why can't i use aim express?

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Registered: 06-02-2004
why can't i use aim express?
Sun, 02-25-2007 - 11:04am
I have a chat room that I go into every day.  I used to use AIM express with no problems.  The last few months, I have only be able to use the very old version of AIM express to get in.  As soon as I sign in to the newer AIM express, it disconnects.  It loads fine for a few seconds but then if I try to open a chat room or even click to chat with someone on my list, I get disconnected.  There is not a way to contact AOL about it that I know of.  I already did send in a complaint to them but not one where they can contact me and tell me what to do.  Any ideas?  I am not sure what changed on my computer that would make it stop working.  I have IE 6 with sp2 and window xp home media center.  I have tried turing off all firewalls, I have tired adding it to the ok sites so it is not blocked, I have turned off the pop up blocker.  I just have no idea what to try.  I have even downloaded regular AIM to see if that would make AIM express start working again but it didn't.  I don't like having aol on my computer.  It normally won't work anyway but that is why I use AIM express so there is nothing to download.







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Registered: 06-02-2004
Mon, 02-26-2007 - 9:21pm
that works so much better.


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 02-26-2007 - 8:53pm

I never did have the Aim messenger but I have friends that were using it and I also had a couple that were using ICQ I had that once and didn't like it but still wanted to keep in touch with everyone. I have an account at Yahoo, MSN and ICQ and I went and got one at AIM then downloaded http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/learn/

it is called Trillian. Now I can talk to everyone throuh 1 messenger. I did keep the Yahoo one just because I was used to that but I never did download AIM and I uninstalled the MSN messenger because it was quirky and fat so I uninstalled it .........but I just checked my Trillian and it logged into all accounts and I was able to get out before people saw me........but I had friends on from AIM so it much be working.

I was going to tell you about Meebo but someone else did already I would go there and try and log into Aim and see what happens.

There is another one that I haven't heard a lot about but that one is http://www.miranda-im.org/

Unless it is just that you want the AIM messenger I would give some of the others a try that way you don't have to have all of them on your computer just one.........



Have a nice day !.
Avatar for khatru1
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Registered: 06-07-2004
Mon, 02-26-2007 - 11:43am

I have tried to log in myself this morning and it keeps saying the service is unavailable so maybe I'll keep trying.

I do have a suggestion for the time being, maybe they are having service issues lately?

Try using this site I use all the time to access all the instant messenger services, AIM, Yahoo, and MSN. It is called Meebo. Just go to

You can log in to AIM right from that page, see what you think of it.