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caale — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:34:57 +0000

Glad to hear everything is fine now!

brady.k — Wed, 15 Jan 2003 03:16:10 +0000

thanks everybody! i did a clean install (after wiping the hard drive) and everything works (even the internet)...AOL is so worthless

brady.k — Fri, 03 Jan 2003 00:59:21 +0000

doing it either tonight, tomorrow or saturday...thanks for all the help!

Eskater

caale — Thu, 02 Jan 2003 00:45:39 +0000

LOL...glad you found some humor in that reply..I was wondering what your reply would be...my wife told me I was being an ***..haha..but as you can tell I am ANTI-AOL..I work on alot of pc systems,networks ect and I have seen way too many pc's corrupted with AOL software and the crap is like a virus..it wont go away..good luck with the fresh install

brady.k — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 18:41:04 +0000

wow...lol

AOL was my first ISP...and my parents didnt want to change, no matter how much i told them AOL was horrible...then they went to AOL DSL (which is "dial-up style")...*sigh* we're gonna have to do a clean install anyways...thanks

Your Mistake Was!!

caale — Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:18:36 +0000

First of all...never never never go with AOL..why would anybody do that..I'll tell ya why..why = cause they give you crap for free,just to get ya in and then when you install their software..it messes ya pc up because it configures your pc to fit America Off Line!!!...What you need to do is format your HD and do a clean install of XP and then install the software for your new ISP and always remember when you do a major change in windows always back your pc up..cant stress that enough..sorry to be harsh but Dang! stay away from AOL

brady.k — Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:29:57 +0000

aight thanks...
what it was doing was the disc was "customizing" IE (meaning adding their logo...lol) and config-ing our computer...we can connect to the net via AOL DSL, but not ToadNet

how can i elaborate? none of the system tools work (My Briefcase, My Computer, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer crashes regularly, Windows Media Player, System Restore, and my speakers)

what should i do then? delete ndiswan.sys ? and how do i set up the pppoe? thanks for the help

mjames — Mon, 30 Dec 2002 19:34:27 +0000

Did you install any software from the CD? If so, it is likely a problem caused by that. You need to elaborate on the problems you're having with your computer -- what exactly is happening? Can you not connect to the Internet?

nike_guy_man — Sun, 29 Dec 2002 02:00:00 +0000

Microsoft support == terrible
Ask Gateway -- maybe they know
Otherwise, clean install!
I did that with Windows ME and it was so buggy that even the install disc didn't work right... it kept all my files!
Good luck