anyone here an expert on "cough" AOL connections?

[beast5680]

I,m having problems with my  :oops: AOL :roll:  connection on broadband, well not so much the connection as the software i think
If i click on the desktop icon it,s either very slow to load up or it wont load up and freezes :?  then if it does load up and i sign on it takes forever to connect though once connected it works as normal :?
But.. if i connect thru the seperate aol dialler on broadband and not using the aol program it connects no problem and then open the aol program via the desktop it works again as normal

any suggestions welcome as this is starting to annoy me

yours confused of sussex

[Mudlark]

Apart from the Obvious one?


No sorry :lol:

[daggie]

nope sorry :roll:


aohell :lol:

[TDi90]

slowness...
hmm, is it your whole computer that slow because that would indicate virus/trojan or a full HDD.
otherwise i would throw AOL in the bin and start fresh with another company.
Rob

[beast5680]

no the computer is not slow i,ve virus checked etc and nothing shows up its just the aol part thats playing up,cant say in the last 10 years or so i,ve had many probs with aol so i dont really want to bin them yet
i may try uninstalling it all and starting from fresh see if that cures it :?

[driftwood]

we had that problem, when i clicked the icon it wouldnt work. pressed ctrl, alt, del to get the manager up and aol program was zapping all the juice. clicked end task and tried it again and was all ok. happened a few times so i blitzed the computer and not had abnother problem.......yet..........cuddling lots of wood.

[beast5680]

when you say blitzed the computer what did you do exactly
see if this was a diesel engine i,d be fine :lol:  and i could fix it

[Evilgoat]

AOL9 had some fairly serious known issues with SP2, I've also heard of it being broken by Windows Update.

if you are on Broadband you might not actually need their software, its worth a look into this.

[driftwood]

when you say blitzed the computer what did you do exactly

put the restore disc in and wiped the drive and started from scratch. when i first put norton a/v and firewall on this did cause aol a few problems ( dont use it now ). not had any problems yet since i done it ( as he searches for wood )..... 8-[  8-[

i eventually got wise to computers and brought myself an external hard drive 120 gig and keep all my documents etc on it, so its only programs on the main drive so theres not alot for me to clear it all.

[muddymart]

i just use the broadband connection , nothing else


as i found the software for the "browser" really slow

i just use IE6,