Re: AOL/AIM popup

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From: Eric McG (dontbother_at_att.net)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 09:57:56 -0500

If you're referring to the AIM.com window, this can be disabled. Look in your
Preferences under Sign On/Off and uncheck "Show AIM.com window at sign on".
Click on Apply & OK. 

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Hope this helps..Reply in newsgroup only.
Eric McGillicudy
"W. Clinton Terry" <terrywc@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:%Vl0c.63925$Ve2.42850@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> I do not subscribe to AOL, but I do use AIM.  The new version of this
> software introduces an annoying popup each time I boot up.  Is there was way
> to get rid of this?  I do not have a copy of the earlier version of AIM
> which did not do this, so I cannot reinstall it.  Is it possible to locate
> and install this earlier version?
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance....and hopefully this is an ok
> newsgroup in which to ask this question.
>
> W. Clinton Terry
>
>

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