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Windows 7: Instant messaging ?
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19 Nov 2010
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Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 |
Instant messaging ?
Hi  , I would like to setup instant messaging on my new to me Computer but using search engines I see there are many more than I thought there was so my question is "what one is good with Windows 7 ?" any help - advice very much appreciated, thank you | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel E8400
Motherboard MSI P35 Neo
Memory 4GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830
Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Razer
PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W
Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black
Cooling Air/Fans
Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB
Internet Speed Sky Broadband
Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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19 Nov 2010
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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19 Nov 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 |
Thank you Airbot, I will look at that
I have Windows Live Essentials but I did not include messenger, do I need to uninstall or will Windows Live Essentials overwright ? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel E8400
Motherboard MSI P35 Neo
Memory 4GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830
Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Razer
PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W
Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black
Cooling Air/Fans
Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB
Internet Speed Sky Broadband
Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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19 Nov 2010
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#4 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 Macedonia |
I think you will be asked for what to install. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
CPU Intel Pentium G630 @2.7GHz 3MB
Motherboard Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS
Memory Corsair 4GB DDR3 / 1066MHz 9-9-9-24 2T
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 192EL
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Delux K5108
Mouse Genius
PSU Hantol 500W
Case Delux costumized...
Cooling 120mm Hantol, Spire 80mm
Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue 500GB / 16MB
Internet Speed 15 Mbit
Other Info Genius SW-2.1 355 Speakers,Camera,Joystick
Asus K55VJ(i5 3210, GT635M / 2GB, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD)
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19 Nov 2010
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 |
Yes I was the first time but I did not include messenger, so if I download again can I over wright ? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel E8400
Motherboard MSI P35 Neo
Memory 4GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830
Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Razer
PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W
Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black
Cooling Air/Fans
Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB
Internet Speed Sky Broadband
Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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19 Nov 2010
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |
Think you could just run the live essentials installer again, and only choose the IM. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler
Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X
Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz
Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700
Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700
PSU Corsair HX1000W
Case Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M
Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
Antivirus None
Browser Firefox Nightly
Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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19 Nov 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 |
Good thank you Airbot  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel E8400
Motherboard MSI P35 Neo
Memory 4GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830
Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Razer
PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W
Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black
Cooling Air/Fans
Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB
Internet Speed Sky Broadband
Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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19 Nov 2010
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#8 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
What Instant Messaging do most of your friends use ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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19 Nov 2010
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1 |
Hi DocBrown , Meebo most, but I wanted some sound advice ... and got it | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built
OS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU Intel E8400
Motherboard MSI P35 Neo
Memory 4GB Crucial Ballistix
Graphics Card ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830
Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Saitek Eclipse
Mouse Razer
PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W
Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black
Cooling Air/Fans
Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB
Internet Speed Sky Broadband
Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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19 Nov 2010
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#10 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Ok, Yes Windows live works well for me with a lot of my friends. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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