What Does Windows Live Messenger Mean?

Windows Live Messenger is Microsoft’s instant messaging client application, which works with Windows Mobile, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows CE, Windows XP (up to Wave 3), Xbox 360, iOS, Java ME, Symbian OS 9, x.S60, Zune HD, and Blackberry. It uses the Microsoft Notification Protocol over Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and HTTP to connect via Microsoft’s .NET messenger service. The MSN Messenger was originally released in 1999 and renamed as Windows Live Messenger in 2006.

Techopedia Explains Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger provides the following features: