my dad blocked my AIM ... I don't know how, but he said it was very difficult and whatevers ... so he said that if I could find out how to block it, he would unblock mine ..

So if you have any free time on yer hands, kan yu help me find out how you would block AIM? thanks

wait, the program AIM or your screen name?

I think it's AIM the program itself.

the ports that AIM use have been blocked. my dad blocked me from AIM once but i just changed the port and i was able to go back on.

Or you can just keep bothering him about it.

Ummm .. maybe he erased it in the conrol panel.

try installing it. or maybe he blocked it with a security program do you have one

heh he installed 1 program connected to it, i had dead aim my dad uninstalled the program but left on log manager thats all i know

That's probably the problem right there. There's programs for nosey parents that do stuff like that.

im so lucky my parents no nothing about computers

Same here. I taught myself way before they knew what they were doing and now I'm the family computer person. Which has it's downfalls as well...I'm the one everyone in the family calls about stupid things like installing a program or something.

^ So effing true.

It can be annoying sometimes.

I don't know how he did that. Maybe you should search for it yourself, using the search thing on your computer. First you should check if he uninstalled it or not, by checking the ADD or REMOVE programs in the control panel. If it's not there, just re-install AIM. If it is, search for it.

Grab a dictionary and start with the first word, you will eventually unlock the password. Maybe.

Search the Add/Remove programs list...see if something looks suspicious in there. Look for words like "Parent" "Spy" IM" "AOL" "AIM" MSN" et cetera. There are programs like that that don't come in the Add/Remove programs list. Sometimes the only way to access the program is by pressing the right random keys on your keyboard to open the program. Many instant message spying clients use this...

Something you may want to do is do a google search for "instant message spying" or "aim spying" not to spy on someone, but when you search for that, you come up with a lot of programs for parents to see what their kids do on the computer, aim, et cetera.

Hope I was of some help...if not, sorry.

use aim express for now

hoq do i use aim express?

I think it has something to do with the ports ... or whatevers ... I don't think he used a program .. i dunno, because i checked his .. programs and nothing had to do with AIM or anything liek that ..
i wish i could use AIM Express but whenever i log on .. i dont think its working because no one gets my messages .. so AIM express doesnt work

So .. how do you get access to the ports .. or whatevr?

www.aim.com and go to left sidebar where it says Get In Touch and there should be a link to AIM Express. You basically use AIM without installing it on your computer.

i know now but i cant log in it doesnt load fully..

do you have a firewall or a router?

do you have a firewall or a router?

yes

what's the name of the firewall? what kind of router do you have?

I dunno the name of the firewall .. i didnt even know firewalls had names .. the name of the router is D-LInk

Ughh I have no idea how to .. get access to the PORTS or whatever .. I think the port number for AIM is 5190? I looked it up .. anyways ..


How do you change the port numbers?! ..
this is confusing ..

Unlock(undeny) the port in 192.168.0.1(d-link).

The username and pass word are usually this:
. Username: admin
. Password: no password

Once you log in, try to find a page call Firewall.
Then find an ActionName called "aim (192.168.0.101:10289)" or aim something.
Click on the white paper with a pen(edit button) and check Allow instead of Deny.
Click Apply.

Now try if your AIM works.

Oh, you are trying to block you AIM.
Well then, do the opposite thing.

192.168.1.1

you got it the other way around

no username, password is admin

192.168.0.1

no. it's no password, username admin.

hmm, you might be right. i'm on a linksys router.

Wait, Long, how do I ... go to the .. ports ... o.O?