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    Default AOL is a pain in my ass...

    I'm at my mom's...and on AOL. It sucks, so I really feel sorry for those of you who have to use it to surf the net.

    Anywho...I'm wiping her hard drive because she has so much garbage on here...but, she wants me to save this "filing cabinet" that has a bunch of important emails on it. WTF? Where in the hell is this fucking elusive filing cabinet? Oh, I'm so frustrated. My mom's no help (obviously) and I've searched...re-searched...and cannot seem to find it anywhere...

    Can anyone help me? She's running AOL 9.0 Optimized (whatever that means...LOL)...

    Patiently waiting while I pull my hair out...

    --VG

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    She saves her emails to disk? Make sure she's not just thinking it's in her disk while it's web based. Have her check her mail

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    If not, what mail software does she use? Outlook?

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    You don't have to use AOL to surf the net. After connecting to AOHell, you minimize it and then open up Firefox or IE.

    As for a filing cabinet.....if you don't know what a file is...don't delete it.
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    Mailbox, manage mail, saved on my pc.
    Yes, AOL blows goats.

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    Well, I've checked and AOHell says that the files are saved to "my pc"...but I cannot find them anywhere.

    I know you don't need AOHell to surf...but for people like my mom who are desperately lacking in the information age of computers...the less steps she needs to take, the better.

    Anywho...any way to back up the files...by which I mean burn them to disk so I can wipe this computer? Or are all of those files toast?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VenusGoddess
    Well, I've checked and AOHell says that the files are saved to "my pc"...but I cannot find them anywhere.
    Look in the AoL folder in program files.

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    Did, Mad...nada...bumpkis...zilch.

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    I know what you're talking about because I used to have aol but unfortunately I never found that elusive location either...

    maybe save an email...see how it's saving the file...search for files with those extensions?


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    Quote Originally Posted by VenusGoddess
    Did, Mad...nada...bumpkis...zilch.
    Let those pretty little fingers do the walkin' then... AoL has a support line, call and ask...

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    Did you check for something with the extension of .pfc? While you're cleaning out her PC, clean AOHell out of there. Hahaha

    If I remember right, you go into your AOL folder, and there should be folders for her screen names or something. The filing cabinet folders should be in each screen name folder.

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    It's not like that anymore. That would be too easy.

    I've been waiting for a techie to talk with (online) and no one ever got back to my question. LOL

    I figured it out, though. You go into the AOL program, click "mail" then "saved on my pc" and then you save that folder with the "save as" button to wherever you want it on your desktop.

    So easy...and yet so complicated! LOL

    :phew:

    And, moving on...

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    Ah.. Figures. They're always changing things to make them even more suckier. Did you get an English-speaking "Tech"? I use the term "Tech" loosely of course, because most of them don't know what the hell they're talking about.

    I haven't had AOHell on my computer for nearly 6 months now, and I definitely don't miss it. LOL

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    AOL?? Man, get her on a real provider. Why is she on aol?

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    AL IS a pain in the tusch.

    AOL ites are brainwashed however to think it is wonderful.

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    DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TRIED TO CANCEL AOL!!! they give me bs saying i will get months free...

    I told them to just cancel, and now after 3 months or so... its coming out of my checking account again!

    ehhhhh!

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    Heh, all you have to do is tell them you are recording the conversation. Their own disclaimer makes it legal as long as you tell them.

    AoL people get a bonus for every person they convince not to cancel, i used to know someone who worked for them.

    Just call them, stick to your guns, and cancel. If you have to do it, threaten legal action if another charge appears on your bill.

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    You knew someone who used to work there and they still breathe to this day. You are too sympathetic my friend.

    I think a court order was issued to them to provide some web based way of cancelling your account. Just a heads up. Keyword: IwantToFuckingCancelAlreadyCHRIST or Billing
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    I'm just shocked that anyone would think AOL is "Substandard".

    Next thing you know, Venus will be telling us that MSN Messenger and Internet Explorer suck too, and we all know what a premium Microsoft places on quality.

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    Why bash AOL. Those installation CD's they put everywhere on God's green earth make great clay pidgeons.

    PULL!!

    List Of Uses For AOL discs

    Quote Originally Posted by VenusGoddess
    She's running AOL 9.0 Optimized (whatever that means...LOL)...
    Hmm, that must be like Earthlink Accelerated (which strangely enough runs slower and more persnickedy than the old "unaccelerated" version I have on my laptop.

    "High Speed" (a.k.a. Optimized, Accelerated, Top Speed) dial-up is a ruse folks. If I weren't so concered about hackers, and weren't so damned cheap, I'd be convinced to get a cable modem.
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    VG i feel your pain. when i'm working out of town i stay at my moms and she has aohell. thats why you dont see me much here when i'm not home!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Niceguy
    AOL ites are brainwashed however to think it is wonderful.
    what can i say guilty as charged!

    Seraya.


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    It must be a parent thing.. My Dad has AOL too and I fucken hate it!!! Everytime I go home I'm like, chriiiist.. he really needs to be brought up to speed here!


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    Ok...well, yesterday was the day from HELL...and not just because of AOL. BTW...she wants to keep AOL because her email address is on all of her business cards...her website...and she's had that same address for...GOD...ages (since the 90's). Soooooo... grrrr...

    She wanted to upgrade her platform to Windows XP. I checked and double-checked to make sure that everything was working peachy-keen and that there was enough RAM to do so. Everything checked out. So...I download and save everything that she did not want deleted...and go about wiping the hard drive and installing XP (it's supposed to be easy...WTF...I do it to my machines quite often). Well, after about an hour...lo and behold...the fucking XP program just freezes on the final reboot. So, I opened up the computer and disconnected all of the peripherals that didn't originally come with the computer. Reboot...stalled...after 12 FUCKING HAIR PULLING, SLEDGEHAMMER SWINGING HOURS (and no XP) I've figured out that the motherfucking machine was not taking to XP. Rat bastard. I've disconnected the machine and brought it home to work on where I have 2 other computers with which to beat the crap out of this non-cooperating computer.

    *sigh*

    Here goes another day of trying to figure out why a perfectly good computer won't take to Windows XP (it has over 256 RAM...so that's not the problem).

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    Default Re: AOL is a pain in my ass...

    It passed the compatibility check and still won't work? What kind of box is it?

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