# How do I change my screen name in AIM?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-screen-name-in-aim/301619>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-screen-name-in-aim/301619 "2005-04-28T21:07:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-screen-name-in-aim/301619/21 "2005-05-01T10:30:08Z")

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I have downloaded and installed Miranda.

Then the system tells me tell me to fill in the blanks for

Server Name  
Internet Address  
SSL  
Port range \_\_\_\_ --\> \_\_\_\_

I know zilch about this stuff, so I joined their Message Board and asked for help on it. Haven’t heard, and in a couple of hours I’m off to Baltimore for a visit with family. Will have to resolve this when I return.

(The somewhat wry part of all this is that I don’t have any friends who use IM.)

Thanks to all of you for your help andcomments.

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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-change-my-screen-name-in-aim/301619/22 "2005-05-01T13:18:15Z")

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> [@E = mc²](#):
>
> I have downloaded and installed Miranda.
> 
> Then the system tells me tell me to fill in the blanks for
> 
> Server Name  
> Internet Address  
> SSL  
> Port range \_\_\_\_ --\> \_\_\_\_
> 
> I know zilch about this stuff, so I joined their Message Board and asked for help on it. Haven’t heard, and in a couple of hours I’m off to Baltimore for a visit with family. Will have to resolve this when I return.
> 
> (The somewhat wry part of all this is that I don’t have any friends who use IM.)
> 
> Thanks to all of you for your help andcomments.

\*\*  
Leaving for Baltimore just about now, and won’t be back until Thursday night. So idf I don’t answer any subsequent posts, I’m not being rude, just absent.\*\*

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