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Rannoch said:
I agree with Rannoch. Cmdr was full of win right there. Of course AOL wouldn't support MSN/Hotmail. They are rival companies supplying over-priced internet applications when you can get Internet Exlporer, Netscape (is that even around anymore?), Firefox, or even Netzero (have a price fairly cheap tho). You could always use yahoo e-mail and check remember password on AIM so you don't have to deal with the tards from AOL.
LOL. All it takes is a simple system that emails your user name or password to whatever email (this does "NOT" require supporting hotmail in anyway. However it is supporting the people who use your program.) Funny thing is even if I had an AOL account they still said they had "NO" system set up to send you your user name or password because your user name is the same as your email and if it was different they still couldn't email it to you. So yes you and AOL are still retards.
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Blancho said:
Don't forget it then retard.:crazy:
I don't expect you to read all this, looking at the OP you'll get to my second sentence then you'll just start saying random shit in capslock. But hey I'll try.
Yes it's kinda dumb that AOL doesn't allow you to retrieve this. But when you're a public company dealing with millions of users who you can't (and rightfully shouldn't) trust, your systems are going down the drain if you start offering out usernames and passwords to any faceless Joe who asks. This isn't a company-employee relationship where they can trust you, this is a company-anonymous relationship where they can't tell if you're a serial killer or a Harvard graduate.
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You're gonna run into a lot more troubles with getting assistance if you keep spazzing like that. You were yelling at these folks in less than 6 minutes of starting your support session, because you're the genius that forgot his username. I haven't used ICQ in 9 years, and I still remember my number. It's not even a word, its a 7-digit number. It's not hard to remember stuff like this if you use some sense.
If you lose your car keys, are you gonna go bitch at at the manufacturer because they can't find them for you? No, you're gonna replace them. Like you should with usernames. It takes a handful of minutes to create a new account, and a handful more to add your old buddies back.
If you were a little more collected in your discussion, rather than raving like a 12-year old foaming-at-the-mouth puberty victim, you may have been able to get somewhere. Treat support staff with respect and they'll be a lot more open to help you. Ask nicely, tell them you can provide any details that may help (name, city, secret question, etc). They can often (not always) query their user databases if you provide the right info.
But if you start crying like a baby who can't have the candy bar he sees in the window, they're gonna do anything they can to end your session A.S.A.P. - and that usually means a lot of "sorry, I can't help you" responses.
No, it's supporting Hotmail users which they won't do. Do you work for AOL? Do you know their procedures and policies? Didn't think so. I don't either, but I work for a company that has many IT policies that seem pointless to the end user. yet when you look at these same policies and procedures from IT's perspective, it makes a whole shitload of sense in terms of network security and prevention of identity theft.Blancho said:
What crevice of your ass did you pull this from? Let me guess, you made it up because you couldn't read:Blancho said:
Your AOL e-mail would be [email protected] or whatever the hell your screen name is. Seems pretty simple to me. Had you created an AOL account strictly for use with AIM, your answer would be right in front of you.
Yes it's kinda dumb that AOL doesn't allow you to retrieve this. But when you're a public company dealing with millions of users who you can't (and rightfully shouldn't) trust, your systems are going down the drain if you start offering out usernames and passwords to any faceless Joe who asks. This isn't a company-employee relationship where they can trust you, this is a company-anonymous relationship where they can't tell if you're a serial killer or a Harvard graduate.
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You're gonna run into a lot more troubles with getting assistance if you keep spazzing like that. You were yelling at these folks in less than 6 minutes of starting your support session, because you're the genius that forgot his username. I haven't used ICQ in 9 years, and I still remember my number. It's not even a word, its a 7-digit number. It's not hard to remember stuff like this if you use some sense.
If you lose your car keys, are you gonna go bitch at at the manufacturer because they can't find them for you? No, you're gonna replace them. Like you should with usernames. It takes a handful of minutes to create a new account, and a handful more to add your old buddies back.
If you were a little more collected in your discussion, rather than raving like a 12-year old foaming-at-the-mouth puberty victim, you may have been able to get somewhere. Treat support staff with respect and they'll be a lot more open to help you. Ask nicely, tell them you can provide any details that may help (name, city, secret question, etc). They can often (not always) query their user databases if you provide the right info.
But if you start crying like a baby who can't have the candy bar he sees in the window, they're gonna do anything they can to end your session A.S.A.P. - and that usually means a lot of "sorry, I can't help you" responses.
Sorry I gotta add one more thing.
I cannot stand users like you. You think that, just because "everything today is on computers!" that they are some invincible omniscient being that will do anything and everything itself.
Wake up. They do what they're programmed to do, and nothing more. If they're not programmed to do something, it's probably for a damn good reason and there's very little a technician or service rep can do to change that.
I cannot stand users like you. You think that, just because "everything today is on computers!" that they are some invincible omniscient being that will do anything and everything itself.
Wake up. They do what they're programmed to do, and nothing more. If they're not programmed to do something, it's probably for a damn good reason and there's very little a technician or service rep can do to change that.
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You can actually search for buddies based on the email they provide AOL with to make their SN with the AIM 6.0 Contact Importer thing. I just used it myself.
In order for you to find your own screen name, add yourself (that email you used to sin up for AIM) to your contacts. You'll have to add yourself to a Hotmail, Yahoo!, MS Outlook, or Outlook Express contact list, since these are the only ones the Importer will read from.
Open AIM 6.0, go to
Edit >> Import Contacts... >> Follow the onscreen prompts.
You can find pretty much anyone that way if you know their email address. Hope that helped! ^^
In order for you to find your own screen name, add yourself (that email you used to sin up for AIM) to your contacts. You'll have to add yourself to a Hotmail, Yahoo!, MS Outlook, or Outlook Express contact list, since these are the only ones the Importer will read from.
Open AIM 6.0, go to
Edit >> Import Contacts... >> Follow the onscreen prompts.
You can find pretty much anyone that way if you know their email address. Hope that helped! ^^
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Arianelle said:
I'll call win on this. I had a user on Skype today who lost her username...
She couldn't log in, so she asked me to help find the SN for her. I looked her up on the skype directory, and BAM, found her based on her name + location.
Easy fix, and you too can do this yourself!! Create your new "junk" AIM name, and find yourself. Then have your fun pissing on AOL with the husk of a username you just created.
(interesting note: I've had the same AOL name since late 1995; good times, good times).