Re: control panel and AOL does not work!!

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From: Syed (Syed_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:37:01 -0700

Well , you certainly have opened my eyes. I was thinking of getting rid of
them as I was having problem sharing the internet on the wirless network at
home.

I will definitley take your suggestion and look for other ISP.

In the meanwhile do you have any suggestion for my Control Panel not working
under service Pack 2.

Many thanks

Syed

"Vilma" wrote:

> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:01:03 -0700, Syed wrote:
>
> > When I installed service pack2 , the control panel does not work. I keep
> > getting error message from Debugger ( something , something, postmaster etc).
> > Then my computer locks up and has to be rebooted.
> >
> > Also my broadband AOL service crasjes every time I want to start the service.
> >
> > Please help!
>
> I cannot help myself , forgive me. AOL is the worst ISP there is. They
> charge premium for a suck service. Broadband is not for signing on and off
> or recieving emails in the time it would've took to post them snail mail.
> There are many sites devoted to why aol are bad news and the list is long.
> The aol software gets its hooks into everything on your pc and WILL drag it
> down. It is the biggest piece of spyware which exists.
>
> My advice - get shut of it.
> Oh and cancel your credit card you used to set up the account or the bank
> account because they will continue to STEAL money from you which they WILL
> not pay back (oh you could sue their billion dollar asses yeah right!) they
> will offer you extra hours service instead. They will never agree to cancel
> your service either and you will be passed from pillar to post on the
> phone. They will say you are locked into a contract or some other lie. My
> advice on how to cancel their "service" is to just stop paying them. They
> are renowned for this (such a reputable company). If all you want is AIM
> you can use that without AOhell. This company stole money from me,
> acknowledged they were at fault and refused to give it back (it's not their
> policy apparently). Sorry i'm ranting but all their lies make me FURIOUS.
> Including their new advertisement on TV> No download limits with aol is
> there not. Well name one bloody ISP where there is download limits because
> it's none I've ever heard of. They just try to make out you get something
> special from them which you just get as standard everywhere else. AAAGGGHHH
>

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