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Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thecow who wrote (38084)	1/22/2000 6:51:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Dear theCow: So did you erase your aol 5.0? What I did was leave 4.0 in my hardrive and added 5.0. Figured if anything went wrong could go back. I did in fact have some problems, called AOL tech and after some time they were of no use and told me how to erase 5.0. I was happy with 5.0 so tinkered around downloading new programs and lo and behold it worked, so I still have 5.0 on my system. In a few months I plan to buy a new computer and also sign up for broadband (still trying to make up my mind over Cable vs DSL line). I was thinking of using AOL bring your own access as there are things on AOL I like and cant get elsewhere. I cant imagin AOL putting out software that wouldnt allow that. In not too much more time I would think the majority of people will be into broadband. JDN

To: thecow who wrote (38084)	1/22/2000 7:12:00 AM
From: Tecinvestor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

Cow, how did you install AOL 5.0? Did you download it from the website or did you load it from a disc? I had a problem with a web download. So I stripped out 5.0 completely, got a disc, and reloaded. You must make certain not to check that box at the beginning which, in fact, allows AOL to in effect take over. I have no problems at the moment. I connect via DSL. Incidentally, with any program, my procedure is to obtain a disc, if available, rather than use a web download. There are often all kinds of glitches associated with web downloads. If you have DSL available in your area, you really ought to consider it as opposed to cable. JMHO. Tec.