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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 know if someone blocked you on AIM

    Do you have AOL Instant Messenger and you suspect your friend blocked you? If so this is the How to for you.

  • How to download Yahoo Messenger onto your phone

    Using Yahoo to text on your phone is a great way to text without paying for this service. On most phones with Internet, Yahoo is usually included and all you need to do is download it.

  • 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...

  • 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 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 SMS Text Computer To Phone, Free

    Some people just don't want to learn to text from a cell phone, still others don't have the service or capability. But that doesn't mean you can't communicate with people who do text. If you have...

  • 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...

  • How to Make a Free Korean Doll Icon

    A doll icon is commonly called an avatar. It is popularly used in chat rooms and on-line messengers and forums. It is an animated doll image that represents a person in the Internet world. If you...

  • How to Make Your Custom MSN Pictures

    Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, lets you upload a custom photo to serve as your avatar as you chat online. Others can see your avatar as they open a chat window and talk...

  • How to Fix Windows Live Messenger

    If file corruption or a virus causes damage to the files on your hard drive, you may be unable to load certain programs, such as Windows Live Messenger. If Windows Live Messenger has stopped...

  • How to Get Windows Live Contacts on Yahoo Messenger

    Yahoo! Messenger is an IM (instant messaging) program that allows you to communicate with family and friends all over the world using instant chats, video webcams and voice chats. Before, you were...

  • How to Customize Yahoo Messenger

    Many Internet users spend much of their computer time looking at the screen of an Instant Messenger program. If you are a Yahoo! Messenger user, you have the ability to download skins to customize...

  • How to Make Friends in MSN

    MSN is the instant messenger service created and run by the Microsoft corporation. With this instant messenger you can chat, both by typing and through audio and video, with other individuals...

  • How to Delete Instant Messenger Contacts

    Instant messaging, or IM, programs help you communicate by text with family and friends all over the world. You can save as many contacts as you like in your IM program and easily chat with anyone...

  • How to setup a secure Instant Messaging (IM) using B Labs client/server software

    This document contains a step-by-step manual on how to install Bopup Communication Server version 3.x and get IM clients connected. The installation of the server does not require any specific...

  • How to Make MSN Dollies

    MSN is a subsidiary of Microsoft's Online Services Group. It is one of the world's largest providers for online applications such as chat rooms, instant messaging and email services. "MSN...

  • How to Change Your MSN Nickname

    The nickname you use for your MSN account identifies you throughout all of the MSN services you use, such as MSN Messenger, MSN Games and the MSN Member Directory. There are many reasons you might...

  • How to Find an AOL Member

    When you initially sign up for an account with America Online, you are required to choose a unique screen name. This screen name will be permanently linked to your AOL account, and when chatting...

  • How to Find Nemo Avatars

    Most online communities with which you create an account allow you to upload an image, or avatar, to represent yourself. The avatar does not have to be a picture of you. If you want to use a...

  • How to Create Free Yahoo Avatars

    An avatar is a small graphic representation of a computer user for use in such places as a forum, chat room or messenger. It can be a real picture or a created image. Yahoo! offers the biggest...

  • How to Find a Friend on Yahoo Messenger

    Besides its email service and news headlines, Yahoo also offers an instant messaging service called Yahoo Messenger. Downloading Yahoo Messenger takes little time and is free to use. This is a...

  • How to Find a Friend on Aim

    AOL Instant Messenger, or AIM, is an instant-messaging program that allows you to talk to fellow AIM users whenever you are both logged on. AIM contains many features, such as video chat, voice...

  • How to MSG Deleted Yahoo! Contacts

    Instant messaging is a popular form of communication. There are many instant message clients on the Internet, allowing people to talk to each other sending typed messages at rapid speeds. Yahoo!,...

  • How to Fix Error Code 1603 for Windows Live Messenger

    Windows Live Messenger is a popular instant-messaging program that allows you to communicate with family and friends anywhere. It generally installs easily but can run into a 1603 error, which...

  • How to Send Auto Messages on MSN

    Using an auto message service while on MSN instant messenger can be extremely helpful when you need to step away from your computer yet don't want to completely sign off from your account. The...

  • How to Uninstall MSN

    MSN, which is an abbreviation for Microsoft Network, is a compilation of software applications. MSN Messenger is perhaps the most notable of these programs, but the MSN catalog of service also...

  • How to Customize Your Own AOL Icons

    When you sign up for a new AOL or AIM account, you are given a screen name and an associated icon picture. This picture is often referred to as a buddy icon, and you can customize it with any...

  • How to Make Your Own Buddy Icon for Free

    Buddy icons are custom avatars that people use in instant messaging programs and on message boards and websites that support icons, such as LiveJournal. Icons can be made out of graphics, text or...

  • How to use instant messaging on Skype

    There are many providers out there that offer instant messaging. Today, we are going to set up an account with Skype. So let’s get started, just follow the steps below to continue.

  • How to Change Your Voice Online

    There are many several reasons you may desire to change your voice online, such as playing online games, chatting, and instant messaging. In order to do this, you will need to install VAD (virtual...

  • How to Install Yahoo Messenger for Chatting

    Thanks to the Internet, it's now easier than ever to stay in touch with your friends and family members. There are several messaging applications available, but not all offer the same advantages...

  • How to Update My MSN

    MSN.com not only provides free e-mail and instant messaging services but it also reports the latest headlines as well. One way to stay on top of the news around the world is to go to the My MSN...

  • How to Chat With a Camcorder in MSN Messenger

    If you are away from your family and friends, but still want to have face to face communications with them, video chat over the MSN instant messaging service may be the solution. With it, you can...

  • How to Change Yahoo Messenger Password

    Changing Internet password regularly is one of the Internet security measures that protect us against illegal users. This is very true specially when you are using Yahoo Messenger in the any...

  • How to Find Someone Who Is Invisible on Yahoo! Messenger

    There are times when you log onto Yahoo! Messenger and see that some or most of your friends on your buddy list are offline. The truth is some of them are actually logged onto Yahoo! Messenger but...

  • How to Troubleshoot Windows Live Messenger

    Windows Live Messenger is an instant messenger program that allows you to chat with family and friends all over the world. In addition to sending instant texts, it includes a variety of features...

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