[WEB4LIB] AOL Instant Messenger PopUp

[Kyle Harriss]

I don't know what the faq says about getting rid of the 
AOL Instant Messenger popup, but I just "find" the file
aim.exe and change its name to something like "wasaim.exe".

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On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Robert Battenfeld wrote:

> We have several NT machines that came loaded with the full version 
> of Netscape with all the "bloatware."  Is there a way to disable the 
> AOL Instant Messenger "popup?."  I tried removing the AOL messenger 
> from the applications window but this doesn't eliminate that 
> extremely annoying "popup" asking us EVERY morning to sign up.  I was 
> hoping to avoid uninstalling the full version and installing the 
> standalone version.  Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Robert L. Battenfeld, Associate Professor
> Reference Librarian
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