MSN or Windows Messenger?

Windows Messenger comes with XP, but I notice it doesn't have the display pictures, I'm wondering which one is better, MSN or Windows Messenger?

And why is there two?

windows messenger comes with all XP machines. MSN and Windows mesenger are the same, the one that displays pictures is the newer version.

Should I download MSN Messenger than?

Because when I first used Windows Messenger it said I had update to newest version and it did, but I don't have the picture display stuff?

And if I do download MSN Messenger, than should I uninstall Windows Messenger?

MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger both come with WinXP. Windows Messenger is a service that runs in the background for piping data, messages, and adware onto your machine if you find a website resourceful enough.

MSN Messenger is a chat program also included with XP. Just install the new version - it will update your current version of MSN messenger. You don't need to uninstall anything.

The Windows Messenger service is different from MSN messenger and doesn't need updating but you can update it if you want. In fact, I turned mine off - it increases the overall speed of WinXP with it deactivated.