Start Windows Messenger activities

If you've enabled Windows Messenger support in your preferences, you can start Windows Messenger activities with any Groove contact who also uses this service.

Note: Messenger support is not available if your Groove account is running on a closed network. For more information, see your Groove administrator.

To start Windows Messenger activities with Groove contacts:

Log in to your Windows Messenger account.
In Groove, right-click any Groove contact who uses Windows Messenger.

Windows Messenger task options display at the bottom of the menu.

Note: If you don't see Windows Messenger task options, it's possible that the selected Groove contact is storing an email address in their Groove Contact card that's different from the email address (i.e., a Hotmail email address) stored with their Windows Messenger contact. You can check the properties of each contact to determine if this is true. If so, ask the contact to update their identity information to add the Windows Messenger email address (typically on the Personal tab of the Identity Preferences dialog box).
Select the activity you want to begin.

For example, if you select "Send an Instant Message, the Windows Messenger Conversation window opens.

If the selected contact is not a Windows Messenger user, you see the menu item "This contact is not available in Windows Messenger."