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Connie

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AOL 8
« on: January 06, 2003, 09:14:50 AM »
I have a little question.  Has anybody on here upgraded to AOL 8.  If so, are there any problems?  I haven't upgraded since version 4 because I had been reading about all sorts or trouble with version 5 or 6.

Anyway, what happens when you upgrade?  Does anything get messed up or do you lose anything?
I'm afraid to do it, but I think I'd get more webspace 'cause you're allowed more screen names.

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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2003, 12:21:03 PM »
Hi Connie,[wavey]  I upgraded to AOL 8.0 a couple of months ago and so far I've haven't had any problems with it. (knock on wood)
As for losing anything, I still have the same things that I had with 7.0 however, you might want to ask someone who has more knowledge with web spaces on this as Im not too sure with that.  If you ask me 8.0 really isn't all that different from 7.0.

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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2003, 12:21:09 PM »
When AOL 8 first came out I upgraded to it just to see what it was like. It's really a fairly painless process, Connie. The installation program will ask if you're a new or current member as well as if you're installing AOL on a new computer or upgrading an already existing installation. It will also ask you if you'd like to keep a working copy of the original installation (should you decide that you don't really like the way the new version works). During the installation, all of your current settings and saved files (like e-mails or downloads) can be copied to the new version. And as you've said, you'll get two more screen names, and that will give you an additional 4MBs of Web space. ;)

I've cancelled my access to AOL (only wanted to check how version 8 worked with forum - I'd foolishly hoped that 8 might allow e-mail from the forum to get through, but no :(). But I just checked the summary of the forum's access log and there have been 79 hits recently from people using AOL 8, so maybe one of them will be able to give more info on how 8 is working for them. :)
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2003, 12:24:29 PM »
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... I upgraded to AOL 8.0 a couple of months ago...

Hey, Cassandra - are you trying to make Midnite jealous? ;) She and I are often in such sync that we're the ones replying to the same post at the same time. [lghy]
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2003, 12:49:35 PM »
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Hey, Cassandra - are you trying to make Midnite jealous? ;) She and I are often in such sync that we're the ones replying to the same post at the same time. [lghy]


LOL!!  Well, you know I was just thinking of you when I was answering Connie's post and was hoping that you'd kind of jump in and rescue me!!  Im sure Connie knows how computer illiterate I am and I kept thinking while I was answering her post,  "where the heck is MB when you need him!!"  (sorry Midnite);-)
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2003, 01:37:15 PM »
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I kept thinking while I was answering her post,  "where the heck is MB when you need him!!"  (sorry Midnite);-)


Where is he??  Probably messing around with some Linux code or something!  LOL

ANYWAY you two, when you upgrade, does AOL automatically transfer your email and favorite places, etc., to the new version?  Or do you have to do that yourself, somehow??  

I'm a little nervous.  ?!?
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2003, 02:44:05 AM »
[hello][hello] I upgraded several weeks ago, and have not noticed that I have lost anything.  It was quite simple to follow the instructions and upgrade.  However I am on a dial up system (just horrible) and have always been with AOL, and we are going to DSL very soon.  I  believe that AOL dial up is the slowest system ever-- remember the commercials with the man doing his laundry, etc, while he waits to be ALLOWED on?  Also, it cuts off at the worse times, telling me that it has made an error and it is shutting down and then saying "Goodbye" in the happiest little voice.  When I was in elementary school as a media specialist in charge of 31 computers and 1,069 students, we had Netscape Navigator.  It was so much more user friendly. I would have lost my mind if I had had to contend with what I have had at home since I semi-retired.  Hope you have good luck with 8.
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2003, 06:28:21 AM »
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I have a little question.  Has anybody on here upgraded to AOL 8.  If so, are there any problems?  I haven't upgraded since version 4 because I had been reading about all sorts or trouble with version 5 or 6.

Anyway, what happens when you upgrade?  Does anything get messed up or do you lose anything?
I'm afraid to do it, but I think I'd get more webspace 'cause you're allowed more screen names.

-CLC


I only wish I could upgrade to 8.0.  For some reason, I get the WAOL error message when I open up the email and then I have to close out.  I have done a few things suggested by AOL to fix the problem but nothing has worked which is frustrating because so many people who don't have any problems with it, love it.

So sad. Poor me.:(

Nancy
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2003, 02:27:27 AM »
I get the WAOL error message with 8.0 AOL, and then it turns me off!  B00000
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2003, 02:49:36 AM »
Whoa...then I guess I better not upgrade?

Is there a way to just upgrade to version 6??
I don't know what to do.

Damn it.
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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2003, 02:51:53 PM »
I was going to post this before I saw this.
My boss, who uses a cable modem, tried 4 wks ago to upgrade 8.0 online.
Wouldn't take; he called AOL, who couldnt help him.
They said we'll send out a disk (which they DIDN'T)
So he got one anyway; wouldn't take,
tries to unistall and then NO CONNECTION.
Spends 3 hours w/Microsoft @ $35/hour, they tell him there have been MAJOR problems for 8.0,
they take him all *(^%% inside the puter (S drive?? repair Explorer??)


Still no good.

He calls the cable modem co....they said they have been contact America on-line to no avail....seems SOME cable co. have alot of trouble with 8.0....

So, after 4 calls to them, he finds the right software (seems 8.0 eats away at your configurations)
gets back online FINALLY!!

But, at my bosses home, they have a DIFFERENT cable online provider & his son has been using 8.0 no problem.

I didn't think many of us still bothered with AOL (see Midnite & MB's 'thoughts' on Microsoft...this is my opinion of AOL)  :P

If you're gonna update, make sure you have your initial modem software (or dial up software) in case you crash & burn.

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Re: Warning AOL 8
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2003, 03:37:59 PM »
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I was going to post this before I saw this.
My boss, who uses a cable modem, tried 4 wks ago to upgrade 8.0 online.
Wouldn't take; he called AOL, who couldnt help him.
They said we'll send out a disk (which they DIDN'T)
So he got one anyway; wouldn't take,
tries to unistall and then NO CONNECTION.
Spends 3 hours w/Microsoft @ $35/hour, they tell him there have been MAJOR problems for 8.0,
they take him all *(^%% inside the puter (S drive?? repair Explorer??)


Still no good.

He calls the cable modem co....they said they have been contact America on-line to no avail....seems SOME cable co. have alot of trouble with 8.0....

Wow!

I currently have a dial-up connection, so broadband connection issues weren't a problem for me. Plus I connected to AOL using a TCP/IP connection (which is a fancy way of saying I didn't dial them directly - I connected to the Intenet through another provider and then connected to AOL through that other account). I'd think TCP/IP would be the easiest way for anyone with another provider to connect to AOL - and it's also cheaper. But when it comes to cable/DSL I really couldn't say.

I can say, though, that I'm not surprised that both AOL and Microsoft support couldn't help your boss. I've found that both are pretty useless.
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2003, 02:49:37 AM »
I wouldn't worry about upgrading to AOL 5.0 or 6.0. I hated 7.0 though. My computer must've went bye bye at least 8 times while I had it. 7.0 is a deprovement from 6.0, imo lol. I'm not sure about 8.0 though, but I'm getting it in a month or two. However, I've read that 8.0 isn't as bad as 7.0 and is an improvement over 6.0. *shrug*
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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2003, 03:09:42 PM »
So, are people only having problems with cable connections?  I have dial-up.

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Re: AOL 8
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2003, 11:58:00 PM »
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So, are people only having problems with cable connections?  I have dial-up.

Signed,
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Think so Connie.
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