If you don't like msn messenger check out A-Patch (google it) it will improve life greatly. I use live messenger 8.5 and after a-patch I greatly prefer it to trillian or pidgin. I used both for about a month each at different times and they were always missing something that I used be it good web cam integration or other things. So what I do now is run live messenger on my computer and aim on my cellphone. Works well since I only use aim to chat.