Try using Trillian..
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
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Mike Hall - MVP
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"waweech" <waweech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:57E41D37-050C-4B20-A1F3-0B25DE440CFE@microsoft.com...
> Everything you describe above sounds like problems other people have had
> after installing AIM 6.5. I have had these same problems myself. Some
> people
> report that uninstalling AIM 6.5 solved the problem. (Unfortunately, this
> did
> not solve all of the problems I am having.) Some other people report that
> using system restore to go back to before when AIM 6.5 was installed
> solved
> the problem. Unfortunately, this did not work for me either.
>
> One problem I am still having (after uninstalling AIM) is that I cannot
> log
> on to my PC with a standard user account. The screen simply goes black and
> never recovers. I can log on fine with an administrator account, though.
> Does
> anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!
>
> "tj" wrote:
>
>> Mine was caused by AIM.... I am pretty sure. It also caused issues with
>> my
>> Wireless Network Icon in the tray for which I googled a fix for.
>>
>> Has to do with some issue of 'Access Denial'
>> atleast thats what it was with the Network Icon Tray.
>>
>> Grrr...AIM.