MSN Messenger nostalgia

Hey, does anyone know how to set a GIF as an avatar on MSN Messenger?😁
Do I need some kind of special software or something?

So, if you head over to your profile and just click on browse... 🤔

an hour ...

It's impossible to set a GIF as your avatar in Windows Messenger, but there's this little utility called MSN Pictures Displayer you can grab right here
Link:

Once you have it, just queue up a few images in sequence and it'll cycle through them automatically. It uses a tiny bit of memory—nothing crazy—but it works by swapping one image for another every two seconds.

thanks, if anyone else has a workaround for the GIF issue, let me know

Just take a photo with Snapchat and set it as your avatar... It’s the path of least resistance.

But there’s just no way to generate an avatar image in MSN; the file won't move no matter what you try, so I'm stuck. The only workaround is what I mentioned earlier

there is this program called MSN pictures displayer

Anthony Wilson71 said:So, you can't actually set a GIF as your avatar directly in Messenger, but there's this little tool called MSN Pictures Displayer—you can grab it right here
Link:

http://baixaki.ig.com.br/site/dwnld35926.htm

Basically, you just line up a few images in the program and it swaps them out automatically. It uses a tiny bit of memory, I guess... nothing crazy, but still, it does swap them about every two seconds or so.

I mean, you *can* use a GIF, but it won't actually animate if that's what you were hoping for...

Sure, you can use a GIF, but just so you know, it won't be animated.

IRS said:You can't actually set a GIF as your avatar in MSN Messenger, but there’s this little tool called MSN Pictures Displayer—you can grab it right here
Link:

http://baixaki.ig.com.br/site/dwnld35926.htm

Basically, you just load up a bunch of images in there one after another and it cycles through them automatically. It eats up a tiny bit of memory—nothing crazy—but it works, and you can set it to swap images every couple of seconds

Everything is basically the same, except the minimum delay you can set is 5 seconds

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