How to Link MSN to Google Chat

There are several free applications available for download that allow you to integrate various instant-messaging clients, including Google Chat and MSN. These applications can be particularly useful if you have a number of contacts who use varied chat clients and would otherwise require you to keep multiple programs open on your computer at the same time. Downloading and installing one of these applications will allow you to seamlessly communicate with everyone that you need to stay in touch with, without needing to worry that you have forgotten to sign into a particular IM client.

Instructions

Pidgin

1. Open a Web browser window and go to Pidgin.im.

2. Click the "Download Pidgin" link in the center of the window, and choose to save the file to your computer. Browse to the downloaded file, then double-click it to begin the installation.

3. Follow the prompts to install Pidgin, check the "Run Pidgin" box, and then click "Finish."

4. Click "Add."

5. Click the drop-down menu to the right of "Protocol," and then click "Google Talk."

6. Type your Google Talk username and password into the indicated fields, then click "Add."

7. Click the "Add" button at the bottom of the "Accounts" window again.

8. Click the drop-down menu to the right of "Protocol," and then click "MSN."

9. Type your MSN username and password into their respective fields, then click "Add."

Trillian

1. Navigate to the Trillian download page at Trillian.im.

2. Click the blue "Download Now" button in the center of the window, then save the file to your computer. Double-click the downloaded file, follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation, and then click "Launch" to open the program.

3. Click the "Register a New Trillian Account" button, and then follow the prompts to set up a new account.

4. Type your MSN email address and password into their respective fields under "Windows Live Messenger."

5. Type your Google Talk email address and password into the fields under "Google Talk," and then click "Next."

6. Click "Next" again, then click "Done."

Miranda

1. Go to the Miranda download page at Miranda-IM.org.

2. Click the "Download for Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7" link at the center of the window, and then save the file to your computer. Locate the downloaded file on your computer, then double-click the file to begin the installation.

3. Follow the installation prompts, and then click the "Finish" button to launch Miranda.

4. Type a name for your profile, then click "Create."

5. Click the green "+" symbol at the bottom-left corner of the window.

6. Type a name for your Google account (this is just for your own reference inside the Miranda program,) click the drop-down menu under "Choose the Protocol Type," click "Jabber," and then click "OK."

7. Click the drop-down menu to the right of "Type," and then click "Google Talk."

8. Type your Google Talk user name and password into their respective fields, then click "OK."

9. Click the green "+" symbol at the bottom left corner of the window again.

10. Type a name for your MSN account into the "Enter Account Name" field, click the drop-down menu under "Choose the Protocol Type," click "MSN," and then click "OK."

11. Click your MSN account in the column at the left side of the window, type your LIve ID and password into their respective fields, and then click "OK."

Tips & Warnings

• Some IM integration programs even feature a mobile application that allows you to stay in touch with all of your contacts even when you are away from your computer. Check your mobile phone application store to see if your IM program has a mobile application available for your device.

References

• Pidgin
• Trillian
• Miranda