LOOKOUT AOL 6.0 TRASHES YOUR WIN SOCKETS

If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 it because AOL trashes your win sockets. Call them for the fix.. All 22 million of us.. hehe Don Wilshe You also will have problems downloading software from microsoft..

Just another reason to stay far away for AOL. -- Jeff Murchison (Murchman) [email hidden] "Don Wilshe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CyuZ5.123970$[email hidden]... > If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 it because > AOL trashes your win sockets. Call them for the fix.. All 22 million of us.. > hehe > > Don Wilshe > > You also will have problems downloading software from microsoft.. > >

In article <CyuZ5.123970$[email hidden]>, "Don Wilshe" <[email hidden]> writes: >If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 it because >AOL trashes your win sockets. Call them for the fix.. All 22 million of us.. >hehe > >Don Wilshe What??? I almost upgraded, too...<whew!> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +40.48 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Don Wilshe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CyuZ5.123970$[email hidden]... > If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 itbecause > AOL trashes your win sockets. At the risk of sounding stupid...what's a "win socket"? Pops

My modem recently stopped working. (I have cable for all my internet/gaming access). I assumed the phone modem crapped out, but could it be from installing AOL6? The error said the the computer couldn't find the modem even though it was connected. (I tried switching Com ports and reinstalling to no avail) "Don Wilshe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CyuZ5.123970$[email hidden]... > If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 itbecause > AOL trashes your win sockets. Call them for the fix.. All 22 million ofus..

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> hehe > > Don Wilshe > > You also will have problems downloading software from microsoft.. > >

Too late, Don! I've been 'hammered' by AOL 6.0. I installed it last month (after having 5.0 working with no problems, I should have known better!), then trying to get into a league race the next week after, N3 gives me the message "Connection failed". Seriously, does AOL have a fix for that? If not, can we say "class action lawsuit?" :) Don Wilshe wrote:

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> If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 it because > AOL trashes your win sockets. Call them for the fix.. All 22 million of us.. > hehe > > Don Wilshe > > You also will have problems downloading software from microsoft..

<My modem recently stopped working. (I have cable for all my internet/gaming access). I assumed the phone modem crapped out, but could it be from installing AOL6? The error said the the computer couldn't find the modem even though it was connected. (I tried switching Com ports and reinstalling to no avail)> This same thing happened to me. I have a cable modem also and as soon as I downloaded and installed 6.0 it was all over but the crying. Calls to AOL said it was a DSL problem. No amount of explaining that I didnt HAVE DSL would sway them. I called my cable provider and they sent out a tech, again to no avail. End result? F-disk and reinstall everything. Two days to backup and reinstall. I can't believe that AOL can get away with this! And still they continue to advertise the upgrade. Check out http://cnet.com/downloads/0-1857920-601-3286967.html?tag=st.dl.1857920.&ta g=st.dl.1857920-100-3286967.ur.1857920-601-3286967 for user reviews. I say sue.

Well, I've tried everything but that. Wouldn't be easier, though, to just re-format the drive, then restore a backup from there? That's what I plan to do later tonight. Race1530 wrote:

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> <My modem recently stopped working. (I have cable for all my internet/gaming > access). I assumed the phone modem crapped out, but could it be from > installing AOL6? The error said the the computer couldn't find the modem > even though it was connected. (I tried switching Com ports and reinstalling > to no avail)> > > This same thing happened to me. I have a cable modem also and as soon as I > downloaded and installed 6.0 it was all over but the crying. Calls to AOL said > it was a DSL problem. No amount of explaining that I didnt HAVE DSL would sway > them. I called my cable provider and they sent out a tech, again to no avail. > > End result? > F-disk and reinstall everything. Two days to backup and reinstall. > I can't believe that AOL can get away with this! And still they continue to > advertise the upgrade. > Check out > http://cnet.com/downloads/0-1857920-601-3286967.html?tag=st.dl.1857920.&ta > g=st.dl.1857920-100-3286967.ur.1857920-601-3286967 > for user reviews. > I say sue.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <CyuZ5.123970$[email hidden]>, "DonWilshe" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >If you are having problems after siming after downloading AOL 6.0 itbecause > >AOL trashes your win sockets. Call them for the fix.. All 22 million ofus..

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> >hehe > > > >Don Wilshe > > What??? I almost upgraded, too...<whew!> > > Eldred

If you must have AOL, get another ISP and just use the "Bring Your Own Connection" option. Like many others, I began my internet experience on AOL and found it wholly unsuitable for online simming, but I wanted to stay in touch with the many friends I had made in the Grandstand Motorsports message boards, unaccessable from outside AOHell. Once I switched to Mindspring, I found my VROC connection much more stable, the ping rate dropping by half. I have no problems using 6.0, but the interface is awful. There is a special place in hell reserved for the graphic designers who designed this piece of crap.

Hey, I know this is a few days old, but there is another way. Uninstall AOHell 6. Go to the Control panel.............open up add/remove programs. click on the windows setup tab...open up communication tools (might just say "communication") uncheck dialup networking. hit ok, ok...yes to any version conflicts and no when it asks you to restart go to start>run> and type regedit and hit enter go to file>export registry file. save it in the desktop (to keep it simple if we need it later), give it a file name, any name will work. hit save. hit the plus sign next to Hkey _local _ machine. plus sign next to system. then current control set then services now, right click on winsock 2 and delete it. close the registry editor and restart the machine... go back to the control panel and open add/remove program. go back to windows setup open communication and put a check back in dial-up network. hit ok, ok. if it comes up with version conflicts, just say yes to all of them and then say yes to restart... extract winsock.dll and wsock32.dll using the System File Checker (start>run> sfc) if you have Win98. Win95 have fun with this step and WinME is slightly different from 98, but close enough. Extract winsock.dll first then do wsock32.dll cause wsock32.dll will ask you to restart. should be good to go. If that does not work, enter the Network config (control panel> network) and remove the tcp/ip for the network card, hit ok, restart. Go back into Network config and add tcp/ip back in. If you still don't get anything...AOL did a damn good job of hosing your system. - Will "Darrin J. Redick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... Well, I've tried everything but that. Wouldn't be easier, though, to just re-format the drive, then restore a backup from there? That's what I plan to do later tonight.