Our friends in France who have finally got online have now said they would like to get in touch and have we got a webcam.

I have sorted my digi camera via USB to be able to sit and look at myself, (NOT a pretty picture) but how do I proceed from here.

I assume I need some sort of software to be able to go "live", can someone please advise.

We are in UK and I'm runnung Win XP Home on this pc.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, please keep as non-tech as possible, so I can follow, thanks.