Need help with AIM setup

[Tsunulia]

I tried this the other day and couldn't get it to work. :( I am now a disgrace to my fellow l33t g33ks :(


Anywho. I tried to sign up under a free AIM screen name, which wouldn't be accepted by the system after five times of trying. I'm now lost and or confused............as usual.

1. Do I need to upload the AIM program or is it necesary?
2. Wiil the site accept me after I load the program?
3. Is there something wrong I did the first time and just not realizing it?


I've never used a messenger program before :( Now I feel dumb.

[Samael]

What program are you running? XP and its veriations or something like Vista?

[Tsunulia]

Xp.

[Samael]

Wait a sec, are you saying you already have AIM but you don't have a screenname?:confused:

[Tsunulia]

No. I don't have AIM. Do I need to download it or can I use it straight off the site?

[Samael]

:) You should probably download it, which in your case would take a while I would think.

[Tsunulia]

Yep. A few hours at least. So if I download the program would a setup run from that?

[Samael]

Ofcourse..

[Tsunulia]

I'll try it tomorrow :p I don't have the patience to load it now.

[Master Chief]

I think www.ebuddy.com works if you don't want to download the program. But I haven't tried it so. Tell me how that goes!

[Tsunulia]

I downloaded the program, and installed it, then it took me to sign for a sn. It's still rejecting me. :mad:

[Malice]

Have you actually setup a new AIM id via the AOL AIM website?

[Tsunulia]

That's what I'm trying to do.

[Tsunulia]

Wait a tic................ The sign up page looks different that it did yesterday......


Are they reformating the page and it's temporarily shut down? There's nothing saying that it is :(




I tried to sign up to the email and the same thing is happening.


My name is fine, but it keeps telling me that these are incorrect or incomplete....

password
security q/a
security check code

Every single time it keeps telling me that they're wrong. I can't figure out why.

[Samael]

Could it be that they are already taken? Have you tried different variations with both?

[Tsunulia]

It's not the name. It's the categories that are screwing up.

[Samael]

:( I'm sorry Tsunulia, it's beyond me.

[Tsunulia]

*slams head on the table* WHY ME?! :( *continues slamming head*

[black_dust]

It's not the name. It's the categories that are screwing up.
Does the password require numbers in it, or what you put in odd characters like _!$£%^ sometimes that can screw them up

[kypade]

Tsunny, you have the program? Like loaded in front of you, just waiting for a sn?

[Tsunulia]

For the pass, I used a mix of letters and numbers.

I have to reinstall it. I uninstalled it to try again, and right after the reinstallation the program froze.


And it did it again. It freezes at the box where it asks if I want to set it as my default.