Last updated
14/05/2005
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For those of you who are leaving AOL, you will find a lot of information about exporting your old favorites etc here: www.aoleave.com
Check out
THIS LINK for advice about
Buddylinks infection via AOL Instant Messenger.
As a general rule, removing AOL's
adapters from your computer will fix problems accessing the internet after
installing AOL's nightmare software. See here for AOL removal instructions (and
screen shots):
http://www.adservio.net/support/uninstallaol.html
A few KB regarding AOL and 'issues' it causes with IE, OE and the operating system follow:
Cannot Browse the
Internet Using Internet Explorer While Connect [Q238550]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q238550
Mipmapi.dll error
(Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close....)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q821403
Frequently asked questions about AOL and Windows ME:
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q299829
"Page cannot be displayed" after upgrading to WindowsME:
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q274498
Explorer caused an invalid page fault in csloa.dll
http://support.microsoft.com?scid=kb;EN-US;Q306404
Internet Explorer
Cannot Open the Internet Site... [Q175722]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q175722
AOL 5 in Windows 95 Causes Problems for Other DUN Connections [Q244252]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q244/2/52.asp
Problems Connecting to AOL or Shutting Down Your Computer [Q276197]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q276/1/97.asp
OLEXP: AOL News and E-mail Servers Not Compatible [Q181429]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q181/4/29.asp
One newsgroup user was only able to get his computer working after doing the following:
Remove the 8 registry entries as mentioned in
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q241344
Then remove all AOL programs and remove dial up networking and TCP/IP via Communications. Then reinstall DUN and TCP/IP and then AOL.