I remember this when AOL was very popular (back in dial-up days). It still is for many of my garage clients. Many are beginning to move away from AOL since some broadband suppliers do not support it now.
As soon as I approached a networking problem on a computer and found out they were using AOL, it was the first thing I checked. And more likely than not, it was the culprit. I always find fdisk to fix the issue if I find AOL on the system. A wipe and reload cost less than trying to run down an AOL issue, it usually fixes other issues they have as well but that is just a side benefit. Jon On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Don Guyer <[email protected]>wrote: > I remember this when AOL was very popular (back in dial-up days). > > > > **shudder** > > > > As soon as I approached a networking problem on a computer and found out > they were using AOL, it was the first thing I checked. And more likely than > not, it was the culprit. > > > > Don Guyer > > Systems Engineer - Information Services > > Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > > 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > > Devon, PA 19333 > > Direct: (610) 993-3299 > > Fax: (610) 650-5306 > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2009 5:34 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: AOL > > > > Yep sounds right. In my experience when I used to actually try to support > AOL clients I found its software seemed to bind with the NIC drivers (or the > TCP/IP stack, I forget which) in an unusual way. IIRC it made me think it > acted like a “special AOL loopback adapter that allows connect to > AOL/Internet” or something frustrating. Normal troubleshooting of the > network pieces only got me part way – uninstalling AOL would even sometimes > break the TCP/IP stack… > > > > Dave > > > > *From:* paul chinnery [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2009 10:39 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: AOL > > > > I had to visit a doctor's office (office would dial in remotely to the > hospital) because she said the link (url) to our RAS wasn't working. Got > there and she's running AOL (and she has broadband, too). Every freakin' > time I tried to put a shortcut on her desktop to the RAS, AOL would change > it. > Finally, I told her I'd put it in her Favorites folder. > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:07:53 -0700 > Subject: RE: AOL > > When I get asked to work on a home user PC with AOL I let them know up > front **I DO NOT SUPPORT AOL** nor troubleshoot Internet browsing issues > other than being able to ping the gateway and 4.2.2.2 (my favorite public > DNS ‘cause it’s easy to remember). > > > > Dave > > > > > > *From:* Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2009 12:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: AOL > > > > On 5 Aug 2009 at 22:49, Sean Houston wrote: > > > > > I remember Compuserve, Prodigy and AOL being the main 3 companies around. > I > > > can't say I was ever aware they were ever known as anything but AOHell. > > > > Fidonet all the way, baby .... I ran a BBS for many years. I think I still > have the 386 it was running on when I finally shut it down. WildCat BBS > from Mustang Software. Those were the days. > > > > CIS 75500,3223, that was me. However, 16 of the 17 hits of a Google search > for my old ID are messages on this list from 2008 ;-) > > > > http://www.google.com/search?q="75500%2C3223"; > > > > I remember being excited when I had a "real" email address of > [email protected] ... I had some really neat software for reading > forums -- OzCIS -- and eventually OzCIS for Windows, which never really > measured up to the DOS program. > > > > Never had a Prodigy address. I got an AOL address -- a couple of them, > actually -- this year so I could support home-clients with AOL issues, and > for IM purposes. Never use them, though. > > > > > > > > -- > > Angus Scott-Fleming > > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > > 1-520-895-3270 > > ~! > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.406 / Virus Database: 270.13.45/2285 - Release Date: 08/06/09 > 05:57:00 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Get free photo software from Windows Live Click > here.<http://www.windowslive.com/online/photos?ocid=PID23393::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_PH_software:082009> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
