Muma 2000s, Windows Live Messenger, pamwe neICQ, zvakave zvishandiso zvinonyanya kushandiswa nevashandisi kutaurirana pamusoro peInternet. Iyi nzira yekutaurirana, tinogona kufunga nezvayo iyo graphical shanduko ye IRCs, iyo DOS-based aesthetic yakasiya zvakawanda kuti zvidikanwe.
Ivo vaviri Messenger uye ICQ vakave maturusi esarudzo kumamirioni mazhinji evashandisi, kusiya IRC kune avo vaive neruzivo rwakawanda, kana vaida kupinda mukubatana nevamwe vanhu kuti vawane ruzivo nezve dzakanangana kana dzakananga misoro yechimwe chidzidzo, nekuda kwemakamuri ekukurukurirana aive patiri.
Asi nekufamba kwemakore, mapuratifomu matsva ekutaurirana evashandisi akasvika uye Microsoft yeMessage mameseji sisitimu yakasvika pakusashandiswa Ichi chishandiso chaive pamwechete nesutu yezvikumbiro kubva Microsoft inonzi Windows Live Yakakosha, pasuru yezvishandiso yataifanira kuisa takazvimiririra pane vhezheni yeWindows yataive nayo uye iyo kuwedzera kuMessenger yatipawo:
- Windows Mail Desktop
- Microsoft Mhuri Kuchengeteka
- OneDrive yeWindows
- windows mugadziri wemafirimu
- Windows Photo Gallery
- Windows Munyori
- Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Chidimbu
Kuvhurwa kweWindows 8, musi waGumiguru 4, 2012, kwakaratidza kutanga kwekuguma kweWindows Messenger, nekuti kuwedzera pakuzivisa kweshanduro itsva yeWindows, Microsoft yakazivisa kuti iyo mameseji kunyorera Mutumwa zvaizorega kushanda musi waApril 8, 2013.
Iyo yazvino vhezheni yakagadzika yeWindows Live Messenger inowanikwa muWindows Live Yakakosha, suite yemamwe maapplication eWindows ayo ivo vakawedzera akateedzana maficha anonakidza kwazvo zvakadai seWindows Movie Maker kana Outllok Hotmail Connector. Microsoft yakaramba ichichengeta iyo suite yezvishandiso kunze kwekuvandudzwa kusvika gore rapfuura, panguva iyoyo payakaibvisa kubva kumaseva ayo, ichitadzisa vashandisi kurodhaunira.
Tichifunga nezvekuti Microsoft yanga isina kuvandudza mashandisiro emakore akati wandei, mashandiro ayo maapplication aya aigona kutipa aive mashoma, saka kunze kwekunge iwe uchiramba uchishandisa Windows XP, hazviite kuti iwe unonyatsofarira kuishandisa.