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Windows Live Messenger
wazza
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I have a hotmail account and use windows live messenger (WLM) to chat to family/friends etc. It allows me to chat to anyone who has a hotmail account.
Over the past week i created two new hotmail accounts. One for my daughter and one for my son. I have added them to my contact list. They both appear on my WLM window but do not have a 'body' next to their names. The body means you can chat to them by double clicking on the name and a seperate window opens. For my daughter and son an icon that looks like an open book appear. When i put my cursor on top of the icon it says ''non-instant messanging contact''. This i would expect with a non hotmail email contact but not for hotmail email account.
How can i fix this problem?
Over the past week i created two new hotmail accounts. One for my daughter and one for my son. I have added them to my contact list. They both appear on my WLM window but do not have a 'body' next to their names. The body means you can chat to them by double clicking on the name and a seperate window opens. For my daughter and son an icon that looks like an open book appear. When i put my cursor on top of the icon it says ''non-instant messanging contact''. This i would expect with a non hotmail email contact but not for hotmail email account.
How can i fix this problem?
Problem with having access to internet is that i get asked by many to solve their problems 
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This is because the conversation feature is a two way thing, your daughter and son have to logon to their windows messenger, whereupon they should get a message saying you have added them to your contact list do they want to add you totheirs, or something to that effect, I think.I have a hotmail account and use windows live messenger (WLM) to chat to family/friends etc. It allows me to chat to anyone who has a hotmail account.
Over the past week i created two new hotmail accounts. One for my daughter and one for my son. I have added them to my contact list. They both appear on my WLM window but do not have a 'body' next to their names. The body means you can chat to them by double clicking on the name and a seperate window opens. For my daughter and son an icon that looks like an open book appear. When i put my cursor on top of the icon it says ''non-instant messanging contact''. This i would expect with a non hotmail email contact but not for hotmail email account.
How can i fix this problem?
The only other thing is to make sure you have the addresses right.Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
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It's basically categorised them into people that cannot receive your IM. They either have to register with the service or have the software installed.Please support my thanks button if I have been of any help
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