pangelid Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 OK, So I just installed that 1000 hours free aol so I could try out these mailing lists going around, but I gottah say, either I don't know what I'm doing, or AOL 6.0 sucks. Let me know if these are common problems, or if its just me.1st- when I download, it basically freezes the entire aol program. Im's are slowed to almost a halt, and everything is delayed.2nd- I can only download one song at a time.3rd-Download speeds are ridiculously slow4th- When I upload, my entire computer is locked until the upload is finished. Let me know if these are normal, or how to fix them b/c this is my first time ever using aol. Thanx! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halodbent Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 ur computer might be a slow one too..1st ?...thats normal when ur DLing something and everything else gets slower, cuz the DL is bein consentrated on...2nd?...yea u can only DL 1 song at a time, unless ur using AG or Morpheus or sumthin obviously..3rd?...it basically has to do with how Fast/slow ur computer is...that is normal, when im DLing something, i tend not to really do anything other than listen to music...cuz if ur doin a bunch of shit everything is goin to be slower...4th?...thats normal, cant do anything while uploading, it sux!, but i never do any uploading..Hope this helped u alittle bit...plus AOL 7.0 is already out, its aight, nothing special... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangelid Posted November 15 Author Report Share Posted November 15 Originally posted by halodbent ur computer might be a slow one too..1st ?...thats normal when ur DLing something and everything else gets slower, cuz the DL is bein consentrated on...Hope this helped u alittle bit...plus AOL 7.0 is already out, its aight, nothing special... for this one, I dont mean my entire computer is slow. Just the aol program. I can work regular speed on any other applications, but If I try to chat within AOL while I am downloading, all the IM windows and everything is semi frozen. It forces me to block everyone on my list. Does AOL 7 correct any of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppanils Posted November 15 Report Share Posted November 15 probably nothavent haerd from you in a while....how ya been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halodbent Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 nah 7.0 doesnt fix anything, its basically the same of 6.0 but they changed the colors and looks a little bit...yea i knew what u meant by just ur aol program runnen slow, that is normal...usually u can use other applications without any interference from aol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadelb Posted November 16 Report Share Posted November 16 Yo Pangelid drop me an im and ill walk u through how to downlaod multipe files etc.. and a way to help ur computer from freezing. sadelb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangelid Posted November 16 Author Report Share Posted November 16 Originally posted by sadelb Yo Pangelid drop me an im and ill walk u through how to downlaod multipe files etc.. and a way to help ur computer from freezing. sadelb Sadelb, thanx bro. I will try and hit you up next week cause this week I am finally going home from school in VA, and I dont have AOL at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 Originally posted by pangelid for this one, I dont mean my entire computer is slow. Just the aol program. I can work regular speed on any other applications, but If I try to chat within AOL while I am downloading, all the IM windows and everything is semi frozen. It forces me to block everyone on my list. Does AOL 7 correct any of this? Ok, I've been representing (at times) on this board that I'm a geek, and I AM, BUT . . . and don't laugh, I've also been using AOL since 92', so i've got some insight into the evolution of the program. . Originally, AOL didn't want you doing anything while you were either uploading or downloading so that the program could consentrate on handling the data. . It used to be that you COULDN"T receive or send IMs while up/downloading, but now you can indeed talk while doing these things. . there is a catch however. . If you are on a dialup connection, even 56k, the pipe (a geek term for your internet connection) just isn't large enough to handle the data transfer and the talk at the same time . . so you've got to choose. . you can still talk, but while downloading, youre trying to force even more data through a small pipe, which leads to a backup and slowdown in connection . . AOL is also a resource hog and VERY invasive to the system you're running it on (when you start the program, it does a system check to see if the dial up adapters are configured properly, if they aren't it will OVERWRITE to it's settings. . . This has been remedied in Win2000, but it STILL can fuck up any other installed network adapters in the system. . ). Being a resource hog, the program requires ALOT of the system's time to run properly, especially with intra-app activites (such as downloading and loading content) if your computer isn't incredibly fast (all for AOL . .LOL) and your pipe is too small, you're looking at major slowdown . . the best thing really to do is but your buddy list on total block and minimize the program and let it do it's downloading. . cause then it's running as a background process in the system and is NOT being interfered with by YOU the user. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airatomic Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 omg i hate aol! even tho i got that AOL plus DSL thing...still slower than normal dsl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis124 Posted November 17 Report Share Posted November 17 my computer is slow as shit too, i have 7.0, what i do is when i open the mail and instead of clicking "download now" i click on "download later" and do that for about 5 songs, then do to download manager and click download and they will all download. and 7.0 allows u to upload and still function Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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