aol question..

is aol a bad program to have on ur gaming system?

 

If you're not using it, it's taking up uneeded space, so, yeah.

If you are using it, stop and get something better.

 

i use it to check my emails and thats it also i know that its takin lots of space but.. what is i take it off from taskbar and from starting up when windoes start will that help to safe resors

 

AOL optimizes your computer for their purposes whether or not it is good for you. I am guessing there is a web interface where you can get your email. You can just bookmark it. You can use msconfig to stop AOL from turning on with Windows.

 

Be wary of Software and services that are given for free at first, then charge you $21.99/month thereafter. All the useful features in AOL are found in Windows, if you know how to use them. All the benefits of thier internet service are available from many other providers for cheaper.
Thats why AOL stand for Another Oline Loser

 

well am only paying $7.00

i been using aol for years and i only have it install on my desktop now is that i installed it in the notebook but i took it off from service.msc and from msconfig so it wont run by it self only when i needed....

 

That's about $7.00 more than you should be paying. For how bad aol really is, I think they should be paying YOU. Ha ha....just my opinion, but I can't stand aol. I even cringe when I see their little trial discs at stores or in the mail.

 

LOL........... good one.....

 

You can pay less than $5 here.

 

can't you access your aol mail from a browser? you don't need the software on your computer at all.

 

I know people that just use the free disks and pay nothing, but I dont think its even worth that. Is there anything AOL does that you CANT do with a regular ISP? And its not just AOL anymore, NetZero, PeoplePC and several others have followed AOLs lead by using proprietary software dialers and browers and email clients. YUK!

 

You can access your email on AOL at aol.com. It is my experience that AOL is a pain to keep from starting up when windows starts. AOL optimizes your computer so that it runs it's best for AOL. It doesn't care about what you want and about your other programs. At times AOL has destablized windows on my computers and it's usually AOL that will cause me to have to reformat before something else does. But this is something I choose to live with. You'll notice that if you do something like disable it from starting on windows start, it will take aol longer to start and you'll see that lovely blue box for longer. Partially because it's starting up, partially because it's taking a look at your computer and setting things back the way it likes. Your better off either giving up or just checking your email on the web.

To be honest. The Instant Messaging interface (Also the best chatroom interface IMO, please take notes Yahoo and MSN. When I create a room, put it where I intend for it to go. Yeesh...) and instant messaging controls in AOL 9.0se blow everything else's out of the water. Nothing beats the real version of IM catcher. I would love to see them pass all the controls down and the real IM catcher to AIM (It's to bad about Dead AIM, no more breaking into AOL Chatrooms) so people could enjoy the feature without sacraficing windows for it. Other than that, AOL has nothing of real value.