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Windows Live Messenger icon

Windows Live Messenger

 127 likes

With Live Messenger you can chat online instantly in real time with friends, family and colleagues. Its faster than e-mail, more discreet than a phone call.

Contacts

License model

  • Free • Proprietary

Application type

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac  slightly different interface but still available
  • Windows
  • Online
  • iPhone
Conversation Window
Alternatives  
Discontinued

Messenger has moved to Skype icon Skype and is no longer available since April 2013.

2.7 / 5 Avg rating (3)
127likes
7comments
32alternatives
0news articles

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 Tags

  • social-applications
  • Chat

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Top Positive Comment
Reprotected
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Jul 18, 2011
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Unless you are using a Yahoo/ICQ/Gmail or whatever email address that is NOT Hotmail/Live/MSN, WLM is the best, and most polished one-user IM you can get.

Top Negative Comment
s0me0ne
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Jul 9, 2010
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Webcam feature often goes down and wont connect with other people at times. Its annoying because I use this to talk to long distance friends and family

Kristofferst
Jul 6, 2011
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Does there exist any alternative capable of webcam communication with Live Messenger users?

Danilo_Venom
Nov 20, 2013

Only with Skype icon Skype , if you login with your Microsoft account, you can transfer your Messenger contacts and make video calls.

G369
Jun 13, 2011
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I'm sad that now died because of facebook chat.... that is no doubt worse. When I switched to Mac I realized that WL-Messenger sucks. I loved it on windows.

pcwiz11
Jun 7, 2010
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Although I prefer Skype I still use Windows Live Messenger because it is certainly more popular with my friends than Skype. Although you can use all kinds of alternatives such as Trillian with your Windows Live ID I find that nothing compares to the official Windows Live Messenger.

Ti
Nov 25, 2009
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WLM does have a useful feature, in that it supports the initiation of a Remote Assistance session - useful if you want to help out a friend or relative with something simple.

Mur
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Nov 12, 2009
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Very bloated software, I find pidgin to run much better and comes with more features like spell checking.

What is Windows Live Messenger?

With Live Messenger you can chat online instantly in real time with friends, family and colleagues. Its faster than e-mail, more discreet than a phone call.

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Windows Live Messenger information

  • Developed by

    US flagMicrosoft

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 2.7

  • Alternatives

    32 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about Windows Live Messenger, and it has gotten 127 likes

Windows Live Messenger was added to AlternativeTo by Stuck on Feb 27, 2009 and this page was last updated Jun 17, 2022. Windows Live Messenger is sometimes referred to as MSN, Messenger, Windows Messenger, WLM, Microsoft Messenger.