# AOL Instant Messenger Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-instant-messenger-question/154059>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 10, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-instant-messenger-question/154059 "2003-02-10T08:26:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aol-instant-messenger-question/154059/1 "2003-02-10T08:26:07Z")

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No, it’s not one of those things that’s going to bother me forever, but I do have an AIM question. In the away message set up there are 2 messages you cannot delete. The windows session log off…which i like very much, and the Playing Game message. Why on earth does Playing Game have to be in there? windows log off makes sense but locking a game message in there that cannot be deleted makes no sense to me. Any way to hack into AIM and change that stuff around? Thanks in advance!