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Removing AOL (none / 0) (#6)
by Anonymous User on Thu May 25, 2006 at 07:35:23 AM PDT

Have you tried unistalling it while in safe mode? You boot into safe mode by tapping the F8 key while your PC is booting. Try to uninstall it then from add/remove programs in the control panel. If that doesn't work then you might also try to disable it in the configuration utility if you are using Windows 98, ME, or XP. You can use this by clicking on start, then run. In the box that opens type in "msconfig" without the quotes, clickon ok or press thew enter key on your keyboard. When that box opens click on the tab on the top that says Startup. Uncheck any box that says anything any where about AOL. Click on apply and then close. It will ask you to restart your PC, go ahead and do so. When you restart you will get a notification box pop up that saya you have used the configuration utility. In the lower left corner of that box is a place where you can check off to have it not tell you that anymore. Go ahead and check that box. If that does not work then as a previous poster suggested you should probably take it into a local shop and have it checked out.



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