Earlier in this same Topic Thread your same question has been asked and answered.
In brief, New Members do not immediately have access to Personal Messenging.
Yes, it can be annoying to some New Members who join and deem themselves to be ready to jump right into the community with full participation.
However, it is also a Security policy which helps us get to know New Members by their Posting in the regular Forums, before they advance to more active and specific participation.
Post your questions when you have need and offer assistence where you are able.
After a short period of getting to know each other New Member advance to access to PM messaging automatically.
Why doesn't my profile picture change when i attempt to upload a new one? I think i need more information about the base requirements for the picture itself.
I'm returning to these forums after a long hiatus however my first reply to a topic has been removed. I hope this or future posts aren't going to follow suit without explanation.
Moderator hid the topic for review because it dredged up a year old thread to advise use of a different product that had nothing to do with the original topic.
Basically, this is a help forum. We pretty much get into every aspect of computers and their use… but we expect most businesses to have their own IT department, whom we do not attempt to replace.