Getting Windows Live Messenger on your Mac

Instant messaging from your Mac

Chatting today has reached gargantuan proportions, attributable to the fact that more and more people are engaged in active internet usage. Chatting has helped people in a number of ways, be it in business and technology or just for the plain sake of killing time. Windows Live Messenger, formerly known as MSN Messenger, is a chatting/instant messaging application that runs as a separate application on all Microsoft operating systems. Although it can be used as a normal chat application, its unique features render it more suitable for office and business environments. One of the few qualms that people have with the messenger is the fact that it only runs on a Windows operating system. But even that has been sorted out by the Windows Live help team by providing a Mac runnable messenger available for download. The fact of the matter is that it is entirely identical to the Windows Live Messenger in design and features. But one problem that urgently needs attention is the fact that the Mac messenger’s extent of communication with other Windows Live Messenger users entirely depends on the version they download. Windows Live help thus provides you with a set of instructions that you need to follow to avoid this situation.

Instructions

• First and foremost, the Windows Live help team recommends closing any open Windows-related applications. Go to Microsoft’s website for the Messenger for Mac. Click on the “Download Messenger for Mac 7” option and then select the newest version of Messenger for Mac.
• Choose the language you want and the application get downloaded. Drag the Microsoft Messenger icon to the Application
  

  Instant messaging from your Mac

  folder. Go to your Applications folder and click on the “Microsoft Messenger” icon.

• Click on the “Open” button to continue to the installation process. Click the “Next” button to read the Software Licensing Agreement. Click the “Next” button again to continue.
• Click on the “Accept” button. The setup assistant will search for previous versions of Messenger for Mac on your system. If none are found, click on the “OK” button. Choose what type of account you want to set.
• Enter your email address, user ID, and password and click the “Next” button. If you’re installing for a personal account, you’ll be given the option to create a new user ID and password if you need to. In case it is a corporate account, a system administrator will have to coordinate your password. You will have to restart you computer before attempting to log in. After logging in, your installation will be complete.

Hope the above mentioned set of instructions from Windows Live help has settled your issue. Thank you!

Windows Live help to use Messenger remote support

Messenger Remote support, which is also called Remote Assistance session, is a feature in Windows Live Messenger. This feature enables another person sitting at a distant place to take control of your system over the network to resolve the issues in your system. This way, you would not require a busy technician to come over to your place or take your system to him for troubleshooting it. The troubleshooting can be done from where the technician is already without being physically closer to your system.

Using Messenger remote support

The user that you choose to seek help from can gain access remotely to your desktop over the network and see what is wrong with your computer, himself. This will make it easy for him to resolve the system trouble by gaining access to it with your permission. You can invite him to connect with your computer and there will be a user id provided for the session to ensure that the permission is valid only for this session.

Windows Live help instructions to use Messenger remote support

• From the “Start” menu, launch Windows Live Messenger under “All Programs.” To launch the instant messaging service, you can also use the quick-launch icon on the task bar, or a desktop shortcut.
• To make the menu bar appear, press and hold the “Alt” key.
• Select “Actions” and click “Offer remote assistance.”
• Choose your friend’s email address that you want to invite for remote support, says the Windows Live help team. When a new instant messaging box appears, click “Invite“. An instant message will be sent to your friend with an invitation to start using “Remote Assistance.”
• Ask your friend to click “Accept“. For remote support, he will be prompted to type a password. This is the same password that you use for “Remote Access” on your computer. You can then share with your friend this password securely.
  

  Using Messenger remote support

• To initiate a “Remote Assistance chat session“, click “Yes“. By this, you can communicate with your friend while he controls and troubleshoots your system.
• Ask your friend to select “Take Control” to start remote support.
• When everything is done and the issues are solved, select “Stop control”.

So, that’s how the Windows Live help team advices you to perform the Messenger Remote support.

Learn to Reset a Windows Live Help Password

windows live help password reset

Windows Live users require usernames and passwords in order to log in to their respective email accounts. As soon as you set up your Windows Live Account, you will have created a username and password. In case you lose your password, all you need to do is send a request in order to have the password reset. Just as you complete the identity verification process, Windows Live will reset your password. Just complete one of the three password reset methods in order to replace a lost password with a brand new one. Follow the Windows Live help instructions given below in order to reset the password.

