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uninstalling AOL
AOL 7.0 trial offer came pre installed on my machine and
I gave it a try which was a huge mistake. I cancelled the service but I cannot disable it or uninstall it. It pops up every time an application wants to access the internet. I removed it as an internet connection in the control panel so it can't connect but it still trys any way. Also when I try to uninstall it with the Add/Remove programs in the control panel, it says that it cannot find any versions of AOL installed! Has anyone found a way of getting rid of this nusaince? |
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uninstalling AOL
Greetings --
Sadly, the only practical way I've ever found to _completely_ remove AOL from an operating system is to format the hard drive and perform a clean installation. It takes a lot less time than manually removing/replacing all of the Windows system files that AOL replaces with their versions and the hundreds of registry entries. Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ---- You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Paul" wrote in message ... AOL 7.0 trial offer came pre installed on my machine and I gave it a try which was a huge mistake. I cancelled the service but I cannot disable it or uninstall it. It pops up every time an application wants to access the internet. I removed it as an internet connection in the control panel so it can't connect but it still trys any way. Also when I try to uninstall it with the Add/Remove programs in the control panel, it says that it cannot find any versions of AOL installed! Has anyone found a way of getting rid of this nusaince? |
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uninstalling AOL
Greetings --
Sadly, the only practical way I've ever found to _completely_ remove AOL from an operating system is to format the hard drive and perform a clean installation. It takes a lot less time than manually removing/replacing all of the Windows system files that AOL replaces with their versions and the hundreds of registry entries. Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ---- You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Paul" wrote in message ... AOL 7.0 trial offer came pre installed on my machine and I gave it a try which was a huge mistake. I cancelled the service but I cannot disable it or uninstall it. It pops up every time an application wants to access the internet. I removed it as an internet connection in the control panel so it can't connect but it still trys any way. Also when I try to uninstall it with the Add/Remove programs in the control panel, it says that it cannot find any versions of AOL installed! Has anyone found a way of getting rid of this nusaince? |
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