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eHow covers Instant Messaging with practical, detailed advice for the novice or instant message veteran. Find information on IM services such as AIM, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. eHow's Internet experts will help you download the right software and start chatting in no time. Learn how to navigate functions from sending files over IM to initiating a group conversation. Or, express yourself with a unique Avatar and the latest Emoticons. eHow can even walk you through IM etiquette.

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  • How to Delete My Skype Name

    Skype is a popular messaging application whose popularity comes from the ability to make voice calls to users all over the world, as well as the ability to chat using instant texts and video chat....

  • How to Find My MSN Chat Logs

    Accessing your archived MSN chats is easy--so long as you've made sure to save them beforehand. MSN Messenger has a setting that automatically saves and archives all your conversations, so be sure...

  • How to Install Yahoo Messenger on Only One PC Account

    The free Yahoo! Messenger instant messaging service lets you communicate over the Internet with friends almost anywhere in the world and not have to worry about huge phone bills. After you install...

  • How to Retrieve Instant Messages Off of Yahoo! Messenger

    From time to time, it may be necessary to reference past conversations that have taken place on Yahoo! Messenger. If a person has given you a phone number or driving directions and you...

  • How to Connect AOL AIM on a School Computer

    If you access the Internet through your local school, you may have found it does not allow you to download programs to the hard drive. Because of this you cannot download AIM (AOL Instant...

  • How to Stop Yahoo Instant Messenger Updates

    Yahoo! Messenger Updates is a new system for blasting short updates to all your contacts, similar to a micro-blogging service such as Twitter. After trying Yahoo! Messenger Updates, you may decide...

  • How to Do a Video Conference With an iMac

    The iMac is a desktop computer produced by Apple. It features the built-in microphone and iSight webcam, both of which are located at the top of the monitor. These features enable iMac users to...

  • How to Find People on Skype

    Skype is a communication software that allows you to communicate with family and friends. You can use it to send instant texts, make telephone calls, video chat, and share files. If one of your...

  • How to Print Skype Messages

    Skype allows you to connect to other users all over the world and chat, make phone calls and send files. Skype saves your chat history and allows you access to it anytime you want. You can also...

  • How to Use Pictures in Skype

    Skype is a software application that allows you to communicate in a variety of ways including making phone calls, video chats and instant text messages. It allows you to communicate with other...

  • How to Send Pics to a Mobile With AIM

    AIM is an instant messenger program that allows you to communicate with family and friends using short chat messages. It also allows you to send images from your computer to your recipient's cell...

  • How to Look at Old Saved Chat Histories in MSN

    MSN is an instant-messaging service that allows you to communicate in real time with family and friends. MSN is a free service, so you simply create a username and password, install the software...

  • How to Run AOL Messenger From Internet Explorer

    AOL Instant Messenger, commonly called "AIM," is a popular service that allows people to chat with each other online. Instead of downloading and installing the AIM software to your computer, you...

  • How to Change How Skype Looks

    Skype's popularity comes from its prominent video chatting and texting capabilities, which makes communication simple. By default, Skype comes with a generic blue layout. However, you can change...

  • How to Make Skype Auto Answer

    Skype is a messaging program that allows you communicate with other users all over the world using text messages and video chats. By default, Skype allows you to manually answer or decline...

  • How to Delete a Recent Chat in Skype

    Skype is a messenger tool that allows you to chat with other users. By default, Skype keeps a record of all your chat conversions with family and friends. While this may be beneficial for future...

  • How to Delete a Skype Contact

    Skype is a popular instant messaging application that makes video chatting and Internet-based phone calls simple and useful. It includes a variety of features that allow you to communicate with...

  • How to Use MSN for Video Chat

    It is becoming increasingly common for Internet users to communicate with friends, family and colleagues and other contacts through instant messaging. Instant messaging refers to real-time,...

  • How to Video Conference With Windows Messenger

    Windows Messenger, also called Windows Live Messenger, is an instant messaging program offered to Microsoft Windows users beginning with Windows XP. While its primary function is allowing users to...

  • How to Add Users on a Ventrilo Server

    Ventrilo is a voice chat program, similar to telephone conference calls, that is available for both Windows and Mac systems. This program, popular among multiplayer-game players, is free to...

  • How to Retrieve Lost MSN Password

    The MSN email service, Hotmail, and instant messenger, now called Windows Live Messenger, are both services Microsoft offers free to the public. Microsoft no longer reveals forgotten passwords to...

  • How to Stop an AOL Search on the Web Powered by Google Pop Up

    When AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is launched, it opens a pop-up window in the web browser to an AOL web search, powered by Google. If you do not use AOL as your search engine, this can be...

  • How to Find Buddies on Aim Search

    If you have recently installed AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), you have joined a chat network with millions of users. But how do you find people you know in such a crowd? AIM has several different...

  • How to Add an Address to MSN

    MSN is the name of Microsoft's web portal. Among MSN's products are the Hotmail email client and MSN Messenger, an instant messaging program. Users can add friends' email addresses to both Hotmail...

