How to Install MIRC Chat

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Instant messaging has many flavors these days but all these were predated by the chat rooms which continue to thrive online. One of the first collections of chat rooms happened using mIRC. There were chat rooms for every imaginable topic and even perversion. The installation is very straightforward so take your time and be patient. Read on to learn how to install mIRC chat.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1
Go to site for mIRC, and download the program. Place the downloaded file to your desktop so that it is easy to find later. You will need to wait for this file to download which may take some time, depending on your Internet connection speed.
Step2
Look on your desktop once the file is downloaded and double click on the installation file to install mIRC. The installation is very simple and it is advisable to accept the default installation information. Everything should be automatically installed and should start up working.
Step3
Open the mIRC chat program and connect to the server. Refresh the list of rooms and wait for them to load. Once they have loaded, you can scroll through them and examine the titles of the rooms.
Step4
Enter one of the rooms that interests you and begin to interact with the people there. You will need to come up with a name to log in.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can open windows into many rooms at the same time, just be careful that the cursor is in the room you are responding to when you are typing or you will be typing the answer to one room in one of the others that are open.

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