A few years ago an AOL solicitor called my house and asked if I would like
to try the latest version of AOL for free. I told him that I had already
tried to install their software but my antivirus program would not allow it.
There was a 5 second pause on the phone, at which point I hung-up.
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"Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS********.com> wrote in message
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> The solution is, as it has been for 10 years - Don't Use AOHELL
>
> There is **nothing** they have that you can't do with Internet Explorer,
> Firefox etc. - except crap up your computer.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
>
>
> "Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CE932C46-D52D-4BB8-A30E-D04A09DC2839@microsoft.com...[color=green]
>> We have a Dell laptop which came with Vista Premium Home installed at the
>> factory. AOL VR was also installed by Dell at the factory.
>>
>> When logging onto AOL we do not get the welcome screen. We do get
>> e-mail,
>> but we cannot access any web sites either from the browser bar or via
>> links
>> that come in e-mail.
>>
>> By accessing the internet via Internet Explorer we are able to connect to
>> web sites and we also have full access to AOL via Internet Explorer.
>>
>> In troubleshooting we contacted Dell and spent some hours working with
>> their
>> technical staff trying to determine if there was an issue with the
>> computer.
>> No problems were found. Dell suggested we contact AOL. We then tried to
>> gain technical support from AOL, but were once again frustrated.
>> Finally, we
>> uninstalled AOL and then by going through Internet Explorer we downloaded
>> the
>> product again. We were still unable to get it to work.
>>
>> We have visited the Microsoft Download Center in search of an update or
>> patch that would make the programs play well together. One download
>> looked
>> promising, but when we tried to download it to our computer we were
>> rejected
>> with a note saying that the update was not for our system.
>>
>> Does anyone out there know of this issue and have a solution? Thank you.
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>> Frank[/color]
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