Thanks Peter, that was the information I was waiting to hear, I knew it would be simple, just wanted some clarification. Colin F ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Beasley To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:58 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: installing windows messenger? You should already have windows messenger as it comes as part of windows xp. If for some reason it has been uninstalled, then you can download it from www.jfwlite.com which is easier than the microsoft site. if you uninstall msn it shouldn't affect anything. from ----- Original Message ----- From: Colin Fowler To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:29 PM Subject: [access-uk] installing windows messenger? OK, firstly I'll apologise to one of us in particular. That done, could someone helpful please help me with the following. I've XP pro with SP2 and JFW 4.51 running. I had msn 5 and now msn 6.02 and I want to do the following but need assistance and guidance. 1. Instal windows messenger and use it as my instant messaging utility. 2. uninstall msn 6.02 and whatever it leaves in the registry; if this is needed. Could someone with the knowledge to help, run through the idiot steps for me? Colin F