Hi Andrew. First, you'll need to create a Hotmail account if you haven't got 1 already. Once that's done you'll need to download Windows Live Messenger, though if you've got MSN Messenger or the like already on your machine then that's irrelevant.Your User name will be your email address. I think you'll also have to go through image varification when you sign up. You then need to add someone's contact address. Once Messenger's all set up, you should be on a screen where you can add contacts and you'll see any that are already added. alt C brings up the contacts menu, a for add. Then it should say something like type email address, so put that in and tab round the next few fields. Then you should find a button which says something like "proceed to next screen." This is where you invite someone so you just type an introductory message and I think there may be a next screen button after that, can't quite remember. It's relatlvely easy. to message someone, I think you just click on the name of the contact and an edit box should come up and you might hear "type message here." I don't know how to do everything in Messenger yet as I've just started up again, but any more questions, just ask. I'm sure someone will answer even if it's not me. Jill. ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Shipp To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:50 AM Subject: [access-uk] Msn ;messinger Hi could anyone tell me how to use msn messenger and how to get a user name? __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4223 (20090708) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com