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Msagent what is it?
Name: msce2005 Date: December 9, 2002 at 18:41:09 Pacific OS: WinMe CPU/Ram: Pentium 4 1.4 gig 256 ram
Comment:
what is the MSAGENT in my Windows Folder for? what does it do? Is it a spy program? There's an executable file in the folder MSAGENT called AGENTSVR what is it for?
Name: www Date: December 9, 2002 at 18:52:58 Pacific
Reply:
http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/ Microsoft® Agent is a software technology that enables an enriched form of user interaction that can make using and learning to use a computer, easier and more natural. With the Microsoft Agent set of software services, developers can easily enhance the user interface of their applications and Web pages with interactive personalities in the form of animated characters. These characters can move freely within the computer display, speak aloud (and by displaying text onscreen), and even listen for spoken voice commands. When used effectively with a conversational interface approach, Microsoft Agent can be a powerful extension and enhancement of the existing interactive modalities of the Microsoft Windows® interface.
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