IChat and AOL/AIM Login Information

When I log into iChat it brings up the bonjour list. Then when I change the option to my email address it prompts me to log into an AOL Instant Messenger account. When I type in my Apple ID and password it says my login ID or password is incorrect. I don't have an AOL account or login so I'm not sure what I should be putting in there. I have used my iChat before with no problem. Even though it has been over a year since I've last used it, it never asked for this type of information before.

Hi,
iChat was originally an AIM client (Joined the AIM service)
You could use an AIM name or at that time an Apple @mac.com name.
Later MobileMe issued @Me.com names
These stopped on the 30th June 2012.
iCloud issued @Me.com have somewhat replaces MobileMe but you have to register.
This may mean you have an iCloud issued Apple ID which you are using in iChat 5 or earlier - And it will not work.
It may be that you have set up a new password with more than 16 characters (AIM Server Limit)
10:31 PM Thursday; September 27, 2012
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IChat to AOL/AIM image quality question.

This is a question about the image quality during a video chat from AOL/AIM and Trillian Pro on PCs to iChat on Macs. The details of the computers, connections and cameras are:
I'm running 10.4.8 on a MacBook Pro (2.33GHz CPU, 2GB RAM) with iChat AV 3 with a DSL connection that averages 1.24 Mbps DL and 271 Kbps UL and an external iSight camera.
My mother is running 10.3.9 on an iBook (1.33 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM) with iChat AV 2.1 with a DSL connection that averages 155 Kbps DL and 146 Kpbs UL and an external iSight camera.
My sister is running Windows (not sure which version) on a Dell Dimension DIM4600 (2.60GHz CPU, 512MB RAM) with Trillian Pro with a DSL connection that averages 1.29 Mbps DL and 446 Kbps UL and a Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000 with QuickCam 8.3.0.
When I video chat with my mother my picture to her is good and her picture to me is good.
When I video chat with my sister my picture to her is good, but her picture to me is bad. The slightest movement causes the image to go break up into large squares that settles back down a decent image when the movement ends.
When my mother video chats with my sister, my mother's picture to my sister is good, but my sister's picture to my mother is bad. Again, the slightest movement causes the image to go break up into large squares that settles back down a decent image when the movement ends.
Also I have a friend (some kind of PC, some kind of Logitech webcam) using AOL/AIM 5.9 (I think) with cable modem connection (I don't know the speed). When I video chat with him my picture to him is good, but his picture to me is bad. Again, the slightest movement causes the image to go break up into large squares that settles back down a decent image when the movement ends.
Does anyone know if:
(1) this kind of behavior "par for the course" with PCs over the AOL/AIM network?
or if
(2) there is some "switch" in Trillian Pro and AOL/AIM 5.9 that needs to be thrown to improve the image (like the Bandwidth switch in iChat preferences)?
or
(3) is the camera or camera connection (USB vs. Firewire) that causes the problem?
Thanks.
P.S. I know the speed of my mother's DSL connection seems slow, but because our video chat images both ways are good I don't think that's the problem here.

Hi James,
I can relate to this somewhat based on AIM 5.9 to Macs.
You may be able to use the information to sort Trillian out further.
Ok first start a chat and then open the Connection Doctor from the Video menu at your end.
The Bit rate should be well over 100 for both of you.
Her Frame rate should be at least 10fps.
Now when on AIM 5.9 the framerate drops to about 1fps to the ichat end it is usually because the Pic Quality is set too high on the PC end. It then spends so long producing one frame it slows down sending the video.
To change this on the AIM app a user has to do the following.
They click on the preview tab (there are two; one for your incoming and one for their preview).
With the preview as the front tab a small icon appears to the right of the pic.
Clicking on this brings up a slider.
Sliding the slider to the left reduces the quality.
Visually you may not detect this but the effect is sort of converse in that the frames are produced faster as less detail is in them and the video frame rate goes up and therefore looks smoother.
I have not heard of Trillian needing this and consequently would not know where specifically to direct you.
I would start with the Preferences/Properties of Trillian and see if there are any setting there for output.
Look at size of the pic at their end as well as frame rates that they are aiming at.
As you say the slower 150ish connection is considered slow in many places now-a-days but is enough for 1-1 chats (min 100kbps).
The problem is likely to be a setting on the PC end.
I would also check the Trillian site for info about adjusting the frame rate or video quality. They have an extensive FAQ database.
10:51 PM Thursday; December 14, 2006

IChat and other aim messengers not connecting?

Wondering if anyone else is having this issue? iChat says the host refused connection and like Adium says I could not connect because the socket was not installed or connected....?????

Hi
Try logging on to AIM on port 443 rather than port 5190 on both ends
Go to IChat in the menu bar > Preferences > Accounts.
Log out of AIM and then use the Server Settings tab
Set the port to 443.
Log back in again.
Tony

Multiperson audio chat with Mac/iChat and XP/AIM buddies

Looking at using a G5 for video-conferencing. I should be able to set up multiperson video chats with other Mac/iChat buddies.
What happens if an XP/AIM buddy wishes to join the conference? I expect they wont see a multiperson video display like iChat but can they audio conference with everyone? Can they video conference with the host Mac (my G5)?
One day I will talk them into buying Macs!

Hi Michael,
Video chats to PCs remains a 1-1 options at this moment.
Web based option
12:19 PM Tuesday; February 21, 2006
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I don't have my Ichat and AIM configured right?

I set up an Ichat account. Created an AIM account but need help on how to have everything set because when I sign on my buddy doesn't come up and wen I get it up it isn't my AIM list. I would like Ichat to open and my buddie list to appear when I click on the Ichat Icon. I don't have the two working together properly? Can anyone help. I would like to set up the share screen option but can't even get my buddie menu to light up. Thanks.

