Microsoft’s instant messenger, which is currently called Windows Live Messenger, offers no option to directly save profile pictures to the local computer system. While it is possible to use a screen capturing software for that, it is a lot easier to use a program like MSN Images for the task. The free software program offers [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How to uninstall Windows Live Messenger
Usually there should not be any need for a guide on how to uninstall Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft’s instant messenger, as it can be uninstalled just like any other software in Windows. Users who want to uninstall Windows Live Messenger can do so the following (standard) way. Click the start orb in the Windows taskbar [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Automatically save my Conversation History In Windows Live Messenger
Depending on how you use Windows Live Messenger, it may be beneficial to save the chat conversation history automatically as a backup in order to access it whenever information from the chat need to be retrieved again. That’s for instance essential for businesses, and business related chat, but can also make sense at home when [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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How To Remove Windows Live Messenger From Startup
Windows Live Messenger can be installed as a separate application or as part of Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials software suite. The popular instant messenger has a lot going for it, from high definition video chats to mobile application access and sharing files. A friend contacted me recently asking for help. He was frustrated that Windows [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Speed Up Hotmail By Disabling Windows Live Messenger Autoload
One of the goals of the Windows Live Wave 4 release was to improve interaction between Windows Live components. One of these improvements is the better integration of Windows Live Messenger into web services such as Hotmail. Windows users who open the Hotmail website in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will for instance notice that Windows Live [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
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1 Million people download Windows Live Messenger for iPhone
It was only released a week ago, but already 1 million people have downloaded Microsoft’s new Windows Live Messenger software for the iPhone. This has got to make it one of, if not the, fastest moving software in the iPhone app store. In a statement for Microsoft, Michael Chang, Group Product manager for Windows Live [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Completely Remove Windows Live Messenger From The Computer System
There are situations where users are stuck with a version of Windows Live Messenger on their computer system that they cannot uninstall or update. This might have been caused by data corruption, a computer virus or other malicious software or the deletion of files or configuration entries. Manual removal is usually a solution but it [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Live Messenger Contacts Manager
Windows Live Messenger is a popular instant messenger for the Windows operating system that gets constantly improved (and renamed) by Microsoft. Live Contacts View is a portable software program by one of our favorite developers Nirsoft that can be used to manage the contacts in Windows Live Messenger. Manage in this context meaning to display [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Windows Live Messenger Uninstaller
Microsoft has renamed its instant messenger client several times in the past ten years or so. Windows Messenger was the name of the program under Windows XP. Windows Vista users on the other hand worked with Windows Live Messenger on the other hand. Both programs came preinstalled with the operating system. The Windows Live Messenger [...]