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web pages, it goes back the AOL search Results every time!!
Ref # 17777832
issue started in 2021, when i try to open a link it got to the AOL search results when i want to click a link in my favorites, e-mails, other web pages it goes back the AOL search Results
please help this !!! you can see in my call history that i have been dealing with this for a a very long time. please consider a Bata Version i was told about or a patch~ -
Email is not updating
For the past few days my email is not current. I know there are new mails because they come through on my phone. But Desktop Gold on my computer is not updating. I tried the "refresh mail" but this does nothing. It only updates if I completely shut it down and resign in. HELP!
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send.For immediate assistance with this issue, please call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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Rapid flashing AOL ads and law suits
I've got three emails open and my desktop email window. There are four, rapidly flashing ads driving me nuts and making me sick to my stomach, so that I can't work. Maybe you, AOL, don't care about that, but are you aware that, for someone with epilepsy, that type of rapid, flashing movement can cause a seizure? And perhaps a law suit? Do you actually believe that those ads sell anything? Maybe people click on them just to try to stop the movement, but if I could stop them long enough to read whose ads they are -- or when…
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i cannot get into stories-tells me unauthorized. i pay for this aol gold monthly. fix the problem.
aol gold now gives me "UNAUTHORIZED" when i try to read a story. either this gets fixed or i go with another carrier. called tech support and they could not fix it. i am disgusted!!!!!
If the issue still persists please give us a call at 1-800-827-6364 and one of our technician will assist.
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I tried to send (multiple times) messages with bcc typing the group name and when I try to send it comes up as an error. WHY?
Correct problem
This issue is most likely caused by the fact that the email contained too many recipients. AOL does not disclose the number of recipients or emails that can be sent at one time, but we recommend sending the email to a smaller group of recipients. You can split larger groups into multiple emails.
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When I compose an e-mail, I cannot indent the first line of paragaphs using the Tab key. When I try to indent, the cursor disappears!
Allow the tab key to indent at the start of a paragraph
Please check if you have the option enabled. Click on Mail option > Mail Settings > select the General tab > check the option “Use tab key to indent when writing an email”
Changes are saved automatically.
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News content is no longer news
I'm a 20 year aol customer. I use to get the majority of my news from the aol home page. No longer though. The first 2 or 3 items are as far as I go, because the remaining 75 or so items are a waste of my time, and I would think many others as well. Filled with topics generally found in People magazine. Not news. Maybe separate hard news into a dedicated category. I'd be glad to try again.
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no more "next" to read an article
Please go back to making an article easy to read without having to hit "next" a billion times...Its so **** annoying. I usually just say f it and x out of the story. I mean its not like we are 5 years old and playing a game on the computer. I am thinking of switching to another server cuz this is some ********!!
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Have AOL Desktop Gold be able to open multiple sites as do other email carriers.
Fix AOL Desktop Gold so that users are able to open it in multiple address sites at the same time on the computer they're using so that information and files can be transferred immediately. This would be a BIG improvement for users, ESPECIALLY paid users, to have access to their various sites at the same time not unlike other carriers.
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I am paying for your services and have to read and send mail on IE most of the time because GOLD is currently not able to send mail.
fix AOL Gold.It ruined my computer and nothing works properly.Not to mention that I lost over 100 pieces of important info that did not get transferred. And your search engine does not work most of the time either.Mail can't be read or sent constantly This version of AOL is the worst I have seen in 20 years
I’d like to have one of our Technical Support agents investigate this. Please call our AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733. Our experts are available 24/7 by phone.
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If a person can't sign-on because he forgot his password, how can you expect him to log-on to let you know there's a problem?
Why not try being user friendly? Phoning a landline would work in my case. But sending am e-mail to an account that you can't log-on to seems like a waste of everyone's time.
