In the last 24 hours, I have downloaded and installed three new Messenger services; ICQ, Yahoo InstantMessenger and Windows Live Messenger. The first two are accepted easily when I try to enter the handle into my profile, but when I enter the handle for Windows Live Messenger into the MSN Messenger slot, I get a message saying it`s invalid. Never truly understood the Messenger services, but I believed Live Messenger was just an improvement of the old MSN Messenger and connected to that network. If that is so, what`s wrong with my handle? My handle is the same as my username on this site: OttifantSir.

Any help would be nice.

Also, help on finding people to actually talk to, so it isn`t just a waste of CPU power, RAM and storage space to have them installed.