Whats up with AOL?

Does anyone know why I can't download AOL on my dell inspiron laptop but I can on my regular hp computer?

Originally posted by TheyWatchYouToo
Does anyone know why I can't download AOL on my dell inspiron laptop but I can on my regular hp computer?

Forget AOL. It sucks anyway.

Yeah they probably just download a bunch of spyware on your computer anyway. I guess I'll just have to be happy with MSN on this laptop.

Originally posted by Ocelot

Originally posted by TheyWatchYouToo
Does anyone know why I can't download AOL on my dell inspiron laptop but I can on my regular hp computer?

Forget AOL. It sucks anyway.

He has a point, if you asked were a good porn site was we could help. But AOL, C'mon.......that ISP sucks. Get anything but that.

Get the cd, AOL 9.0 optimized. I got it, but immediately removed it after it tried to take over my dsl connection.

AOHell does suck. I keep 3 hours/mo at $4.95 to keep the email and web space, but I don't know why I do that.

For some reason every time I try to download aol it just quits at like 97percent finished and a dialogue box comes up and says I have to order an AOL CD... forget that mess.

AOL...........nothin up with AOL...its down all the way down....it really is the pits!

I have aol because I cannot afford cable, or satellite. Version 7 is the last upgrade I am making. I did not want to upgrade from 5, but had to in order to get online on my windows xp machine. Each new upgrade wants to take over more and more of your machine while making it easier for advertisers to get their ads on your monitor.

On a related note: TO TURN OFF POPUP ADDS ON WIDOWS XP : To turn off the pesky pop up messages that you get online in windows xp do the following.
Go to control panel/administrative tools/component services/services(local) then scroll down the list and look for messenger. Right click and select properties. In the general tab look for startup and select manual. It is probably set for automatic. Click apply, then OK and you are done.

You know what is irritating about pop ups. In Netscape 4.0, you had an option to disable "Java Script". If you disabled "Java Script" in Netscape 4.0, it stopped the pop ups cold. Now in the newer versions of the browsers you can not disable "Java Script" without buying a $49.95 pop up stopper. Hell they had the pop up stopper years ago.

AoL is the devil. well at least its evil. Okay maybe not the devil.

But anyawy its really annoying how deel and AOL have that deal going.

Just wait until you want to drop AOL - that is when the fun begins. You just can't call them. You have to write them a letter (and make it certified to be sure).

Originally posted by jagdflieger
You know what is irritating about pop ups. In Netscape 4.0, you had an option to disable "Java Script". If you disabled "Java Script" in Netscape 4.0, it stopped the pop ups cold. Now in the newer versions of the browsers you can not disable "Java Script" without buying a $49.95 pop up stopper. Hell they had the pop up stopper years ago.

Just do what I said in my post and pop ups are stopped cold. NO NEED TO SPEND ANY MONEY

What do you do if you don't have Windows XP???

Originally posted by jagdflieger
What do you do if you don't have Windows XP???

What version do you have?

You don't want to know - it is so old.

Originally posted by TheyWatchYouToo
Does anyone know why I can't download AOL on my dell inspiron laptop but I can on my regular hp computer?

Get high speed internet! That's the best way to go man, high speeeeeeed baby! AOL has SOME good features, but I'm glad I don't have it anymore.

I already have broadband... I dont know why I keep aol... probably cause its impossible to cancel.