MSN Tutorial

Using MSN Messenger A Starter Guide Table of Contents pg. 2 Installing MSN Messenger 5 Signing in 6 Adding a contact 7 Sending and receiving text messages 8 Answering a request 9 Using a headset with a microphone 11 Configuring a webcam 12 Using video 2Using MSN Messenger Installing MSN Messenger To install MSN Messenger, you must first download the setup program. You can find this at http://messenger.msn.com/ (holding Ctrl and clicking on the link will take you there) and clicking on the button. Once you click that button, a window will appear with the option to save the file, or open it. Click on Open like so: Once the file has downloaded, you will see a screen like this: This page is warning you to close any versions of Messenger that are installed. This warning is mainly for those updating their version. However, you must also make sure Windows Messenger is closed as well. 3Using MSN Messenger Windows Messenger comes installed with Windows 2000 and XP. It is similar to MSN Messenger and can do much the same job, but is not as user friendly and lacks some of the new features of MSN Messenger. The differences are discussed here: http://messenger.msn.com/Help/#LQ3. Nonetheless, it must be closed if it is open. If you see this icon or this icon in the system tray (bottom right corner near the clock) right click on the icon, and select Exit. Note: If you do not see this window but instead see one ...