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I picked up a free copy of AOL from Office Depot, one of those free for 90 day things. I installed it about two weeks ago, but uninstalled it after half an hour because I did not like it. According to every website and all my friends, you cannot remove AOL completely from your computer unless you reformat, and my dad has the Windows XP disk, so I do not want to tell him about my idiocy with AOL.
Two friends told me that if I did a System Restore, AOL would be gone. I've found System Restore on my computer, but I can't figure out how to work it.
Any tips or past experiences would be excellent.
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first things first, do not system restore, it will only make things worse. second off, you need to call in and make sure your account is canceled because simply uninstalling it is not enough. thirdly, while uninstaling might not get rid of ALL traces of aol, does that really matter? uninstalling gets rid of most of it, then what you can do is go to control panel > add remove programs > and get rid of everything else that has an aol icon. that will get rid of like 99% of aol. is your harddrive really so packed that that little bit will be a problem? all of the problems of aol only come from using it.
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I've never had a problem removing AOL from any computer. Just remove it and stop being a pussy.
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System restore isn't going to completely remove any program from your computer. You should first try using the Add/Remove program option in your control panel.
To work it System Restore:
Choose "Restore my computer to an earlier time" and click next.
Then choose a date prior to the day you installed AOL. and click next. and so on. The program basically does the work for you. All you need to worry about is picking a date prior to two weeks ago.
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shit i have had my computer for a year and a half and still cant uninstall aol 100% of my computer. i have tryed everything. my next step is gettin help from a professional. system restore only works if you installed something small and want to go back in time to a date that you didnt have it on. aol will not go away wit that.
*~Stephanie~*
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AOL is a huge program so it takes a lot of time to uninstall it. i think System Restore might be a little too much, because you don't want to mess up anything else. try going to a computer place & they can probably uninstall it for you.
-hope that helped!♥
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hey from past experience i could nto uninstall it. i got professional help. cait ♥
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