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rabidsheeep · 03-18-2007, 11:12 AM

Trying to fix a friends computer. She has time warner internet (Roadrunner) and AOL as her ISP.

On her laptop, she has AOL 9.0 installed, and the internet is recognized by the computer. On the PC I am fixing, it is newly reformatted with no AOL. Just plugging the ethernet cord from the router to the PC is not getting anything recognized.

I'm guessing you need the AOL software to accept the internet? Some way of AOL restricting it?

The problem is, AOL's installer is a downloader. I can get the file on a cd, and bring it to the PC, but theres no way for it to download the other files.

I'm thinking of finding a free AOL download disk and installing that, just to get connected. But uhh, any other advice would be appreciated.

ps. This would be here router/modem:

http://www.arrisi.com/product_catalo...dex.asp?id=348

03-18-2007, 11:12 AM	#1
rabidsheeep Member (7 bit) Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 93	Issue with internet, AOL provider. Trying to fix a friends computer. She has time warner internet (Roadrunner) and AOL as her ISP. On her laptop, she has AOL 9.0 installed, and the internet is recognized by the computer. On the PC I am fixing, it is newly reformatted with no AOL. Just plugging the ethernet cord from the router to the PC is not getting anything recognized. I'm guessing you need the AOL software to accept the internet? Some way of AOL restricting it? The problem is, AOL's installer is a downloader. I can get the file on a cd, and bring it to the PC, but theres no way for it to download the other files. I'm thinking of finding a free AOL download disk and installing that, just to get connected. But uhh, any other advice would be appreciated. ps. This would be here router/modem: http://www.arrisi.com/product_catalo...dex.asp?id=348 Last edited by rabidsheeep; 03-18-2007 at 11:24 AM.