How to Personalize Your MSN Messenger

With the following three steps you can easily personalize your MSN Messenger.

• Background scenes

  Customize Windows Live Messenger to suit your mood.
  
  1. Click on the paintbrush
  Move your mouse over the upper right corner of the contacts pane so the paintbrush icon appears.
  Click the icon.
  
  2. Choose your scene
  You can select background scenes and coordinating color schemas. Click "Apply" to see a preview and then click "OK" when you're done.
  
  3. Your friends see it, too
  Your friends see your background scenes and colors, too, and you can change the scenes whenever you want to express your style.
  

• Display pictures with moods

  Use your webcam to take display pictures that show the real you.
  
  1. Click your Display picture
  
  2. Select "Dynamic picture"
  The "Create a dynamic display picture" window will be displayed and if you have a webcam, you can create your own display pictures.
  
  3. Select "Record a video" or "Take a picture"
  When you click the button, your image will be automatically captured and applied to the emoticons. Have fun with different expressions that show the friends in your network how you're feeling.
  
  4. Click "Done"
  When you're happy with the results, click "Done" to save the images and start using them in your IMs.

• Personal status message

  Post a personal message that all your contacts see.
  
  1. Type a personal message
  On your contacts pane, just click and type your personal status message.
  
  2. See your new message
  Your status is desplayed in your Contacts window.
  
  3. Share your message
  Your status is displayed along with your name so all your contacts can see it.