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Thanks justchat_1: &nbsp;You are not only a star you are a superstar. Saved me enormous hassle and time.
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Thanks justchat_1:  You are not only a star you are a superstar. Saved me enormous hassle and time.

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Hi. I have a few staff on a small SBS2003 network who signed up to Windows Messenger 7.5 with <br />
non-hotmail email addresses ie abc@domain.com. <br />
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It worked fine for a couple of years but now if I try to add another user I am taken to a page that asks my to reeate a hotmail account.I don't want to use a hotmail account but my proper Email account. The same thing happens on Version 8.1. Does anyone know if this is possible... 
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Hi. I have a few staff on a small SBS2003 network who signed up to Windows Messenger 7.5 with 
non-hotmail email addresses ie abc@domain.com. 

It worked fine for a couple of years but now if I try to add another user I am taken to a page that asks my to reeate a hotmail account.I don't want to use a hotmail account but my proper Email account. The same thing happens on Version 8.1. Does anyone know if this is possible... 

Windows Live Messenger - Unable to create an account using an email address othe that a hotmail account

Instant messaging (IM) is a type of online chat that offers real-time text transmission over the Internet. A LAN messenger operates in a similar way over a local area network. More advanced instant messaging can add file transfer, clickable hyperlinks, Voice over IP, or video chat. Non-IM types of chat include multicast transmission, usually referred to as "chat rooms". Depending on the IM protocol, the technical architecture can be peer-to-peer (direct point-to-point transmission) or client-server (a central server retransmits messages from the sender to the communication device).