Hi, Where do I find avatars on my messenger.  I have searched and searched and can't find it.  Do I need the plus version?  Thanks

Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger, it is not a seperate or upgraded version of the product.

What do you mean you can't find avatars?  The display picture can be chosen by clicking on the icon on the top left of the contact window.

Can you post a screenshot to illustrate what you mean?

Yes I can change my display picture.  I want to design my own avatar like yahoo lets it's users.  Can it be done here? Thanks alot

There is no software that can automatically generate avatars for Messenger, except maybe those WeeMee things. Otherwise you just have to use an image editing program such as Photoshop to make an avatar for Messenger.

You can make your own 'moving display picture' by using your webcam, directly from within Messenger.

You can even make it react on the emoticons you use in a chat. So, for example, when you type , the display picture will show the small video of you doing a sad face.

The same can be done with 'avatars'. These are called "WeeMees" and/or "Quebles". With WeeMee's you can create your own 'human' looking display picture and color every aspect of the figure (hair, eyes, etc). You can also put many different cloths on it, backgrounds, etc...

Together with this you could of course create your own dynamic picture or a static display picture by drawing things yourself in a graphics program.

All those things can be found in here:
Tools > Change Display Picture...

In that window you'll see a lot of links at the bottom and buttons to create the things described above. To find more premade display pictures you can browse hundreds of sites across the net.