Question about MSN IMing.

Started by Blythe, May 14, 2013, 01:03:58 AM

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Blythe

Okay, so I want to make an account for MSN Messenger (which I've really never heard of until this past week anyway), which I've never used before (being very much an idiot about IM stuff), but it seems to always send me to "Windows Live Messenger" or to Skype. Why is this?

Vekseid

MSN got replaced by Windows Live a long time ago, though they're the exact same thing really.

Microsoft is/was also trying to replace Windows Live/MSN with Skype, though I don't know how successful they've been.

Blythe

Blast. It downloaded Skype when I didn't want it to, claiming it needed to update Windows Live, when I logged in. *sigh*

I did not know about this whole Windows Live/MSN/Skype thing. I suppose I'll need to adjust to the newness.

Thank you, Vekseid, much appreciated.  :-)

Oniya

*nods*  Messenger stopped existing as a thing-in-itself in early April.  There is now only Skype from the Hotmail/live.com/Microsoft end of things.
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Formless

I still hate how they changed hotmail to outlook ... Grrrrr ...

Oniya

Quote from: Formless on May 14, 2013, 07:25:42 AM
I still hate how they changed hotmail to outlook ... Grrrrr ...

Preaching to the choir here.  Never wanted Outlook - I've avoided using it as a stand-alone, and all the 'Type Here' messages make me feel like a five-year-old.
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xRebecca

Quote from: Vekseid on May 14, 2013, 01:16:14 AM
MSN got replaced by Windows Live a long time ago, though they're the exact same thing really.

Microsoft is/was also trying to replace Windows Live/MSN with Skype, though I don't know how successful they've been.

They have succeeded :c
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Oniya

Well, they've made the change-over.  The question is, how many of their users are bailing over to things like Trillian?
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Thete

Quote from: Formless on May 14, 2013, 07:25:42 AM
I still hate how they changed hotmail to outlook ... Grrrrr ...
I hated it so much I jumped ship. Spent two days on the trot being down, and I couldn't stand it.

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Formless

Quote from: Oniya on May 14, 2013, 07:34:21 AM
Preaching to the choir here.  Never wanted Outlook - I've avoided using it as a stand-alone, and all the 'Type Here' messages make me feel like a five-year-old.

Yeah I mean what was the deal with that?

Oniya

Well, I have worked in tech support, and some of the stories...

I still firmly believe that 'idiot-proof' is seen by some people as a challenge - to prove that it isn't.
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Formless

Like the guy who called support asking why his internet connection was down when they had a blackout?

Oniya

'My modem?  Yes, it's plugged into the phone line.  Yes, I have dial-tone on that line.  What brand?  They told me it was an "internal".  Oh, manufacturer?  Let me look at it.  No, my machine's not open.  It's sitting on top of the monitor because I didn't have a Phillips head screwdriver.  Won't it work like that?'

Actual.  User.  (Or, well, once he was convinced he had to put the modem in the computer.)
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I do have a cause, though.  It's obscenity.  I'm for it.  - Tom Lehrer~*~All you need is your beautiful heart
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Caeli

Working in tech support has convinced me that Outlook is the most unintuitive, horrible piece of mail client software invented. Half the time, it doesn't work because of user error; the other half, it doesn't work because it's Outlook and that's just because it doesn't work.
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Formless

My issue with outlook is attachment. I have to send a scanned draft of a paper for business so I can send it overseas. E-mail should be convenient. But nope ... Outlook likes to prove that wrong.