adrian916
January 10th 04, 02:45 AM
Unfortunately, this seems to be a problem with the AOL
program, which seems to spread itself around when
installed. I connected someone to ADSL a few months ago
after they had used AOL. Every time they closed internet
explorer then opened it again, AOL was trying to dial,
but as the pc was set to "never dial a connection" it
wouldn't work, but in the process, it also prevented the
ADSL connection from establishing and a reboot was the
only thing that would cure it - very annoying!
You say you have uninstalled AOL, but although this may
be reported as being successful, it will have probably
left quite a few files behind. click start/search/files
and folders(include sytem and hidden)and see how many AOL
files it brings up. Delete these manually to complete the
uninstall. (just make sure that they are definitely from
the AOL program - there may be some genuine system files
that contain the letters A, O, and L)
>-----Original Message-----
>My mother has XP home edition. Everything was working
>fine until she installed AOL. Now, even after
>uninstalling all the AOL instant messaging, etc., the
>dial-up connection dialogue box pops up when any new
>window is opened. For example, just opening MY COMPUTER
>prompts the dial-up connection box. Please help.
>.
>
program, which seems to spread itself around when
installed. I connected someone to ADSL a few months ago
after they had used AOL. Every time they closed internet
explorer then opened it again, AOL was trying to dial,
but as the pc was set to "never dial a connection" it
wouldn't work, but in the process, it also prevented the
ADSL connection from establishing and a reboot was the
only thing that would cure it - very annoying!
You say you have uninstalled AOL, but although this may
be reported as being successful, it will have probably
left quite a few files behind. click start/search/files
and folders(include sytem and hidden)and see how many AOL
files it brings up. Delete these manually to complete the
uninstall. (just make sure that they are definitely from
the AOL program - there may be some genuine system files
that contain the letters A, O, and L)
>-----Original Message-----
>My mother has XP home edition. Everything was working
>fine until she installed AOL. Now, even after
>uninstalling all the AOL instant messaging, etc., the
>dial-up connection dialogue box pops up when any new
>window is opened. For example, just opening MY COMPUTER
>prompts the dial-up connection box. Please help.
>.
>