Problems with AOL

[laura]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

Hello,

The problems I am having is this... When I try to connect to AOL, it
gets as far as "Step 5, Talking to Network" and then it hangs for
awhile. It always takes 3 times to finally connect. I even tried
deleting the phone numbers and the modem and have it re-search for
them. When I finally get on I cannot access ANY web sites at all, not
even AOL.COM. I only can access my email.

I have already emailed AOL and their suggestions are Replace AOL
Adapter, Purge Artwork and Delete Toolbar.lst but still did not help.
I also tried deleting all of AOL and reinstalling again last night.

Any other suggestions? I am running Window 95, Internet Explorer 5.5,
and AOL 7.0

Thanks for your help.

 

[Eric]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

Do you have to use AOL7 because you're using Windows 95/

Or can you use AOL8 or AOL9?

If not, I would upgrade to Windows 98 SE and install AOL9.

Eric,
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/


"Laura" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The problems I am having is this... When I try to connect to AOL, it
> gets as far as "Step 5, Talking to Network" and then it hangs for
> awhile. It always takes 3 times to finally connect. I even tried
> deleting the phone numbers and the modem and have it re-search for
> them. When I finally get on I cannot access ANY web sites at all, not
> even AOL.COM. I only can access my email.
>
> I have already emailed AOL and their suggestions are Replace AOL
> Adapter, Purge Artwork and Delete Toolbar.lst but still did not help.
> I also tried deleting all of AOL and reinstalling again last night.
>
> Any other suggestions? I am running Window 95, Internet Explorer 5.5,
> and AOL 7.0
>
> Thanks for your help.
>

 

[laura]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?)

Eric,

You are correct, I have to use AOL7 because I am using Windows 95. I
thought about upgrading but I wasn't sure if I would have enough disk
space, memory, etc. It is used as a second computer and it is an
older one, it has something like 233 Mhz, 168 mb ram, 3 or 4 gig of
space. I wasn't sure if it would be worth upgrading or if it would
solve the problem. What do you think?
Thanks for any help you can offer.


"Eric" <Eric@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<52C25FDC-64FC-41BC-A105-8638D77F167C@microsoft.com>...
> Do you have to use AOL7 because you're using Windows 95/
>
> Or can you use AOL8 or AOL9?
>
> If not, I would upgrade to Windows 98 SE and install AOL9.
>
> Eric,
> http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/
> http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/
>
>
> "Laura" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > The problems I am having is this... When I try to connect to AOL, it
> > gets as far as "Step 5, Talking to Network" and then it hangs for
> > awhile. It always takes 3 times to finally connect. I even tried
> > deleting the phone numbers and the modem and have it re-search for
> > them. When I finally get on I cannot access ANY web sites at all, not
> > even AOL.COM. I only can access my email.
> >
> > I have already emailed AOL and their suggestions are Replace AOL
> > Adapter, Purge Artwork and Delete Toolbar.lst but still did not help.
> > I also tried deleting all of AOL and reinstalling again last night.
> >
> > Any other suggestions? I am running Window 95, Internet Explorer 5.5,
> > and AOL 7.0
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >