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hey everybody. I have a big problem. I figured out a really good screen name that I want and I went to aim.com to registar it..but it won’t and I can’t re-registar it…so I figure I should delte the accoun then start from scratch..I also have numerous aim accounts that I never use anymore…SO HOW DO I DELETE THEM…please help!:confused::eek:
New AIM policy says if an account is inactive for 90 days then it will be deleted automatically. If you don’t need the names, I would just let them expire. I’m not sure what you mean about registering the new sn. Do you have it already? and if not, what does it say when you try to register it? someone else might have wanted the same really good screenname and gotten to it before you.
well how long has the new aim polciy been in effect?…I ask because I have old my I checked my old account stoday to see if they were still working and they were…the oldest hadn’t been used in 4 years! So either the policy is new or it doesn’t work. which is it?
*typo* I meant “I ask because I have checked my old accounts today to see if they were still working…”
“I’m not sure what you mean about registering the new sn. Do you have it already? and if not, what does it say when you try to register it? someone else might have wanted the same really good screenname and gotten to it before you.”
To reply to that: Okay what happened was I went to get the new screen name, and a message came up that said something about it not being registared correctly…so about 1 min later I go to registar it again and it says it is taken….so I figured that I could use it…I try to sign it it and aim said the password wasn’t valid. ….btw nobody would have taken the name….it’s too original.
The new terms of service have been in affect since Feb. 5. Since you signed on to the names, you will have to wait another 90 days. There is no way to delete a screenname. You can only remove it from your computer (just select it and hit delete). Your best chance to have a screenname deactivated is to contact AOL, but they probably won’t help. From what you have said it doesn’t sound to me like you have registered the new screenname. Somebody probably has it or it isn’t registered at all, nothing is “too original” for AIM. Have you tried the “forgot password” feature? I seriously doubt that there would be a way to delete a screenname that you can’t even sign on to or that AIM would be willing to help.
ya I did try the “forgot password” thing didn’t work…Thanks for your help anyway…I think I’ll send a report to them and see what happens.
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