Windows Messenger Compatible with AIM ?

[Steve Bunnell]

Hello. I use Windows Messenger and my girlfriends uses
AOL's AIM. Is there anyway I can add her to my Contact
List in Messenger? Can she sign up with .NET Passport
and use it with AIM? Maybe then I could add her to my
Contacts. Is there anything I can do besides one of us
switching to the other's software? Thank you for your
help. -Steve

feel free to email me with any help, Thank you.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Steve,

No, AIM and the .NET Messenger network (what Windows Messenger uses) are entirely separate.

The only thing you can do besides use separate clients is an all-in-one client like Trillian
(http://www.trillian.cc).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Steve Bunnell" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I use Windows Messenger and my girlfriends uses
> AOL's AIM. Is there anyway I can add her to my Contact
> List in Messenger? Can she sign up with .NET Passport
> and use it with AIM? Maybe then I could add her to my
> Contacts. Is there anything I can do besides one of us
> switching to the other's software? Thank you for your
> help. -Steve
>
> feel free to email me with any help, Thank you.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Steve,

No, AIM and the .NET Messenger network (what Windows Messenger uses) are entirely separate.

The only thing you can do besides use separate clients is an all-in-one client like Trillian
(http://www.trillian.cc).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Steve Bunnell" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I use Windows Messenger and my girlfriends uses
> AOL's AIM. Is there anyway I can add her to my Contact
> List in Messenger? Can she sign up with .NET Passport
> and use it with AIM? Maybe then I could add her to my
> Contacts. Is there anything I can do besides one of us
> switching to the other's software? Thank you for your
> help. -Steve
>
> feel free to email me with any help, Thank you.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Steve,

No, AIM and the .NET Messenger network (what Windows Messenger uses) are entirely separate.

The only thing you can do besides use separate clients is an all-in-one client like Trillian
(http://www.trillian.cc).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Steve Bunnell" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I use Windows Messenger and my girlfriends uses
> AOL's AIM. Is there anyway I can add her to my Contact
> List in Messenger? Can she sign up with .NET Passport
> and use it with AIM? Maybe then I could add her to my
> Contacts. Is there anything I can do besides one of us
> switching to the other's software? Thank you for your
> help. -Steve
>
> feel free to email me with any help, Thank you.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Steve,

No, AIM and the .NET Messenger network (what Windows Messenger uses) are entirely separate.

The only thing you can do besides use separate clients is an all-in-one client like Trillian
(http://www.trillian.cc).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Steve Bunnell" > wrote in message
...
> Hello. I use Windows Messenger and my girlfriends uses
> AOL's AIM. Is there anyway I can add her to my Contact
> List in Messenger? Can she sign up with .NET Passport
> and use it with AIM? Maybe then I could add her to my
> Contacts. Is there anything I can do besides one of us
> switching to the other's software? Thank you for your
> help. -Steve
>
> feel free to email me with any help, Thank you.