AIM 6.5 & Windows Vista
The other night I decided to install the new AIM 6.5 on my Vista PC, since I haven't used AIM since I dunno...2005? My Trillian started crashing so it seemed a good excuse to install it and check out any new features.
Big mistake.
I was very careful during the install reading every step's instructions and disabling any unwanted crap that came along with it. After I finished installing it, I noticed a big red X on my Network activity monitor in the task bar. My internet was working fine, however. I double clicked on the icon and everything I normally see in my network config was gone, and instead displayed the words "Access denied" or something similar.
Around this time is when I realized my Winamp refused to play any sound file. It would load the file, display tags and what not, would allow me to seek to the middle of the song, but just would not play. Of course, the settings were all fine.
Seems like anyone who's installed AIM on Vista has had the same networking problem. There were over 14 pages on the Microsoft support forum, and by page 7 it seemed that the only solution was to reinstall windows or do a system restore. I could have kept reading the thread, but after page 11, I decided to give the System Restore a try. I have never used System Restore, even on XP and always have been a big skeptic about it. I started it up. I guessed that the last restore point would be from when I first installed Windows, since I have never configured System Restore. However, there was a restore point from the night before.
So that's what all the sound is coming from my computer when I'm trying to go to sleep!
I asked Windows to restore from that point, waited a couple minutes, waited for my computer to restart, and it was done already. I was pretty amazed by this point, especially because my network and Winamp were now working fine.
So word of advice: Don't install AIM on Vista; Stick to Trillian, Pidgin, or Meebo.
Big mistake.
I was very careful during the install reading every step's instructions and disabling any unwanted crap that came along with it. After I finished installing it, I noticed a big red X on my Network activity monitor in the task bar. My internet was working fine, however. I double clicked on the icon and everything I normally see in my network config was gone, and instead displayed the words "Access denied" or something similar.
Around this time is when I realized my Winamp refused to play any sound file. It would load the file, display tags and what not, would allow me to seek to the middle of the song, but just would not play. Of course, the settings were all fine.
Seems like anyone who's installed AIM on Vista has had the same networking problem. There were over 14 pages on the Microsoft support forum, and by page 7 it seemed that the only solution was to reinstall windows or do a system restore. I could have kept reading the thread, but after page 11, I decided to give the System Restore a try. I have never used System Restore, even on XP and always have been a big skeptic about it. I started it up. I guessed that the last restore point would be from when I first installed Windows, since I have never configured System Restore. However, there was a restore point from the night before.
So that's what all the sound is coming from my computer when I'm trying to go to sleep!
I asked Windows to restore from that point, waited a couple minutes, waited for my computer to restart, and it was done already. I was pretty amazed by this point, especially because my network and Winamp were now working fine.
So word of advice: Don't install AIM on Vista; Stick to Trillian, Pidgin, or Meebo.
Labels: AIM 6.5, Winamp, Windows Vista
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