: Microsoft briefly offered a "Microsoft Agent-enabling" hotfix for Windows 7, but this is no longer readily available.
Microsoft Agent Control 2.0 was a pioneering technology developed by Microsoft to introduce interactive, animated characters into the Windows user interface. While it reached its peak during the era of Windows 2000 and XP, it remains a subject of interest for legacy software developers and enthusiasts of "social interfaces". What is Microsoft Agent Control 2.0?
Compared to its predecessors, Agent 2.0 introduced several performance and flexibility upgrades:
Because Microsoft Agent is a legacy technology, it is no longer actively supported or hosted on modern Microsoft download portals like the Microsoft Download Center .