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AIM client for Win98
I just got an automated message from AOL yesterday telling me that in
a few days I won't be able to log on to AIM with my old computer unless I upgrade to the latest version...that requires Windows 2000 or XP. What alternate client can I use to connect to AOL Instant Messenger with my windows 98 computer? I use it all the time to pass links to my new computer or to communicate with friends while I'm in the middle of a game on my newer system. I also use the file transfer feature from time to time. Especially if a friend has a corrupted .dll or otherwise and needs an old file to get his legacy system working. I can't think of much else I use regularly besides the away messages. I don't use chats much, maybe once or twice a year and usually on my newer system. So are there any clients for win98 that will work with those features? Chats are unimportant, and the public chats haven't worked in a while. I apologize for cross posting this, but gen_discussion seems to be the only active group remotely relevant post-shutdown. P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? |
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AIM client for Win98
SlickRCBD wrote in
ups.com: I just got an automated message from AOL yesterday telling me that in a few days I won't be able to log on to AIM with my old computer unless I upgrade to the latest version...that requires Windows 2000 or XP. What alternate client can I use to connect to AOL Instant Messenger with my windows 98 computer? I use it all the time to pass links to my new computer or to communicate with friends while I'm in the middle of a game on my newer system. Miranda is nice. I used it for a little while until I got sick of chatting/messaging. I don't know if it still works on 98 but you have dozens of alternatives. Wikipedia lists them all with most of their + and -'s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._messaging_cli ents P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? No idea. If I have problems, I'll ask in 24hoursupport.helpdesk. Once MS finally fishes their hatchet job (I reckon a year or two, considering their organizational skills and their strict adherence to scheduling in general) DL the updated NG list from your server and search it. As it is, there is alt.windows98 and others. -- Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite; in so far, I mean, as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas most people deserve none at all; and again in so far as it demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people, when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them. - Arthur Schopenhauer |
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AIM client for Win98
SlickRCBD wrote in
ups.com: I just got an automated message from AOL yesterday telling me that in a few days I won't be able to log on to AIM with my old computer unless I upgrade to the latest version...that requires Windows 2000 or XP. What alternate client can I use to connect to AOL Instant Messenger with my windows 98 computer? I use it all the time to pass links to my new computer or to communicate with friends while I'm in the middle of a game on my newer system. Miranda is nice. I used it for a little while until I got sick of chatting/messaging. I don't know if it still works on 98 but you have dozens of alternatives. Wikipedia lists them all with most of their + and -'s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari..._messaging_cli ents P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? No idea. If I have problems, I'll ask in 24hoursupport.helpdesk. Once MS finally fishes their hatchet job (I reckon a year or two, considering their organizational skills and their strict adherence to scheduling in general) DL the updated NG list from your server and search it. As it is, there is alt.windows98 and others. -- Of course, it is no easy matter to be polite; in so far, I mean, as it requires us to show great respect for everybody, whereas most people deserve none at all; and again in so far as it demands that we should feign the most lively interest in people, when we must be very glad that we have nothing to do with them. - Arthur Schopenhauer |
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AIM client for Win98
"SlickRCBD" wrote in message
... I just got an automated message from AOL yesterday telling me that in a few days I won't be able to log on to AIM with my old computer unless I upgrade to the latest version...that requires Windows 2000 or XP. What alternate client can I use to connect to AOL Instant Messenger with my windows 98 computer? I use it all the time to pass links to my new computer or to communicate with friends while I'm in the middle of a game on my newer system. I also use the file transfer feature from time to time. Especially if a friend has a corrupted .dll or otherwise and needs an old file to get his legacy system working. I can't think of much else I use regularly besides the away messages. I don't use chats much, maybe once or twice a year and usually on my newer system. So are there any clients for win98 that will work with those features? Chats are unimportant, and the public chats haven't worked in a while. I apologize for cross posting this, but gen_discussion seems to be the only active group remotely relevant post-shutdown. P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? You can access your AIM account as well as other IM accounts with the legacy version of Trillian 3: http://cerulean.cachenetworks.com/tr...-v3.1.14.0.exe -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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AIM client for Win98
"SlickRCBD" wrote in message
... I just got an automated message from AOL yesterday telling me that in a few days I won't be able to log on to AIM with my old computer unless I upgrade to the latest version...that requires Windows 2000 or XP. What alternate client can I use to connect to AOL Instant Messenger with my windows 98 computer? I use it all the time to pass links to my new computer or to communicate with friends while I'm in the middle of a game on my newer system. I also use the file transfer feature from time to time. Especially if a friend has a corrupted .dll or otherwise and needs an old file to get his legacy system working. I can't think of much else I use regularly besides the away messages. I don't use chats much, maybe once or twice a year and usually on my newer system. So are there any clients for win98 that will work with those features? Chats are unimportant, and the public chats haven't worked in a while. I apologize for cross posting this, but gen_discussion seems to be the only active group remotely relevant post-shutdown. P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? You can access your AIM account as well as other IM accounts with the legacy version of Trillian 3: http://cerulean.cachenetworks.com/tr...-v3.1.14.0.exe -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ |
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AIM client for Win98
SlickRCBD wrote:
P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? For win-98, go to the newsgroup alt.windows98. Or keep using this one - there is no technical reason why it or other microsoft will disappear from usenet. Or go to the win-98 forum on msfn.org. |
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AIM client for Win98
SlickRCBD wrote:
P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? For win-98, go to the newsgroup alt.windows98. Or keep using this one - there is no technical reason why it or other microsoft will disappear from usenet. Or go to the win-98 forum on msfn.org. |
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On Jun 17, 5:20 pm, "glee" wrote:
"SlickRCBD" wrote in message ... I just got an automated message from AOL yesterday telling me that in a few days I won't be able to log on toAIMwith my old computer unless I upgrade to the latest version...that requires Windows 2000 or XP. What alternate client can I use to connect to AOL Instant Messenger with my windows 98 computer? I use it all the time to pass links to my new computer or to communicate with friends while I'm in the middle of a game on my newer system. I also use the file transfer feature from time to time. Especially if a friend has a corrupted .dll or otherwise and needs an old file to get his legacy system working. I can't think of much else I use regularly besides the away messages. I don't use chats much, maybe once or twice a year and usually on my newer system. So are there any clients for win98 that will work with those features? Chats are unimportant, and the public chats haven't worked in a while. I apologize for cross posting this, but gen_discussion seems to be the only active group remotely relevant post-shutdown. P.S. What other free support areas are there for win98 and other older microsoft products now that the newsgroups are orphaned? You can access yourAIMaccount as well as other IM accounts with the legacy version of Trillian 3:http://cerulean.cachenetworks.com/tr...-v3.1.14.0.exe -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+http://dts-l.net/ That trillian link didn't work. The installer performs an illegal operation almost immediately when I try to use it. I've redownloaded twice. I've been hoping somebody would respond with a program that actually works. I can't figure out how to get Miranda to work. |
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AIM client for Win98
On Jul 17, 7:39 am, Michael Romes wrote:
J. P. Gilliver (John) schrieb: ... I _think_ there are even ways to connect toAIMwithout using the AOL software - though I'm not sure about that. (This wasn't important in my friend's case, as she didn't use it.) Trillian? Please give me a link to a version that will install on Windows 98SE. The link in this thread does not work. It performs an illegal operation. |
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