aol overriding firefox

maggie624 · 06-03-2009, 09:47 AM

My pc is running xp and has aol and LAN connection. I want to do away with aol and just use firefox to get online. My LAN is connected, but when I try to go through firefox, I just get a blank page which won't allow navigation.

**simpswr** · 06-03-2009, 09:57 AM

and welcome to the Forum

You can uninstall AOL in Add/Remove Programs . . then run the "set up an internet connection" wizard to get online

maggie624 · 06-03-2009, 10:03 AM

I tried that, but to no avail. The LAN is connected, but I can't seem to get firefox to work.

**simpswr** · 06-03-2009, 11:16 AM

Does IE work?

maggie624 · 06-03-2009, 11:50 AM

no, IE doesn't respond either. The system is telling me that the LAN is connected. When I called Frontier, they said that the problem is that aol is overriding the firefox system.

maggie624 · 06-03-2009, 11:58 AM

Hey Rich,
Thanks for your help. I have to go out for awhile and I'll check back in later.
Maggie

**simpswr** · 06-03-2009, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maggie624

no, IE doesn't respond either. The system is telling me that the LAN is connected. When I called Frontier, they said that the problem is that aol is overriding the firefox system.

Let's try this:

Click on Start . . Run . . type CMD

At the > prompt type type the following command: IPCONFIG /ALL

Note that there is a space before the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the / in the following command.

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter. Come back here and Paste the results in a message.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

06-03-2009, 09:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
maggie624 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp 39734915	aol overriding firefox My pc is running xp and has aol and LAN connection. I want to do away with aol and just use firefox to get online. My LAN is connected, but when I try to go through firefox, I just get a blank page which won't allow navigation.

06-03-2009, 09:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,120 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: aol overriding firefox and welcome to the Forum You can uninstall AOL in Add/Remove Programs . . then run the "set up an internet connection" wizard to get online __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

06-03-2009, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
maggie624 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp 39734915	Re: aol overriding firefox I tried that, but to no avail. The LAN is connected, but I can't seem to get firefox to work.

06-03-2009, 11:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,120 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: aol overriding firefox Does IE work? __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

06-03-2009, 11:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
maggie624 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp 39734915	Re: aol overriding firefox no, IE doesn't respond either. The system is telling me that the LAN is connected. When I called Frontier, they said that the problem is that aol is overriding the firefox system.

06-03-2009, 11:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
maggie624 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: xp 39734915	Re: aol overriding firefox Hey Rich, Thanks for your help. I have to go out for awhile and I'll check back in later. Maggie