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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
Computer 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(s) ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830 Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Cooling Air/Fans Keyboard Saitek Eclipse Mouse Razer Internet Speed Sky Broadband Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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English Rose
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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 ?
Computer 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(s) ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830 Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Cooling Air/Fans Keyboard Saitek Eclipse Mouse Razer Internet Speed Sky Broadband Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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I think you will be asked for what to install.
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English Rose
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Yes I was the first time but I did not include messenger, so if I download again can I over wright ?
Computer 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(s) ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830 Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Cooling Air/Fans Keyboard Saitek Eclipse Mouse Razer Internet Speed Sky Broadband Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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Think you could just run the live essentials installer again, and only choose the IM.
Computer type PC/Desktop Computer 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(s) Zotac Geforce GTX 770 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 Hard Drives 1 Samsung 250GB 840 Evo SSD PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700 Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700 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
English Rose
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Good thank you Airbot
Computer 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(s) ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830 Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Cooling Air/Fans Keyboard Saitek Eclipse Mouse Razer Internet Speed Sky Broadband Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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What Instant Messaging do most of your friends use ?
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Hi DocBrown
, Meebo most, but I wanted some sound advice ... and got it
Computer 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(s) ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830 Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Cooling Air/Fans Keyboard Saitek Eclipse Mouse Razer Internet Speed Sky Broadband Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
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Ok, Yes Windows live works well for me with a lot of my friends.
Computer type PC/Desktop Computer 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(s) 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 Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc Case All Generic Full Towers Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse 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
English Rose
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Thanks DocBrown
Computer 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(s) ATI ASUS Radeon HD 4830 Sound Card Realtek ALC888 on Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 22-inch VH226H Widescreen Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives Two Western Digital 500GB PSU Hiper HPU-4M 530W Case Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Cooling Air/Fans Keyboard Saitek Eclipse Mouse Razer Internet Speed Sky Broadband Other Info USB Hub/Card Reader - 2 Pen Drives, 1 Phone Dock
, 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 
