A cikin 2000s, Windows Live Messenger, tare da ICQ, sun zama kayan aikin da masu amfani ke amfani da su don sadarwa ta Intanet. Wannan hanyar sadarwa, zamu iya la'akari juyin halitta na IRCs, wanda kayan kwalliyar DOS ya bar abubuwa da yawa da ake so.
Dukansu Messenger da ICQ sun zama kayan aikin zabi ga miliyoyin masu amfani, barin IRC ga waɗanda suka sami ƙarin ilimi, ko suke son tuntuɓar wasu mutane don neman bayani game da takamaiman takamaiman batutuwa na wani batun, godiya ga ɗakunan hira da ke hannunmu.
Amma yayin da shekaru suka shude, sabbin hanyoyin sadarwa na masu amfani sun zo kuma tsarin aikawa da sakon Messenger na Microsoft ya fada cikin matsala. Wannan aikace-aikacen ya kasance tare da ɗakunan aikace-aikace daga Microsoft da ake kira Windows Live Essential, kunshin aikace-aikacen da dole ne mu girka daban da na Windows ɗin da muke da shi sannan kuma ƙari ga Manzo shima ya ba mu:
- Desktop na Windows Mail
- Tsaron Iyali na Microsoft
- OneDrive don Windows
- Mai Kula da Fina-Finan Windows
- Gidan Hoto na Windows
- Marubucin Windows
- Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector
Kaddamar da Windows 8, a ranar 4 ga Oktoba, 2012, ya nuna farkon ƙarshen Windows Messenger, tunda ban da sanarwar sabon nau’in Windows, Microsoft sanar da cewa aikace-aikacen aika saƙo Manzo zai daina aiki a ranar 8 ga Afrilu, 2013.
Sigar ingantacciyar sigar Windows Live Messenger ana samunta a cikin Windows Live Essential, ɗakunan ƙarin aikace-aikace na Windows hakan sun kara jerin aikace-aikace masu matukar ban sha'awa kamar Windows Movie Maker ko Outllok Hotmail Connector. Microsoft ya ci gaba da adana wancan rukunin aikace-aikacen ba tare da sabuntawa ba sai shekarar da ta gabata, a wannan lokacin ne ya cire shi daga sabobinsa, yana hana masu amfani da shi saukar da shi.
La'akari da cewa Microsoft ba ta sabunta aikace-aikacen ba tsawon shekaru, ayyukan da waɗannan aikace-aikacen za su iya ba mu sun iyakance, don haka sai dai idan ka ci gaba da amfani da Windows XP, yana da wuya cewa kuna da sha'awar amfani da shi.