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What are social updates?

Social updates are updates you receive about what your friends are doing on other websites and on Windows Live. These updates appear on Windows Live Home, in Windows Live Messenger, and throughout Windows Live. You'll start seeing social updates after you add friends or connect other services that you use. You can select from services that share what you've been doing on other websites, show your friends and their updates from other services in Windows Live, or share your Windows Live activities on other websites.

To connect services

  1. Open Windows Live Messenger by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button. In the search box, type Messenger, and then, in the list of results, click Windows Live Messenger.

  2. Sign in with your Windows Live ID.

  3. At the bottom right corner of the main window, in the Connected to section, click Add, and then click Connect more services.

  4. Click the name of a service, and then follow the instructions to connect that service.


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