When used with Windows Vista and the right hardware, Windows Live Messenger provides state-of-the-art computer communications features. With Windows Live Messenger, you can talk to others over the Internet as you do on a regular phone, and you can use video to see others and let others see you as you converse (New!). Once you set up your computer hardware—Webcams, microphones and speakers—and related software, you’re ready to communicate over the Internet. You have two communication choices: audio only, and audio and video. With audio only, you speak into a microphone and hear the other person’s response over your computer’s speakers. With audio and video, you send video to others so they receive live images as well as sound. If the contacts you call don’t have a video camera, they will see you, but you won’t see them.
Did You Know?You can set Webcam video options. Click the Actions menu in the Conversation window, point to Video, and then select commands to show your Webcam or View a contact’s Webcam. |