Instructions

• Start off with these instructions by heading over to the Windows Live Solution Center website. Click the option that says “Sign In.” then you have to select “Forgot your password” beneath the password box.
• Following which, you need to enter your Windows Live ID. Then type the CAPTCHA security code exactly as seen in the picture and select “Continue.”
• It is then required that you select one of the options that shall help you verify your identity. You have to answer your security question. You need to have a verification link sent to an alternate email address. As soon as your identity is verified, the password reset page loads. It is now possible for you to reset the password.
• Proceed to select the option to answer your security question. Just enter your location. Answer the security question. You will see that the password reset page opens.
  

  windows live help password reset

• You need to select the option to make use of your alternate email address. A password reset email needs to be sent to this address. You have to open your alternate email. Choose the password reset email. You have to copy and paste the link in the email into your Internet browser.
• Go to the password reset page and enter your Windows Live ID. Then create a new password. Retype that password. Select “Continue.”
• Finally, contact a Windows Live agent through the Account Password Recovery page in order to retrieve your password from a Windows Live representative.

That concludes the Windows Live help instructions to reset the Windows Live password. You may also contact the Windows Live help center if you need more help.

Windows Live help for changing Toolbar language

Change Toolbar language

Languages are means of communication that is used to convey ideas and thoughts among human beings. Only humans have acquired this complex system of communication. There are thousands of spoken languages most of which has its own script. With industrialization and globalization, along with the popularity of Internet, people are willing to learn languages that they won’t even have heard before. Even though there won’t be many internet users who are not familiar with English, they may at times want their computer to display the regional language.

Windows Live Messenger is available in 93 different languages and the Toolbar also supports these languages. If you want your messenger in your own regional language version, you can translate the Toolbar buttons into that language. The Windows Live toolbar allows the user to combine multiple programs, such as Hotmail and MSN messenger, into one platform.  Windows Live help has the options for changing the language of the Toolbar.

Instructions by Windows Live help

• Find the Windows Live Toolbar for the PC.
• Go to the Microsoft Download Center and select the Windows Live Setup.
• If you already have the Windows Live Toolbar installed on the computer, you will need to re-download it in the specific language into which you would like to translate the buttons.
• Choose the preferred language from the drop-down menu.
• The language that you choose will be the display language of all operations and buttons displayed on the toolbar.
• Download the Windows Live Toolbar to the PC.
• It will take about ten minutes to download.
• Once the download is complete, restart the computer and open a new Internet Explorer browser.
• The toolbar will display the add-ons that you installed, and the buttons will be written in the language that you selected.
  

  Change Toolbar language

This will translate the toolbars into the desired language. There is another procedure for the translation of pages of websites.

Windows Live Toolbar Translator Button is available from the Windows Live Gallery. Install the translator and click on the Translator button. It will show the current web page with its translations, which can go up to 12 languages. Use the button menu and change the translation languages. Once the language is selected, the Translator will remember the most recent selection.

Contact Windows Live help for further assistance.

Window Live help on how to retrieve Deleted MSN Contacts

deleted msn contacts retrieved

As many of you already know, MSN Live application offers two programs that have the ability to store user contacts namely Messenger and Hotmail. And as such, Messenger is an instant messaging service by Microsoft while Hotmail is a free, web based email offering.
Now in getting on with our article, let us now take a look at the guide as formulated by the Windows Live help team in helping you retrieve deleted MSN contacts (both Messenger and Hotmail respectively).
The steps are as follows.
Retrieving deleted MSN Contacts with Windows Live help
1. Retrieving Deleted Messenger contacts with Windows Live help
• Launch Messenger on your computer and then login with your username and password.
• Click on “Tools” then choose “Options” then select “Privacy”. If in case the “Tools” menu fails to show, simply press on the “Alt” key.
• Now from under “Allow or Block list”, you will find all your former contacts.
• Right click on each individual contact and select “Add to contacts” in moving them back to your Contacts list. If however the user is blocked, highlight the contact and then click on “Allow” before right clicking and adding them back.
• Finally, click “Ok”, then sign out of Messenger and back in.
2. Retrieving Deleted Hotmail contacts with Windows Live help
• As in the case of Hotmail, the team explains that you will need the assistance of an experienced technician. And to avail the same for

Deleted MSN Contacts retrieved

yourself, visit “Hotmail Support” and then proceed to “Ask a Question” on the resulting page.
• If in case you do not have a Windows Live Solution Center account yet, you will need to create one by entering a username, then confirming your email address and clicking “Accept”.
• Now in the text field labeled as “Describe your question or problem”, enter the phrase “Hotmail contacts deleted” or something relevant and similar.
• Next up, in the body of the post labeled as “Add details”, describe how you lost your Hotmail contacts including your Hotmail address and at least three deleted e-mail addresses from your contacts list so as to verify that you are the owner of the account.
• Once completed, your issue will be notified by email. Following which, a qualified technician will help you restore your contacts.
This completes our steps with Windows Live and its help team. Bye!