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Explorer displays the File Download ??“ Security Warning dialog box.
Click the Run button. Internet Explorer downloads the Windows Live Messenger
installation file, and then starts to run it. Internet Explorer then displays
a Security Warning dialog box.
Click the Run button, and then follow through the installation process. Read
the license agreement, and make sure that you are prepared to comply with
its many stipulations before you agree to it. For example, the agreement
makes you state that you will not use Windows Live Messenger to share other
people??™s intellectual property without authorization, and that Microsoft may
monitor your communications to verify that you??™re being a good citizen and
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may disclose any evidence against you to the appropriate authorities. (I paraphrase
lightly here, but in truth, you??™re agreeing to a lot??”so you should read
the license agreement.)
Apart from the license agreement, the part of the installation where you
should pay attention is the Choose Additional Features And Settings screen.
Windows Live Messenger usually tries to install several features that you
may well prefer not to have. Here??™s what you need to know:
Windows Live Messenger Shortcuts You can launch Windows Live
Messenger from the Start menu the way you would any other program.
But if you leave this check box selected, you also get a Windows Live
Messenger shortcut on the Desktop (which you probably won??™t need)
and one on the Quick Launch toolbar (which is usually a useful way of
launching Windows Live Messenger).
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