AOL starts up randomly!

[glen]

I am at my folk's house for Christmas, and they have AOL and Dial up.
When I dial in using earthlink, so I can post on AnandTech, AOL starts up anyway!
WTF?
I can't figure out what program is starting it and how to disable it.

 

[xospec1alk]

wrong forum? hehhe

check internet connecttion properties

IE->tools->options->connections

it should be checked to never dial a connection...

i think that should fix it....i havne't used aol in a long time..

wrong path...oops.

 

[Injury]

Just remove AOL?

 

[chowmein]

ahh, the simple, yet unpleasureable nature of aol strikes again

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: xospec1alk
wrong forum? hehhe

check internet connecttion properties

IE->tools->options->connections

it should be checked to never dial a connection...

i think that should fix it....i havne't used aol in a long time..

wrong path...oops.

Just remember to switch it back when you leave, else you'll get the 'you used my computer and now my interenet is broken call'.

 

[Amused]

That, and I bet they have AOL set as the default web browser and Email. Inside AOL's settings is a way to undo these defaults.

 

[Train]

my g/f has AOL, and when I'm on her computer I fire up IE because its better than the crappy AOL browser.

She sees it and spazzes out, thinking IE is some leet haxor interface, and I'm screwing up her internet.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Train
my g/f has AOL, and when I'm on her computer I fire up IE because its better than the crappy AOL browser.

She sees it and spazzes out, thinking IE is some leet haxor interface, and I'm screwing up her internet.

She must be hot... why else would you be with such an idiot?

 

[xospec1alk]

Originally posted by: Amused
That, and I bet they have AOL set as the default web browser and Email. Inside AOL's settings is a way to undo these defaults.

oh yeh i forgot about that...you can always check off reset defualt settings in IE also...

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Train
my g/f has AOL, and when I'm on her computer I fire up IE because its better than the crappy AOL browser.

She sees it and spazzes out, thinking IE is some leet haxor interface, and I'm screwing up her internet.

She must be hot... why else would you be with such an idiot?

shes pretty hot, (not like a model or anything, but still hot) But shes not an idiot, shes actually very smart, considering going for her PHD next year, shes just not very computer savvy. She teaches college courses, and still uses a paper grade book and a calculator, I keep telling her I'll teach her to save a lot of time by using Excel to do her grades, shes pretty hesitant though.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Train

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Train
my g/f has AOL, and when I'm on her computer I fire up IE because its better than the crappy AOL browser.

She sees it and spazzes out, thinking IE is some leet haxor interface, and I'm screwing up her internet.

She must be hot... why else would you be with such an idiot?

shes pretty hot, (not like a model or anything, but still hot) But shes not an idiot, shes actually very smart, considering going for her PHD next year, shes just not very computer savvy. She teaches college courses, and still uses a paper grade book and a calculator, I keep telling her I'll teach her to save a lot of time by using Excel to do her grades, shes pretty hesitant though.

Pics?

 

[TallBill]

if they must use aol, they should at least uninstall the software after finding local numbers, and just set it up like a regular dial up connection

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: TallBill
if they must use aol, they should at least uninstall the software after finding local numbers, and just set it up like a regular dial up connection

I'm pretty sure AOL wont let you do that, they make too much money on Ads they show within their interface.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
....
Pics?

maybe later, I'm at work now and dont have any handy.