Microsoft Corp. will detail plans to disable the Windows Messenger Service and activate the Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) by default on Windows XP machines in an effort to protect computers ...

Windows Phone incorporates Messenger chat into its messaging hub, but can't communicate with the Skype network at all. The Xbox, using ChatPad and Kinect video chat, is integrated with Messenger.

Although Messenger 14 includes several new features and a revamped interface, Microsoft’s making the upgrade mandatory because of a flaw inherited from a buggy Microsoft code “library ...

Microsoft completed an acquisition of Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion (£5.4bn), giving rise to rumours that the communication tool would eventually replace Messenger.

Windows Live Messenger launched in 1999 with a text messaging system. Eventually, it added photo delivery, video calls and games.

Microsoft is well aware of the problems with Windows Messenger Service. However, the pop-up spam messages are not a security threat in themselves — just an annoyance, the company spokesman said.

Windows Messenger was the XP counterpart to MSN Messenger, both of which were replaced by Windows Live Messenger and later Skype. See Windows Live Messenger and Microsoft Lync.

Microsoft Corp. has unveiled plans to embed its Messenger software in the Windows XP desktop, making the instant messaging tool now available through MSN readily available on a user's desktop.

Microsoft Messenger 6.0.1: instant messaging tool. If you encountered a sign-in issue with Messenger for Mac 6.0, you should upgrade to Messenger for Mac 6.0.1.

One of the first third-party widgets for Windows 11 may end up being Meta’s Messenger. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that there’s now a preview version of the app in the Microsoft Store ...

Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan said that starting Oct. 25, Microsoft plans to make available an upgrade to Windows Messenger, the communications console delivering instant messaging ...

Windows Messenger may give Microsoft's upcoming OS the critical boost it needs to give consumers a reason to upgrade. Written by ZDNET Editors, Contributor June 11, 2001, 5:00 a.m. PT ...