Right-click a contact

Click Start an Activity

Choose an Activity

An invitation will be sent to your contact via Windows Live Messenger. Once your friend accepts the invitation, the activity will open to the right of your conversation window - it's visible to you both!

Click Games

From the conversation window click the Games button.

Select the game you want to play.

Play!

An invitation will be sent to your friend to play a game. Once they accept your invitation, a window will appear and your game will begin.

From the contact screen

Enter a search term and click the magnifying glass.

From a conversation

Enter the word you want to search for and click Search.

As a shared activity

From the conversation window, click the Activities button and select Search.