G'd Daughter put AOL on my PC--How do I get it off???
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go to start menu and go to control panel then add/remove programs then scroll down to you see aol click on add/remove.  that should do it u might also have aol toolbar u can remove that as well.
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go to a library or talk to the person who put the filter on. You shouldn't take it off without supervision. In most cases it's under tools, internet options, in other cases parents have a specific program designed to stop you from viewing certain sites. without knowing it's hard to say how to turn it off.
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Just go to http://www.aol.com and click on the "AIM" button. It will give you instructions about how to download & install.
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Just enter the domain with a wildcard. For example to block AOL you would use\n\n*@aol.com
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This one was a real pain to get rid of when my wife ran across it. The article I'm linking to at the bottom was a big help.\n\nYou will need to download the files they recommend, reboot in safe mode, run their tools and possibly (as I had to do) delete several dll's by hand (or rename them if you can't delete) then run ad-aware, spybot, windows startup inspector reboot in normal mode and run an online virus scanner (such as pandsoftware.com).\n\nVery frustrating but I think that just about did it.\n\nGood luck.
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how about asking AOL abt it directly
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since aol became free there have been some issues try uninstalling it and reinstalling it and that should work my friend did it and its been fine since
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Another dissatisfied AOL customer.  I'm not surprised.\n\n1.  Go to the AOL site and go to customer support or the like.  You'll probably have to do a little searching because they don't like to let paying customers leave.  Be firm once you get to someone in AOL 'cause they are going to try to convince you to stay with them.  Once you cancel your membership account follow what I've written for step 2.\n\n2.  GETTING RID OF AOL ON YOUR PC\n\nDo yourself a BIG favor. Remove anything on your PC that even mentions AOL. It is a resource hog and simply tries to take over your pc.\n\nClick on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs and remove any AOL programs residing there.\n\nNow click on Start > Search > For Files or Folders > All Files and Folders\ntype in AOL in the top box and let the computer do a complete search of your hard drive. When it is done, click on Edit at the top of the window and click on Select All\nThen click on File and click on Delete. It will ask you if you want to remove them. Click on Yes.\n\nIf you want to REALLY finish the job:\n\nNOTE: DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE IN THE REGISTRY OTHER THAN WHAT I MENTION HERE. If you are not familiar with editing the registry and you do other things you may give yourself some big headaches.\n\nClick on Start > Run >\ntype in regedit\nclick once on the very top directory to hilite it.\nHold down Ctrl + F; this will open a search window\ntype in AOL and then click on Find Next\nwhen it finds an AOL entry, right click on it and select Delete and yes. (Do this if it is a folder in the left hand pane or if it is an entry in the right hand pane)\nHold down Ctrl + F again and repeat the process until you have cleaned your registry of all AOL items. This may be a very tedious process so hang in there.\n\nWhen you think you have it all out. Go back up to the top directory in the left pane, hilite it, and search for AOL once again just to make sure you didn't miss any.\n\nOnce you are completely done. Reboot your PC. This will reset the registry without all the AOL crap. Now you should be able to reset your home page without any problems.
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PC Magazine came out in June with the top 10 worst programs ever this included everything including spamming,ad ware,spy ware,and basically just messing your computer up. Well guess what was number 1 AOL. My friend here in Des Moines had the same problem he downloaded something from the web that had AOL attached to it. When he shut the computer off for that night and turned it back on in the morning he got the install AOL window. His was so bad that when he clicked on cancel, it would shut his computer off. Msconfig is for trouble shooting your start up if you are having problems. It allows you to shut of each start up device until you find out which one is the problem.  On the general window put the dot on normal startup,all the boxes under selective startup should be checked,diagnostic and the selective startup should not be checked also use modified boot.ini should not be checked.next in the system.ini click on the button on the bottom that says enable all. In the win.ini box click on the button that says enable all. In the box that says boot.ini nothing should checked set the time out  at 2 sec. this is the amount of time you see the startup window during the boot the lower the seconds are set the faster the computer will boot up after all who wants to look at the MS window for a half of minute. In the service window click on enable all of them. In the startup window click on enable all of them. Note that after doing each one of the 5 windows you have to click on APPLY or it will not take any of them. Also on the general window dont try launch system restore half the time it messes the computer up and if you dont know how to use it it can be a major pain in the +ss the last time I used it it messed up my computer so bad I had to reinstall my Operating System (I'm a IT Tech if you havent figured that out yet) After you get done doing all of this restart the computer so it will reset to the new settings.  