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Aim 7 Beta: Change Screen Name Color
So you’ve been enjoying AIM 5.9’s incredibly familiar red and blue screen name colors. AIM 7 replaces the screen name color scheme yet again with a pretty natural green and a horrendous brown color. Fear not, you can change these screen n...
Aim 7 Beta: Change Screen Name Color
This method only works in Beta 3 version of Aim 7 So you’ve been enjoying AIM 5.9’s incredibly familiar red and blue screen name colors. AIM 7 replaces the screen name color scheme yet again with a pretty natural green and a horrendous b...
Do You Get Charged for using AIM Mobile?
Yes you will get charged for using AIM on your cellphone, but it depends on what plan you have. Some AIM applications use text messages while others use Data....
Remove Buddy Update from AIM Buddy Info
Another frequently asked question. So we’ll walk you through on how to remove messages from appearing inside your Buddy Update box in the AIM Buddy Info. Please note that it can take several days for messages to disappear from the box. Buddy up...
Aim Chatrooms: We are Unable to Send Your Message
There have been many reports about users unable to send any messages in AIM Chatrooms. The error message is as follows: OnlineHost: We’re sorry, we are unable to send your message. Please remove the Web address and try again This occurs for m...
Is Aim Going to Start Charging to Register Janurary 1st? Who is Mark Jenkins?
It appears that today, there has been an IM circulating around to every screen name. The message is as follows: Dear AIM USERS, Because of our overloading of our servers, we are being forced to extract our non-active AIM users. Because this is a fre...
Aim Profiles: Unable to save your changes at this time.
This issue has been floating around for a couple of weeks now. It has not been addressed by AOL at all. Some users will receive “Unable to save your changes at this time.” error messages when trying to edit their AIM Profiles. This usuall...
“Translate” message repeatedly sent through AIM Conversations
Well it seems the Translate plugin has struck yet again. First it was “orbidden” and now every message you receive in AIM says translate. For Example: Me: Hello You: Translate You: Translate So again with the same steps as before you will...
Unable to unarchive “aim.bin”, Installing Aim For Mac Guide
About every few days, someone experiences a few problems with installing Aim 4.7 for Mac. This isn’t entirely your fault but its time to put Aim 4.7 into perspective as to why this happens and what you can do about it. The Error message they re...
AOL Removes Status and Unsend Button in WebMail
Two quick issues that have been reported this week but I didn’t get time to cover them completely. Why were the Status and Unsend buttons Removed The Status button and Unsend Button are now removed from the AOL Webmail. The AOL Mail blo...
AIM Users Furious over Ads in Buddy Info
As Randy Falco, CEO of AOL, gets closer to his dream of making AOL the most profitable advertising network, users were treated with a brand new ad inside the buddy info. These ads now take up a considerable amount of space at the bottom of the buddy ...
How to Stop AIM Today from Popping Up When Windows Starts
A very frequently asked question. Not that its hard to do but I guess people can’t find it? Anyways follow the steps below: Disable AIM Today from Popping Up In Internet Explorer Click Edit Click Settings Click Sign In / Sign Out ...
Aim Buddy Updates Box Gone Missing?
Usually, I consider this a bug but it has taken so long to get fixed that now I wonder if its actually a fix. After upgrading from Aim 6.1 to Aim 6.5 the buddy updates box that shows when your away messages updated has gone missing. The buddy up...
McLovin12Four on your AIM Buddy List
So who is McLovin12Four, and how did he get on your buddy list? McLovin12Four is another Official AIM Bot that advertises for the movie Superbad. If your buddy list has the category “AIM Bots” you should see him on your buddy...
Aim 6.5: Connection Timed Out Workaround
Massive Server Outage Agh aren’t we having way too many AIM problems lately. A message displaying “Connection Timed Out” is affecting Aim 6.5, Aim Webmail, Aim Lite, practically all versions of AIM. So far no news has been given an...
How to Stop Aim Invite Messages
Hi We’re Back! So some of you have been receiving messages about some buddy inviting you to their buddy profile. Its not such a terrible thing to do but if you get many invites you might get annoyed. There are two sets of messages, follow the o...
Invite or Request Timed Out Error for Aim Chatrooms
During this week, we’ve been seeing a number of reports for chatroom error, "Invite or Request Timed Out". The information known so far is that it affects Aim 6.5 and all versions of Aim. This issue does not happen to all members ...
How To Remove Status Messages or Away Messages In The Buddy List from Aim 6.5
Does your Buddy list have extra words below the screen names? Are you tired of seeing what song your buddy is playing?People have asked how they can remove these status messages so here is what you need to do. To Remove Status Messages or...
“Orbidden” IMs Fix in Aim
Orbidden IMs are probably caused by the Translator Plugin. It was hinted to a while ago but was hard to find people to test out theories to get back to you quickly. In trying to fix this problem you’ll just have to disable...
Aim 6.5 and Windows Vista, Server execution failed and Media Player Issues
Over the weekend a multitude of Windows Vista Issues were reported. Since enough people have complained about it, its time to post. There’s two types of problems going on but most notably the Network Issues. Here are the symptoms: 1. Vist...
Aim Registration Problems “The service you are trying to reach is temporarily unavailable - please try your requestagain. - 25006″
People have reported issues when creating an AIM screen name. Some users who are creating an AIM screen name are greeted with the following error message. "The service you are trying to reach is temporarily unavailable - please try your request...
New! Aim 6 freezing bugs, Could McAfee be the problem?
Now I have enough people who’ve experienced this problem to open a post about it. Recently starting around Monday, AIM 6 users have been experiencing constant freezing, windows disappearing, and smileys with...
Set up Buddy Aliasing in Aim 6
So you want to change what shows up for your buddy’s screen name in Aim 6.1 but you don’t know how? Read on to find out! First in Aim 6.0 world, we don’t use the term "buddy aliasing" instead we call it a nicknam...
Aim Music Link Plugin Problems, if it doesn’t show up or repeats music playing
There seems to be two issues which were fixed already but there is some confusion as to whats been going on lately. Recently Aim Music Link Plugin updated to show music information within the Buddy Status. If you have Aim 6.1 and your music doesn...
Aim Wimzi with Facebook - Why it Doesn’t work (For Now)
So far, I’ve been recently seeing a number of help questions and google searches pertaining to Facebook and why Aim Wimzi doesn’t work. Well let me explain it to you as simple as possible. "If your code includes any in...
How to edit your buddy info even without downloading AIM
So your one of the few people who can’t download AIM because your at school, or work, or you just don’t know how to. You can still edit your buddy info without downloading anything. Here’s how to do it. How to Edit...
How to Change the Screen Name Colors in Aim 6
Some people might not like the screen name colors in Aim 6, and may want it to be red and blue, or blue and green. Here’s a quick guide on how to change the colors of your screen name and to change the colors of other people’s screen name...
Aim ScreenName Suspended? Here's A Tip on How to Get it Back.
.Bumped.org Now Offers Support for Suspended Screen Names. One of my commenters, ikeism, gave a tip on how to reinstate your Aim account if it gets suspended for no reason. Aim accounts appear to get suspended for seemingly no reasons at all. It...
Template.HTML Copyright and Confidentiality Notice Fix for Aim 6?
Eclipseskool101 MAY have found a temporary fix for this problem. It affects all versions of Aim 6.0 including Aim 6.1 and Aim 6.2. He believes JRE might have been damaged or deleted. File Name: template.html****************...
