win XP & aol 8.0

[Diane]

Windows xp conflicts with AOL 8.0. Windows
crashes/restarts the computer when launching the AOL
program. AOL says its a windows conflict - Does anyone
know how to fix this?

Thanks

 

[Diane]

-----Original Message-----

There was a problem with early versions of 8.0 crashing in certain
circumstances. It was corrected by renaming dsl.cct to dsl.bak in the "Tools"
subfolder of the AOL 8.0 folder(Yeah, I know; I don't get it either!). If you
picked up a free disk from a store it may be an older version. The current
version of 8.0+ doesn't exhibit this behaviour nor does 9.0.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***
.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I remember making this change a long

time ago, but could not find my notes as to which file it
was to edit - Of course this happened after making
changes to my aol setup and could not go back to the
original setup......so thank you

Diane

 

[Daleje]

My problem with AOL 8.0 and Windows XP is that I can't get setup to use the AOL
dialer. It connects through a "WAN" (TCP/IP) 1394 Net Adapter. I read an MSKB
article (306478) that said that the AOL 8 network adapter "doesn't work" with
Windows XP and suggests installing AOL 7.

I don't get crashes, but I do get annoying freeze-ups, and can never access AOL
online help. Always, "Web site not responding. 502 hangup."

Could these be related to your issue?

I'm frustrated.