Can't connect with AOL.
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niknak
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Can't connect with AOL.
My new laptop has pre installed Windows Vista and I can't connect with AOL(.uk or .com) using it.
Whilst some may say that's a good thing, when I dispensed with their services as my provider, I kept a free AOL email address to use for less important contacts and special offers/competitions etc and it's quite a useful thing to have.
Is it a Vista compatability problem or an AOL problem over the last 3 days?
Whilst some may say that's a good thing, when I dispensed with their services as my provider, I kept a free AOL email address to use for less important contacts and special offers/competitions etc and it's quite a useful thing to have.
Is it a Vista compatability problem or an AOL problem over the last 3 days?
nurj
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I would say it's a great advantage, but I can see your short-term problem.
I have the opposite annoyance: people e-mail me, I reply with the information they ask for, then they phone weeks later to complain at the lack of response. AOL seems to block non-AOL e-mail for random reasons.
One day, there will be two Internets...
I have the opposite annoyance: people e-mail me, I reply with the information they ask for, then they phone weeks later to complain at the lack of response. AOL seems to block non-AOL e-mail for random reasons.
One day, there will be two Internets...
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From: Passed away on Sept 6th
It could be them messing about...
Had a nasty case of the vanishing AOLs here in June-July, mostly at weekends and in the evenings. Since AOL is still my ISP - don't ask! - this meant I lost my internet connection for up to 75 minutes, then it was back again with no hint of aolpology. Note to self: stiffen the sinews & speak to those people at zen again!
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From: Waterford Ireland
Had a nasty case of the vanishing AOLs here in June-July, mostly at weekends and in the evenings. Since AOL is still my ISP - don't ask! - this meant I lost my internet connection for up to 75 minutes, then it was back again with no hint of aolpology. Note to self: stiffen the sinews & speak to those people at zen again!
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From: EGCC
AOL V9.0VR download problem
My girlfriend is a keen fan of AOL and has been using in on an old XP laptop. She has recently inherited a Vista Home edition Aspire SA90-DB7J desktop pc and has problems trying to download the AOL version for Vista.
The download itself appears to run perfectly well, however when AOL attempts to open a connection it causes the computer to crash completely - with the result that it goes int reboot.
There appear to be three errors, but I am not computer literate to know what they mean, and AOL helpdesk are basically useless!!
1/ minidump\mini092108-01.dmp
2/ WER\49686-0.sysdata.xml
3/ WEREEE0-tmp.version.txt
The error code in the WER case seems to vary with each attempt to reload the program.
I have tried to load the program on my laptop and it runs okay, so it looks as if it is possibly a setting on her computer. I have tried looking at the security setting and there does not appear to be any difference between those on my laptop and her own.
Any help for a lady in distress would be appreciated.
Thanks
Scottie Dog
The download itself appears to run perfectly well, however when AOL attempts to open a connection it causes the computer to crash completely - with the result that it goes int reboot.
There appear to be three errors, but I am not computer literate to know what they mean, and AOL helpdesk are basically useless!!
1/ minidump\mini092108-01.dmp
2/ WER\49686-0.sysdata.xml
3/ WEREEE0-tmp.version.txt
The error code in the WER case seems to vary with each attempt to reload the program.
I have tried to load the program on my laptop and it runs okay, so it looks as if it is possibly a setting on her computer. I have tried looking at the security setting and there does not appear to be any difference between those on my laptop and her own.
Any help for a lady in distress would be appreciated.
Thanks
Scottie Dog
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EI-WAT
Only problem with that is that having inherited the computer from her late brother we have had to have the password changed. If we do a full system restore then it will presumably reset the original password and leave us unable to access the system again - or it that a worry that I am just imaginating?
Thanks
Scottie Dog
Only problem with that is that having inherited the computer from her late brother we have had to have the password changed. If we do a full system restore then it will presumably reset the original password and leave us unable to access the system again - or it that a worry that I am just imaginating?
Thanks
Scottie Dog
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From: It wasn't me, I wasn't there, wrong country ;-)
Install Firefox, then get AOL via Google. AOL as an ISP are now awful ever since Carphone Whorehouse bought them. Call centres in India don't even suck, they know not how. I dumped AOL after 15 yrs, not had one snag since, AOL outages/snags were multi in a 24hr period with resolution time of 84hrs.
AOL now stands for something else rather then America On Line, I'll leave you to work that out. Suffice it to say, Carphone Whorehouse/AOL are lossing custom at a faster rate than any ISP in the UK.
PS Carphone Whorehouse is AOL.co.uk & Talk Talk & a few others, same crap, different name!
AOL now stands for something else rather then America On Line, I'll leave you to work that out. Suffice it to say, Carphone Whorehouse/AOL are lossing custom at a faster rate than any ISP in the UK.
PS Carphone Whorehouse is AOL.co.uk & Talk Talk & a few others, same crap, different name!
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From: Waterford Ireland
LOL @ merlin AOL Broadband is actually expanding as an ISP not losing customers I should know I work for them, there was no way you could have being with them 15 years as the company has not being in the UK that long. Sounds like your just one of these people that like to do nothing but moan
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Odd. I recall AOL being around in 1990 - I think via a separate UK service provider. I never actually used it, so memory may be playing tricks.
If AOL is growing in the UK, I'm surprised. Wikipedia has its usual problems, but gives an insight into the difficulties it is facing.
Carphone Warehouse, which bought AOL-UK, also operates TalkTalk. Both are in the "lower half" of the customer satisfaction ratings here.
I believe AOL offer "free" connections in some circumstances - maybe that bit of the business is growing?
If AOL is growing in the UK, I'm surprised. Wikipedia has its usual problems, but gives an insight into the difficulties it is facing.
Carphone Warehouse, which bought AOL-UK, also operates TalkTalk. Both are in the "lower half" of the customer satisfaction ratings here.
I believe AOL offer "free" connections in some circumstances - maybe that bit of the business is growing?
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LOL @ EIWAT
Sounds like you are one of those people that like to do anything but think.
FBW
Sounds like your just one of these people that like to do nothing but moan
FBW