AOL will take off any browser and install its own. Try going into the control panel, add and remove programs and see if it actually installed itself. If it did try to uninstall it. If it wont uninstall start your computer in the safe-mode by pressing the F8 button at start up. Do the same thing as above and see if it will uninstall then. If you didnt find it in add and remove programs, it might be doing off of a cookie. Open the control panel and click on internet options. Open that up and click on view files, see if there is any files that say anything with AOL in it. If there is delete all your cookies which is a good idea to do everyday anyhow. Restart the computer and see if it is still doing its crap. If it is then the file attached itself to your registry. To get it out of your registry (note I suggest that unless you know what you are doing dont go into the registry because you can mess it up if you delete the wrong thing) if you do decide to try it click on start and open the run command and type in regedit. This will get you into the registry. Click on the edit button at the top then click on find and type in AOL this will search your registry for anything and everything that says AOL when it shows a AOL file right click on it and delete it. Keep doing this until it finally says that it cant find the file anymore. This is a pain in the +ss but it is the only way to get AOL completey off your computer and to put it blunty most people cant get AOL off of their computers fast enough. What really sucks is that MS puts it on the install disc and there are rumors in the IT Tech community that if you use it or not every once in a while it sends info to AOL without you even knowing it. The reason I believe it does, is because before I went into the registry and deleted all of it which took me about an hour (I have never used it) I have Zone Labs Fire Wall which one night asked me if AOL could have permission to connect to the web. Needless to say I was like WHAT I DONT USE AOL so I clicked no and clicked on the lock bu
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if ur a savvy user, u can go in the registry, go to find then type AOL it will show u every reigstry key associated with AOL.  But be aware if u delete sometihing else you may mess up ur pc.  If u feel comfortable then go ahead.  NOTE: to delete stuff from the registry do a cold reboot.  That way when u first boot up to the OS nothing is being use.  \n\ngo to start --> run---> type regedt32\n\nor alternatively u can download Registry Mechanic at download.com
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Im sorry 2 say this friend but Norton is impossible 2 completely uninstall.......   even the offical sites removal tool doesn't do it.........  the only way 2 completely uninstall Norton (also AOL) is 2 do a complete format of the drive it is installed on and reinstall everything again  (By the way Norton is 1 of the worst Antivirus programs on the market, and slows down your system by about 20% , u want 2 ue something like PcCillin or Panda)
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call the AOL billing department and ask thm to delete your account. they will only do it over the phone.
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AOL uses this device as a safety measure just in case you forget that you are still online. If there is no account activity after 45 minutes then AOL will kick you off as you found out. To my knowledge, there is no fix for this. It has been their security device for more than 5 years now and its part of their own AOL program. I used AOL ten years ago, and I remember they had this feature, but I guess they extended the time limit on it because when I used to have AOL, they kicked me off after 15 minutes.\n\nI am pretty sure though, that there is a macro program out there that will make AOL think you are still active. You definitely need a macro job for this that makes your computer do active things while you are away from keyboard.
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Start > Programs > America Online > AOL System Information\nIt'll open up a window and click on the tab Utilities.  Clear browser cache\n\nIf you also use Internet Explorer, do the following while IE is open, go to Tools > Internet Options. In the General tab, there are two buttons - Delete Cookies and Delete Files. \n\nYou may also want to do the following. Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup. \n\nHope this helps.
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AOL and Yahoo are separate companies. What's likely to have happened is some software "helpfully" installed the AOL toolbar along with itself (just as many bits of software now offer the Yahoo Toolbar as an option). Assuming AOL is not your ISP, you should just be able to get rid of it in Add/Remove Programs. If AOL *is* your ISP, it may or may not be a separate install from their main program, so you'll have to check your preferences to see if it can be turned off.
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Its not the security on your computer. the problem is on IE7. It has a lot of bugs on it and  also AOL's software still can't support the latest version of IE7. We have the same problem, I am an SBC customer and when I downloaded IE7 from my computer I no longer can't connect. What the SBC technicians told me is that to downgade my IE7 to IE6 because some softwares of my ISP still didnt support it. Mostly the software that we installed from our ISP's are not the updated versions, that is why we are having this problem. Piece of advice, use IE6 as of the mean time.
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right hit on ur explorer hit on properties hit on connections tab\nhit on lan settings tab .check -da box  .Automatically detect settings  hit on .Apply  & ok .then go to start .control panle  add-remove . hit on .set program Access and Defaults . icon and look in add -remove list to see if ur . aol -toolbar is installed .then restart pc and try again