AIM login problem on Macbook Pro

hi all,
i can't logon to aim with iChat (or Adium).
it doesn't seem to come from my network since i can logon to AIM on WinXP (using Trillian).
also, i tried to connect using my .mac account, and it seems that .mac is using the aim network?? (login.oscar.aol.com server)
this is really weird.
any hints?

Hi vvlinnzz,
How is your moemd set up to handle two computers ?
Are you using UPnP or Port Triggering that will allow multiple computers to use the same ports ?
Port Forwarding will generally point incoming data to one IP address only.
AS AIM and iChat both log on to AIM on port 5190 you may have problems with Port Forwarding.
In addition go to iChat > Preferences > Accounts
Select the account you are trying to Log on with
Go to the Account Info tab.
Whilst it is logged out of AIM select the third Check box (Allow Multiple Logins)
This will allow both computers or two different apps on the Mac to log in to AIM with the same Screen name.
If the account names are different and the @mac password is over 16 cahracters you will have problems.
Make the @mac password shorter (AIM only allows 16 .mac allows more)
11:39 PM Thursday; March 30, 2006

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(MacBook Pro 15” late 2008, OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 installed, no pending updates) computer is running very slow - takes 2-3 minutes to open apps such as Pages, even when no other apps are open. Randomly freezes and becomes unresponsive, requiring forced power down. Randomly logs off. Removed Kodak AIO software via Clean My Mac2, but BonjourAgent still there and requesting access. Cleaned weekly with Clean My Mac2 and running Sophos AntiVirus. 2GB memory installed. Currently 169.99 GB available of 249.2 GB capacity.
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novaria wrote:
Didn't know my magnets were strong enough to corrupt hard disks.
Yes, it's a method used to destroy data on a hard drive as it's recorded using magnetic fields, either "on" or "off" to represent the 1's and 0's that make up the basic building blocks of your data.
But, the magnet does not explain why the hard disk reported an error when being erased with zero-over option.
When the driver software has a problem reading the data on the drive, it assumes it's a bad sector, then maps it off and uses a spare. You likely ran out of spares.
I just tried zero-over erasing the second, good hard disk that replaced the original, but again, it fails. Is this a common problem with the zero erase option?
No.
or is it something to do with my hard disks, or some sort of damaged hardware in my computer?
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