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Windows Messenger service
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<p>Messenger service was a network-based system notification <a href="/facts/Windows_service/qzNquuK6">Windows service</a> by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> that was included in some earlier versions of <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>. </p><p>This retired technology, although it has a similar name, is not related in any way to the later, Internet-based <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Messenger_service/9RkrHKmF">Microsoft Messenger service</a> for instant messaging or to <a href="/facts/Windows_Messenger/cbh4elfX">Windows Messenger</a> and <a href="/facts/Windows_Live_Messenger/Fan8DcWu">Windows Live Messenger</a> (formerly named MSN Messenger) client software. </p>