Pebso
December 5th 03, 01:41 PM
Thank you for the info. We'll try Net Meeting to start with & then Yahoo to
compare. As my son lives in Australia & I'm in the UK it would be nice to
be able to talk & see each other.
Pebso
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Pebso,
>
> There are a few options open to you. The easiest, is just to have your
son or sister click
> the Actions menu in their Messenger, click "Start Netmeeting" and then
you'll be able to
> accept the request and do a voice/video conversation in Netmeeting instead
(the Netmeeting
> option is not in the XP client by default).
>
> However, although I don't like to advertise other products, if you want to
see each other,
> and talk all at once, you might want to try Yahoo Messenger, which will
allow you to do this
> (http://messenger.yahoo.com) -- the quality isn't as good as Windows or
MSN Messenger, but it
> does allow multiuser conversations (MSN/Windows Messenger and Netmeeting
currently do not
> without expensive servers, not designed for consumer use)
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "Pebso" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I enjoyed the recent MSN Mesenger v Windows Messenger thread which said
> > thaty to use Video users must have XP.
> >
> > I use XP Pro my son uses 98SE & my sister uses ME.
> >
> > Is there any Messenger program we all could use to video conference
please?
> > If not what options are available for us?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Pebso
> >
> >
>
>
compare. As my son lives in Australia & I'm in the UK it would be nice to
be able to talk & see each other.
Pebso
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Pebso,
>
> There are a few options open to you. The easiest, is just to have your
son or sister click
> the Actions menu in their Messenger, click "Start Netmeeting" and then
you'll be able to
> accept the request and do a voice/video conversation in Netmeeting instead
(the Netmeeting
> option is not in the XP client by default).
>
> However, although I don't like to advertise other products, if you want to
see each other,
> and talk all at once, you might want to try Yahoo Messenger, which will
allow you to do this
> (http://messenger.yahoo.com) -- the quality isn't as good as Windows or
MSN Messenger, but it
> does allow multiuser conversations (MSN/Windows Messenger and Netmeeting
currently do not
> without expensive servers, not designed for consumer use)
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "Pebso" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I enjoyed the recent MSN Mesenger v Windows Messenger thread which said
> > thaty to use Video users must have XP.
> >
> > I use XP Pro my son uses 98SE & my sister uses ME.
> >
> > Is there any Messenger program we all could use to video conference
please?
> > If not what options are available for us?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Pebso
> >
> >
>
>