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AOL has always given people problems. Years ago some friends of mine used it but got consistently booted
offline altogether... not JUST A LISTSERV.
My sister (and family) just got a new PC. Not being very computer literate IN ALL AREAS ... they somehow got AOL on their PC which caused all sorts of problems. And AOL is set up so that ONCE IT'S ON A SYSTEM ... it embeds itself here, there & everywhere. Including hidden areas. They FINALLY, with help, got it out of there. Hopefully since AOL hides files of theirs.
AOL acts just like a virus that way. My husband's son wanted to put AOL on our system one week home from college 6 yrs ago. We asked him please not to. He did (to use the messenger) and it created immense havoc on our system and was a bitch to get it off. It's like an annoying bug. And my husband has built computers and used all kinds of operating systems for his work as a software engineer (he prefers Linux for some things) but has spent quality time trying to rid systems of the AOL bastard.
Their commercials are a joke. "Let us protect you from viruses ..." Unsaid - "As we embed our software into PC areas/files that naive, uninformed, or non-pc savvy users don't "get."
The AOL user will put up with all the crap and turn a blind eye to what the software does. It's an AOL mentality.
If someone just uses email & browser capabilities (and a few lil programs)... they'll put up with it. I guess.
We have so much on our system we can't (wouldn't be foolish enough) afford AOL mentality. Just in certain files alone we have 177 GIGABYTES (not megabytes ... yes GIG) ... of FILES ALONE on one of 4-5 drives. But we use our system for more than the average Joe or Julie.
Plus high-speed cable internet.
I wouldn't suggest AOL to my worst enemy knowing EXACTLY what and how their software performs 'below the surface.'
I noticed an oldie (Nan ... AOL user) came back to the list a few months ago & all excited to be back but then poofed. I wonder if she too got bounced ... unable to return.
In English... buyer and user beware the AOL Bear (infected bear... but nontheless)
Got my asbestos underwear on for flames.
Lori
-------Original Message-------
Date: 04/23/05 10:38:42
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Keep getting AOL problems
No pressure! lol
Jeremy Dickinson
Yahoo: jkdclick
Ok, I can take a hint, I'll try to get a yahoo account and get on the list from there.
john
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