Originally posted by: lnguyen
the problem i have w/ gaim is it gets reallllly slow sometimes. i dunno why.
deadaim is nice, but the audio from the video ads still gets thru.. i may go back to gaim (altho, for multiple login, anything not aim/modified aim screws up the buddy list ordering.. grr)
Originally posted by: masterxfob
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Originally posted by: ai42
Perhaps Trillian?
glad it worked... i added a few more site to that list so you might want to update your hosts file again.Originally posted by: giraff3
NICE! this worked for me, ads are all gone!
That voice ad was creaming me out one night
Originally posted by: CuriousGeorge
That talking AD is so freakin annoying! I did the ad removal thing at the top of the thread and it worked -- it got rid of the rectangular ad at the top of my buddy list. But I still hear that annoying sound AD every so often. Does anyone know a way to kill it?
Originally posted by: ReelC00L
Originally posted by: CuriousGeorge
That talking AD is so freakin annoying! I did the ad removal thing at the top of the thread and it worked -- it got rid of the rectangular ad at the top of my buddy list. But I still hear that annoying sound AD every so often. Does anyone know a way to kill it?
Find your hosts file (not sure if it is win NT/2k/XP thing only or not). Add a line that says 127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com. That makes aim look for the ad server that aol uses on your computer instead of aol's computers so they can't reach it. If you still had the ad box, this makes your ad just be a generic aol logo because there is no connection.
Originally posted by: Bonesdad
Originally posted by: ReelC00L
Originally posted by: CuriousGeorge
That talking AD is so freakin annoying! I did the ad removal thing at the top of the thread and it worked -- it got rid of the rectangular ad at the top of my buddy list. But I still hear that annoying sound AD every so often. Does anyone know a way to kill it?
Find your hosts file (not sure if it is win NT/2k/XP thing only or not). Add a line that says 127.0.0.1 ads.web.aol.com. That makes aim look for the ad server that aol uses on your computer instead of aol's computers so they can't reach it. If you still had the ad box, this makes your ad just be a generic aol logo because there is no connection.
Does any of this work with Win98SE? There is no Hosts file in the above directory...what is the Win98 equivalent (if any?)
Originally posted by: TekDemon
the ads in aim haven't been that annoying to me...I've never encountered any video ads so far myself in aim.
However, if you care, there's an ad-free and very sleek and powerful version of aim express if you just go to aol.com and hit aol instant messenger on the main page...
I think I accidentally found it once, and it locked on the machine I was using it on(was a school machine and it might have been just an issue with that machine) but looked awesome, and then the next time I only found the older aim express which stinks and I got all confused.
But now I realize there's two versions...one which is basically the embedded instant messenging system inside of AOL 9.0(or at least looks aesthetically the same), and one which is the old school cruddy one =P
The more powerful one can do pretty much anything the IM system in AOL 9.0 can other than the superbuddy icons and similar stuff...it pretty much replaces AIM if you want to!
At any rate you should give it a shot anyway...it looks very cool