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  1. adg

    It seems that often when aol comes up with a "new" plan/idea like two years ago when you rearranged MY favorites, they were forever messed up and I was unable to use them as I had previously. This time you altered MY emails and I needed tech support to be able to use the mail. PLEASE STOP tinkering with my personal computer items. It is unwanted and upsetting

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  2. Dont like AOL Gold.....

    i have 3 computers that has AOL 9.8.2 and now i get a message that i cant login into the 9.8.2 anymore and that you are discontinuing that software. i have 1 computer using AOL Gold and have never liked it. i have been a customer for about 16 years and never missed a payment over those years and now you just discontinue me from 9.8.2. i will probably quit AOL since i cant use what i want and what i have paid for all these years!!

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  3. Change it back

    Not a suggestion just a complaint. I have been a member of AOL for a long time. Luck of the draw that makes me a senior. I don't claim to be a geek or even average at computers. The "new" AOL , to me , is a mess. Now I don't expect my opinion to affect anything, but frustration prompted me to write this. I will try to find a way around your new format, and we'll see if I stay a member. Hello Steve Case!!

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  4. Let me be able to keep up on what I am trying to read without blanking me out with adds

    Stop all the adds that block the articles we are trying to concentrate on reading

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  5. How about showing a little love for your fee paying customers? 30 minutes on hold! All mail going into spam. No way to stop it and no AOL

    All mail goes into spam folder. Talked to your folks and they agreed after taking over my computer that any mail sent to me going to spam. They told me they were in contact with the high tect people and would be back in contact with me. Stay off the phone for the call... HA 4 days ago...I am a 25 years fee paying customer of AOL.. May not make 26!!!!

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    We’re sorry to hear about your experience. It’s certainly our expectation and desire that you receive the highest quality service when working with customer support. We’re sad to hear that it sounds like you did not.
    Rest assured that we’ve captured your complaint and will make sure your experience is shared with others in an effort to prevent this in the future.

  6. AOL owned by Verizon forces me to stop using AOL, a member since the 80's. I used AOL to provide safe browsing, now everything I write, incl

    Go back to providing a safe browser that does not intrude upon my privacy. Verizon now wants me to pay for a service that looks at everything, including my emails, all to sell info to others. I don't want a Big Brother, I don't want everything looked at, and I sure won't pay extra for it. And the final insult? Making it impossible to quit AOL. Luckily, an easy fix, had my bank stop authorization. Try it, you will prefer it to having some AOL person demanding to know why you want to quit, then refusing to drop my account.…

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  7. ***********

    There is nothing new about stupid. It has been around since the beginning of time. However, AOL has brought it to a new level because you are not only stupid, you try to pretend you are smart by using lies. YOU ****** and you hate America. We get it....

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  8. End aol software manually

    A way to end the aol software manually is to use the windows task manager by either pressing ctrl, shift and esc or going to the start button and typing taskmgr.

    When the task manager appears, on the applications tab, you can end the aol software by clicking on end task or go to the processes tab, click on the aoldesktop.exe, right click, and left click on end process, and click on yes to confirm.

    Two reasons for doing this.
    1) If the software just isn't playing nice with you and freezes
    or
    2) If the software takes over 3…

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  9. AOL ERROR 118 TIMEOUT. I Cant Log in to either of my computers, HELP

    AOL ERROR 118 TIMEOUT. I Cant Log in to either of my computers, HELP

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    Responded  ·  Product Support responded

    Please power cycle (reboot) your modem/router, by following these steps:
    *Switch off and unplug the power from your modem/router.
    *Leave both unplugged for 30 seconds.
    *Plug the power back into the modem/router and verify that you are again connected to the Internet.

    If the problem persists, please contact your Internet Service Provider, to make sure the AOL domains, including the AOL Desktop software, are not being blocked on your network.

