How to Turn on Your Instant Message History on Windows Live Messenger

Steps

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   Open Windows Live Messenger, look at te topmost bar, on the far right, you should see a button with the description "Show Menu", click it.


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   In the drop down menu that opens, click "Tools"


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   Another menu should open, in that menu, click "Options".


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   A window should open up, on the left of the window you should see the word "Messages" in a white box, click it.


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   Now on the bottom right, you should see a checkbox that says if you want to automatically keep track of messenger conversations, click it.


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   Now select the file you want your messages to save to with the browse button you should see below that.


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   Now you can go to the folder you selected at any time to view your old conversations.

Warnings

• Someone might be able to read them after you save your conversations.