  • How to Use a Webcam With MSN

    Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, has the ability to tap directly into a computer's webcam to facilitate video chats with the friends on your contact list. When your webcam...

  • How to Record History of MSN Chat

    Whether you're looking for a conversation from several weeks ago or want to retrieve a phone number your friend gave you during a previous chat sessions, saving your chat history with MSN...

  • How to Hide Webcam on MSN Messenger

    Many of today's laptop computers have webcams built in, which can create potentially uncomfortable situations on instant messaging programs such as Windows Live Messenger (also known as MSN...

  • How to Delete All Yahoo Messages From a Hard Drive

    Yahoo Messenger is a program that you run on the desktop to chat with other people online. Yahoo Messenger is a free download and costs nothing to use it each day. One option in Yahoo Messenger is...

  • What Is Virtual Conferencing?

    As technology continues to change and develop, the world of virtual conferencing continues to expand in both use and reliability. On many levels, virtual conferencing works to make communication...

  • How to Find New Friends Online Through Video Chat

    Video chatting has become extremely popular; this service is free, quick and easy. Moreover, unlike other forms of Internet communication, you get to see and hear the person during the...

  • How to Install Yahoo Messenger From the Internet

    Yahoo! Messenger was originally released in 1998, however, the program was known as "Yahoo! Pager." Instant messaging programs have come a long way since 1998. Newer versions of Yahoo! Messenger...

  • How to Make Your Own Pictures for MSN Messenger

    MSN Messenger, also known as Windows Live Messenger, is an instant messaging service provided by Microsoft. It enables you to chat with your family, friends, or relatives for free. You can also...

  • How to Block MSN Contacts

    MSN Messenger, also known as Windows Live Messenger, is a free instant-messaging application offered by Microsoft for Windows-based computers, phones and other devices. You can add contacts using...

  • How to Block Instant Messenger

    Instant messenger programs are Internet-based applications that allow you to chat with other individuals who are connected to the same service. However, you may want to block individuals from...

  • How to Make Emoticons in Gmail

    Gmail is a free Web-based email service provided by Google Technology Inc. It has a cool feature that enables you to chat with family, relatives, friends or business contacts while you are...

  • How to Change Account Information on AOL

    AOL Instant Messenger is one of the most popular Instant Messaging clients in the world, and many people remain connected to it even outside the home, thanks to its ability to be used from mobile...

  • How to Boot Someone on Yahoo Messenger

    Yahoo! Messenger is a good way to communicate with friends and family. But since other Yahoo! users can contact you as well, it's possible to receive unwanted messages from badly-behaved users....

  • How to Reinstall Old Version of Yahoo Messenger

    From time to time, software companies release updates that don't quite manage to hit the mark. Perhaps they've changed the interface, or the updated version has features that slow down your...

  • How to Make Friends in a Chatroom

    The Internet has made it possible for diverse people to connect virtually from any location around the world. Online messaging systems allow one person from Asia, for example, to make friends with...

  • How to Make Friends With Skype

    Skype is a free software application you can use to chat online via instant messaging as well as using Voice over Internet Protocol. You can have a Skype-to-Skype chat at no cost or make low-cost...

  • How to Use MSN Emoticons to Make Pictures

    An emoticon is a fun visual representation of a mood or emotion. Typically, emoticons are formed by using punctuation symbols, but many programs now interpet the symbols and replace them with a...

  • How to Change Your Font Color on MSN

    Windows Live Messenger is the instant messaging program that was previously known as MSN Messenger. When you hold a conversation with someone, the default font color is black against a white...

  • How to Create Windows Live Messenger

    Communication has been made both faster and easier with our modern times. No longer are we left simply waiting for mail in the post, or being tied to our home phones to reach out to our neighbors,...

  • How to Create MSN Emoticons

    Windows Live Messenger is a free instant messenger program that was formerly known as MSN Messenger. One of the features of Windows Live Messenger is the ability to create your own emoticons using...

  • How to Change Your Main Picture on AIM

    AIM, or AOL Instant Messenger, is an instant messaging client that allows you to converse with your friends and family using real-time text messages, provided they also use AIM or a compatible...

  • Problems With Microsoft Live

    Microsoft Live is a set of online services provided by Microsoft and integrated with the Windows operating system. Designed for the use of consumers and small businesses, Live provides services...

  • How to Chat With Other People

    Online chatting can be a lot of fun. You can meet people from all over the world and learn about their home and way of life. And it's free. All you need is a computer with an Internet access. Both...

  • How to Make a Pharrell Doll

    Pharrell dolls are doll icons that are modeled after the American recording artist, producer, musician and fashion designer Pharrell Williams. These types of dolls can be found online on numerous...

  • What Is the File Extension .PLSC?

    Windows Live Messenger is a type of instant messaging program that allows you to communicate in real time with people all over the world. A number of files are associated with Windows Live...

  • How to Make Friends on Yahoo

    Yahoo! Messenger is a free instant-messaging program with which you can chat via text or voice and share files such as pictures and documents. Another benefit of Yahoo! Messenger is that you can...

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