  10. Aol Gold diapered on all of our computers

    We have AOL gold or should I say we had AOL gold it is no longer on our computers 4 of them. AOL has no trouble with taking out my payment for something I have to go onto Google just to get into my account and I can not get in to cancel my account. If I am going to have to use Google to check my mail I may as well have a free account.

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  11. email issues

    When I try and move an email to another folder, or tag it as spam, my email page will reset and scroll all the way to top of page. This is a new issue and used to not do this. I want to go back to how it used to be,

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  12. Why can't I get mail settings on some computers, but not on others?

    Why can't I get mail settings on some computers, but not on others?

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  13. IS AOL Gold not fully functional?

    IS AOL Gold not fully functional? I am unable to save my email folders and messages to my computer hard drive. When I click on save to my PC I get a pop up to "save folder as" but nothing appears in which to name the file folder. I have contacted AOL tech assistance via phone but no practical resolution has been available. This important function needs to be updated as soon as possible.

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  14. WTF

    I go into help and get sent to a screen where i HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR IT!??? I have been trying to get the holidays removed from my calendar, I mean seriously HUEY LONG DAY??? Could do it before you guys IMPROVED it. Can't do it any more. Why do i pay you people? What do you do for me? This feedback screen is a perfect example. You don't read these things you ain't gonna answer me.

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  15. TRASH IT!!!! FOR LAST 3-4 MONTHS I HAVE CALLED AND COMPLAINED ABOUT FAILED SERVICEIN DESTOP GOLD....I AM STILL GETTING SAME PROBLEMS OVER PA

    FAILED DEST TOP GOLD AND THE AOL TECH ACKNOWLEDGES MY PROBLEMS WITH "SORRY SIR WE ARE FIXING PROBLEM,,! ONE TECH ADDED THE OLD AOL DESK TOP ICON TO MY DESK TOP SO I NOT USE DESKTOP GOLD. TODAY I CALL IN WITH SIMILAR REPORT OF LOST EMAILS WHICH I HAVE DRAFTED AND TRYING TO SEND. YESTERDAY'S jAN.25 INVESTMENT PROPOSAL WAS SUDDENLY LOST FROM MY PC AND NOT ABLE TO FIND ON BOMGARD....THIS SAME PROPLEM OCCURES 2 TIME IN DEC AND JAN BUT AOL REFUSES TO FIX....MY AOL LOST STOLEN MAIL IS AN CRITICAL IMPORTANT EMAIL TO M.OFARRELL OF AOL....ANY…

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    Responded  ·  Miha responded

    Sorry to hear about the continuous issues. We want to put you in touch with our Gold dedicated technical support so they can troubleshoot these issues further. Kindly give us a call at 1-888-265-3733, one of our specialists are available for you as we speak.

  16. Favorites Don't want to hear what we want to say about that subject!!

    Everytime I try to post something about the Favorites you remove it and say it is merged with another post.You don't want to hear about the failure of the Favorites!! Again you don't want to hear what we want to say only you what want to post on here on not!!

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  17. It is horrible. We hate it.

    We need to be able to send mail without trying three or four times each time.

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  18. Start covering Venezuala and how Socialism is working for them.

    You need to start covering the real news. How about Venezuela and how socialism is working for their nation. Maybe you can prevent this from happening to America.by doing real reporting. AOL is more like a national tabloid of Hollywood rather than a real news organization.
    Oh and try supporting the President.

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  19. I would like to use AOL chats on my devices, but you don't allow it!

    I would like to use AOL chats on my devices, but as of now, you allow neither Linux computers, nor Android tablets to do so. You don't presently allow it, but that's really up to you, isn't it? Would you please accommodate it?

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  20. why is local news for area code 33322 the miami herald you can only read the start of the story then if you want more you have to pay them

    get rid of the miami herald for local news for south florida each time you try to read a story when you click on continue for the news story all you get if 15.99 to read it . i am already paying for aol service and always got local news without an extra charge please fix

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