Ed Bott provides tips on organizing Windows Messenger contacts.
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Communicate with MSN Messenger 6

Columnist Joli Ballew takes MSN Messenger 6 for a spin and finds it easy to download, a snap to configure.
Other columns by Joli Ballew.

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Most Active Instant Messaging Newsgroups

•	MSN Messenger Newsgroup

•	Windows Messenger Newsgroup

•	MSN Messenger for Macintosh Newsgroup

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Most Active Instant Messaging Discussions

An automated link to the topic that people are writing about the most today in popular newsgroups.

MSN Messenger Discussions

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Shared Folder Synchronization Failure

Windows Messenger Discussions

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How to enable sound for every incoming message

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Error 1500 stops Messenger install

Instant Messaging Related Communities

Use these independent, non-Microsoft Web sites to discuss technology and get helpful information.

Featured Community: Jonathan Kay’s MSN/Windows Messenger Resources

Tips, help and support for MSN and Windows Messenger from the leading recipient of the Microsoft MVP award for support of the instant messaging community.

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Blogs About Instant Messaging

Blog posts by Microsoft employees about Instant Messaging.

Most Popular Messenger Related Downloads

This automated list is updated daily to show related software being downloaded most frequently by users.

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Windows Messenger 5.1

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Multilingual User Interface Package for Windows Messenger 5.1

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Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)

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Windows Messenger 5.1: Windows Messenger vs MSN Messenger: What’s the Difference?

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Windows Messenger Update for Windows XP

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Recent Knowledge Base Articles

Automated list of newly updated articles about Windows Messenger in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

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Search error

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