Thursday was the birthday of Windows Live Messenger, which has undergone major changes since its launch in 1999 as shown in this history on the site created for the occasion.

Windows Live Messenger is still 310 million users with close to 22 million just for France for a total of approximately 9.4 billion messages sent each day!

Photos of the new Microsoft buildings in Issy les Moulineaux are available on the blog Frogz who also celebrated the anniversary in their way ..

Download emoticons pack special decade of Windows Live Messenger

Site "Messenger part en live!" also created specially for the occasion

Since August 25, users of version 8.1 or 8.5 of Windows Live Messenger are offered the update to version 14 of Windows Live Messenger. This update is currently not mandatory but only a warning is also valid for users of versions of the 14.x branch before the build number 14.0.8089 but for those below the warning will begin to emerge in mid October.

From mid-September, users of versions 8.1 and 8.5 of Windows Live Messenger will be mandatory to update their version of WLM for other (earlier version at 14.0.8089) this phase already starts in late October.

These updates are necessary to protect users from a security point of view but also because they provide new features like the social part with for example the section "What's New? ", Options and more customizations and other news emerged since version 8.1.

If you prefer not to wait until the mandatory update know that you can download this version directly from the site download.live.com.

Download Windows Live pack includes Essential Windows Live Messenger, Live Movie Maker, Live Mail, etc. ...

Ten years ago, Microsoft launched MSN and since the service managed to reach several hundred million users worldwide, according to the blog Windows Live users are estimated to number 330 million to be active each month.

The service was launched in 1999 June 22 under the name of MSN Messenger Service and then in 2001 renamed it MSN Messenger and since 2005 it has been renamed Windows Live Messenger like most MSN services, which are then passed under the name Windows Live.

The first version of Windows Live Messenger was released December 13, 2005 under number 8.0, the latest release to date version 14 is named 2009.

The other news of this article is the end of the Web Messenger service is now integrated with Windows Live Hotmail for several months, only problem, you must have an address Windows Live ID to connect to Windows Live Hotmail.

Home services Windows Live

During the next week, 20 new web services will be added to the existing 12 will share with your contacts through Windows Live Messenger or homepage home.live.com your activities on social networks sites or "Web 2 €? as:

• Facebook
• Overblog
• Dailymotion
• LastFM
• MySpace
• ...

They are then added to the feed Twitter, Wordpress, Flickr.

Below the list of all services will be added in the screenshot:

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Via the blog of the Windows Live Team

Add feeds to your profile

Display in French on Windows Live

Since update of Windows Live Hotmail, you can connect to Windows Live Messenger directly through your browser without having to install anything as was the case with Gmail for example.

This function is available only with Firefox and Internet Explorer.

• To log in to Messenger from your mailbox, go http://mail.live.com
• Once connected, like click on the screenshot below on Messenger (1 on the catch).
• Then click connect to Messenger (web) (2 capture)
• Once connected to the Web Messenger, then click View Available Messenger contacts
• The list then appears to start an instant conversation, click on the image of your contact and then send an instant message (the contact's status)

During a conversation, you can not send emoticons wizz but pass.

This version included with Windows Live Hotmail is one that existed previously under the name of Web Messenger.

It is a pity it is not possible to display only the online contacts, it is possible to connect both on the Web Messenger and also the "real €? Windows Live Messenger without being disconnected from one or the other.

Access Windows Live Hotmail