Or: I just got that AOL IM thingy. I didn’t realise that it comes automatically with Netscape, I thought one had to actually have AOL first.
Now what? 
You’ve got about 3 options. You can 1) Uninstall AIM 2) Take AIM out of your Startup group or 3) Format your hard drive and reinstall Windows.
The first two would be better options, but AOL software is so bad that you may need to resort to 3 to fix all the problems it can cause.
If you need help with 1 or 2, let me know what OS you are running. For 3, I could help you, but you don’t know where to send the case of beer for my fee. hehehe.
nowalls: Heh, that’s not quite what I meant, I intentionally put it there as it seems more people on this board use it to ICQ (which I also have).
I just meant that it’s been sitting there, not doing anything since I put it there this afternoon. My thread was a weak attempt to gather together a ‘buddy list’ 
Mr. Mauvaise is a field tech and could help me with option 3 if that was needed, and I only have to put out for it, instead of shipping beer around the country
I installed it once, and still haven’t completely figured out why. All the people who actually care to speak to me do so in IRC and I’ve never had a random conversation on AIM. Still, I continue to load it up as part of my internet routine so if anyone cares, I’m on there as Edamoth.
Mauv, I’ll give ya three guesses what my AIM screen name is.
[and NO! It’s not Jello_Wrestler!]
This is a pain, but I got instructions once.
Not sure about versions, etc. but it may help you.
There’s a program called System Information.
If you can’t find it under Accessories or System Tools, look for it with Help (off the Start bar) under “configuration, system”.
Under the Tools pull-down, select the System Configuration Utility.
Under the tab for Startup, there are a bunch of check boxes for what loads when you boot. Just click it off there.
Hope that’s the same for you as me, because I don’t really know what any of it means.
Smiley: Thank you, but I still don’t need to know how he works, I know that already 
Little yellow men are nothing…Homer once had the black guy from Electric Company in his computer!
Rose