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More issues with ads
When an email won't open for 2 or 3 minutes its a problem for me. When it won't open because the ******* ads aren't loaded first on the margin of the email thats really a problem for me. Its happening more and more. My computer freezes up because the ads aren't loaded, I can't do anything but hard crash my computer or use control alt delete and restart the whole **** machine. I can leave aol open, go play a game and come back and its still frozen, I have to restart to be able to write an email. Its…
To resolve the slowness and performance issues, please try the troubleshooting solutions below:
1. Clear the Footprints in the new AOL Desktop. Here’s how you clear the Footprints: a. In the top left corner of the AOL Desktop window, click “Edit” then choose “Select Footprints to Clear” from the drop-down menu. b. Select “Clear Footprints” from the Browser Settings. No need to wait for a confirmation message, the Footprints will be cleared immediately.
2. Restart the computer. This helps clear the internal memory (RAM), which often resolves many issues.
3. Enable only the essential startup programs. Multiple programs may have been set to start automatically when a computer is turned on. These programs may cause the computer to slow down, and affect other running applications.
In case you continue to experience performance issues, please call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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Since comments are closed on my issue...
I had reported the following: "Report a Bug" has no confirmation/follow-up, so here is the issue:
I reported this issue in the "Report a Bug" area. Every attachment I attempt to download is corrupted. For example, a 65.7 KB Excel file saves as 2 KB, and no information is present in the file upon opening. This has happened in the last 6 files I downloaded, the most current being today. This is TOTALLY unacceptable! Luckily, I can forward to my work email address...what about the people who have no other email address? This needs fixed immediately! I was asked to… -
AOL GOLD IS AWFUL!!!
We should not have to pay for this until you get it working right. We all deserve refunds. Every time I go into my email there are email's I already deleted. I try and send an email, especially when there is an attachment and it doesn't send or it takes a very long time. I went in today and there was nothing showing in my in box, when I know for a fact there was. I have to re-start several times. It is so slow to start up. You have the never to keep taking things away from us and…
Let me put you in touch with one of our Technical Support Agents to investigate this. Please call at 1-888-265-3733.Our experts are available 24/7 by phone.
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It seems that forever now, the "email-us" link STILL never is operating
It seems that STILL, forever, the "email-us" link NEVER works, is operational... ALSO, on the software drop-down, "check for updates" still never works...ALSO, the " computer protection plan, which is supposed to have a $750 per year free maintenance, repair, replace benefit(s), is NO longer free...They nowadays CHARGE a $75 fee to replace, repair computers, monitors and such... Just another rip off, and unfair greedy deal... Doctor Dave Bengard.
Let me put you in touch with one of our Technical Support agents to investigate this. Please call our AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733. Our experts are available 24/7 by phone.
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Write mail area is the wrong size! Doesn't match "open" box size!
The new "write mail" area fir ab email composed is the wrong size! After composing a professional letter in the new area allowed, the person who opens the email finds large gaps between words in the email's sentences, because the box they open mail in doesn't match the size of the box it was written in! This causes the mail to auto-adjust leaving large gaps between words. This wastes my time trying to figure out how to size an email that won't have gaps and look unprofessional when it is opened. This did not happen with the old program.…
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using aol gold on a desktop computer windows 11. When I open aol gold and then go to read mail ..I get a half screen display of my inbox. I
update aol gold to automatically display full sized screen when opening read mail or the news. Have to hit expand screen each time I view emails or news window
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I don't like AOL Gold making my hard drive run 100% of the time I'm using AOL. Please stop that!
I have 3 different computers, and on all of them whenever I'm using AOL Gold my hard drive runs 100% of the time. The hard drives running 100% of the time when using AOL Gold needs to stop!!!
I would like to have an expert technician investigate this. Please give us a call at 1-888-265-3733.
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PROBLEMS SENDING MAIL
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.......HAVING PROBLEMS SENDING MAIL,CODE5016 !!!!!!!!!! TRY AGAIN IN 5 MINUTES & IN 5 MINUTES YOU STILL DON'T SEND THE MAIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AOL GOLD IS THE MOST WORTHLESS "AOL" WE EVER HAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU & YAHOO CAN GO TO **** !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If the issue still persists please give us a call at 1-800-827-6364 and one of our technician will assist.
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Issue happening for several weeks
Receiving error messages when trying to send emails from Desktop Gold.
I’d like to have one of our Technical Support agents investigate this. Please call our AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733. Our experts are available 24/7 by phone.
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