Windows launches the Windows Live Web page where you can click to create a new account.ħ Click Check Availability to ensure that the username you typed is available. Windows Live Messenger starts and presents the logon screen. (Windows Live is a new suite of Internet software designed to make it easier to keep in touch with people and to find information online.) If you already have an MSN Hotmail, MSN Messenger, or Microsoft Passport account, that account automatically becomes your Live ID.

The account you use with Windows Live Messenger, called your Windows Live ID, is the same account you use to take advantage of any other Windows Live service. After you download and install Windows Live Messenger (click the Start button, click All Programs, click Windows Live Messenger Download, and follow the onscreen prompts), you must create your Windows Live Messenger account. Although Windows Vista does not include an instant message (IM) program by default, it does provide a link in the Start menu to download Windows Live Messenger, an update of Microsoft’s MSN Messenger.

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