How To Add More Than 200 Buddies To Your Buddylist

I was playing around on my computer to try and find my brothers password for his sn, and I found out how to increase the maximum number of buddies you can have on your buddylist. Follow these steps EXACTLY and you should be fine, because it involves going into the registry, and I really shouldnt have been playing around in there.

1. Select start
2. Select Run… and double click to open it
3. In the box, type in “regedit” (without quotes) and hit OK
4. Now the Registry is at your disposal. You’ll see five folders. Click on the plus sign next to the folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER
5. Some more folders will show up. Click on the plus sign next to Software
6. Now a lot of folders will show up. These are all of the programs in the Registry. Click on the plus sign next to America Online
7. Two more folders will show up. Click on the plus sign next to AOL Instant Messenger
8. One more folder will show up called CurrentVersion. Click on the plus sign next to it
9. Twelve more folders will show up. Click ON the folder called Buddy
10. On the right side of the screen you should see two files (default and maxbuddies). Double click on maxbuddies.
11. A window should come up with the title on top: Edit DWORD Value. The right side of the window should have a section called Base. Make sure DECIMAL is selected. It should look like this:

12. Change the value in the box (200) to any number you want. The Hexadecimal value will automatically change along with it.
13. Hit OK
14. Close out of the Registry Editor.
15. Your done.