[BC] Comparing AOL

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Even though AOL says 9.0 VR will work on Vista, it doesn't work for me.

And trying to run 7.0 or 8.0 will work to a point, It'll let me log on but
my buddy list wont load and it forces me to download 9.0 VR.

Oh well, guess I can't use AOL.

Paul


On 10/29/07, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 10/29/2007 10:49:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> sid at wrko.com
> writes:
>
> > At this point, I advise my people that if they absolutely, positively
> >  must use AOL, they should use the web interface.  If they can't live
> >  without the AOL custom software, I install AOL 7.0...probably the last
> >  version of AOL that didn't have tentacles reaching into every corner of
> >  the computer.  7.0 runs just fine on XP.
>
> Every version after 5.0 wants to install and establish a VPN between your
> machine and their servers. I have had no real problems installing 5.0 onto
> XP,
> just run the installer in "98 Compatible" mode. (I use this same method to
> install Cool Edit 2000 onto XP.) I have found that the (worthless) AOL 5.0browser
> doesn't work on XP, but that is no loss! ;)
>
> 5.0 was the last AOL version that doesn't set up a VPN. It now appears to
> be
> slowly "breaking down", though, even on my 98SE machine... AOL's own
> "news"
> pages cause the crummy thing to "lock up" for up to 5 minutes. If you
> reset or
> force AOL to close, it corrupts and you have to reinstall. You just have
> to
> wait... or never use the built-in browser. (It's NG anyway.) Lately, the
> AOL news
> screen hasn't been updating... same images and stories for the past 2
> weeks,
> now. Oh well.
>
> The "Classic" WEB Mail interface is by far the best option:
> http://classic.webmail.aol.com
>
> It has far less "clutter" and works quite well.
>
> Willie...
>
>
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-- 
Sincerely,
Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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