Hi,
You say you set an "iChat Account" AND an " AIM Account"
The two should be one and the same.
You can get an AIM Screen Name (Account) via several routes.
Apple have an Agreement with AIM that @mac.com ending names are Valid AIM Screen Names as well as being Apple IDs
The same goes for MobileMe (@Me.com ending) Names.
As long as the Passwords for these Apple IDs is no more that 16 characters (An AIM Server limit) you can use them in iChat and the AIM for PC app (Or even AIM Express)
It used to be possible to have your Own Screen Name appear in your Own Buddy list
(With Multiple Logins this used to let you chat between two computers using the same Name but is no longer possible)
If you have two Screen Names they will have separate Buddy List with potentially different Buddies in each
There are ways of adding Buddies from one to another.
I am not entirely sure I have followed what you were trying to say.
If the above does not cover what you meant could you try again ?
It may pay to explain the step by step things you did in setting up both Names. (in iChat and on the Web)
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Podcasting interviews with iChat and Garageband -tips and then questions-

Okay, I did a search before I asked this and there have been a few scattered topics on it. Some answered my question(s) some didn't so hopefully I can consolidate some of the qestions here and tell about my own experience. This is long so be prepared:
Here are the Apple Articles on doing this:
ichat- (number of voice chats total, and specs to do it)
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/ichat/
garageband- (number of real tracks it can take, up to 8)
http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/features/recording.html
garageband- (how it records the chat(s) http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/features/ichatrecording.html
So... after finding this out I found myself in an Apple store and was able to get 2 20-inch iMac Core Duo 2's to do an audio chat and when I opened garageband and hit "new track" it AUTOMATICALLY popped up two tracks, one for each speaker (or chat), myself and my friend, on the other 20 inch. On my friends iMac, he hit "new podcast track" and the same thing happened for him, 2 tracks, 2 speakers (or chats, if you will) Now there was a bit of a feedback loop because we were right next to each other, but just by doing it in the store we proved to ourselves it could be done. Also we used the Bonjour sharing rather then logging-in with our AIM or .Mac accounts in iChat.
Fast forward to last night, while on iChat using my AIM account (NOT.mac) I contacted a friend about trying this. He was on a PC with AIM and a mic. I invited him 4 times and the invite never worked, it timed out or was not accepted. We both chacked out anti-virus and firewall setting (him anti-virus, me firewall) and still got nothing, but we did find a support article on it- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93208 .
Then HE sent the invite and it worked. Great, we were chatting no problem. So I open Garageband and tried to record. Only one chat track. It has both of our voices, but only one track. Tried, new track, new basic track, new podcast track, and they were all the same. They were also all chosen with the "real instrument" choice because of the input from the mic.
Now this is my set-up. For audio "in" I have a logitech USB mic going into a USB Griffin PowerWave. The PowerWave also controls my "Out" to which I have 2 crappy external speakers that I picked up free from a friend.
The reason I am using a PowerWave for "in and out" is because A- I record a lot of vinyl and analog sources into my computer and the PowerWave has the best input/output solution short of getting any M-Audio products which I'm too broke to get. And B- my Apple Pro Speakers had the prong on the jack snap off in the speaker audio out jack, leaving me with only headphones for audio out. (with the prong stuck in the speaker jack the computer will think the speakers are still plugged in and won't play via "built in audio", but anything plugged into the headphone jack will over-ride that.) The Griffin PowerWave is connected via USB and works right around all of that.
Now I do have 2 choices for "Audio in" in my sys prefs. one is the PowerWave (which I choose when recording a source like a stereo or record player) and one is the Logitech mic. I choose the logitech mic (even though it's connected to and playing THROUGH the PowerWave (the PowerWave also has USB "in") it still reads as a seperate input source. For "Out" I have built-in, and the PowerWave, I choose the PowerWave cause thats where my external speakers are connected.
So I was able to do the chat, but NOT get multiple tracks for multiple chats to work.
Here is my system configuration as well as audio configuration.
Dual 800 MGHZ G4 quicksilver.
896 Ram
Cable Modem Connection (comcast)
OS X- 10.4.8
GB- 3.0.4 (104.7)
iChat- 3.1.5 (v436)
IN-
Logitech USB Mic- connected via "USB in" to Griffin PowerWave
Griffin PowerWave- connected via USB to G4
OUT-
Griffin PowerWave- connected via USB
External Speakers- connected to "audio OUT" on Griffin PowerWave
For anyone who doesn't know what a Griffin PowerWave is here is a link:
http://www.welovemacs.com/3254pwrw.html
It's a BIG Step up from a iMic in terms of availible connectivity both in and out. It's about 3 years old and Griffin does not make them anymore. Most people now are using USB 2.0 or Firewire audio boxes to get multiple input and oputput connections for the Mac and various instruments.
So after all that, my question is, what could I be doing wrong? The Apple article(s) mention nothing about internal or external Mics. Is it my settings? Is it because it was done in AIM and iChat, not just 2 macs and iChat like the experiment in the store? I think I've done everything right, but still only ONE chat track somes up. Also I have done chats in Skype, as well as Ventrillo (while gaming) with this set up, so I know it works, I'm just trying to figure out how to get the multiple chat tracks. Please give me some advice. Thanks in advance.
Keith M

Alrighty-
I just got off the phone with Apple support. With their tech I was able to find that this DOES work with my set-up.
While I was using iChat and my AIM account, the tech and I were able to have an audio chat and have garageband record it using HIS (the tech) .mac account as well as his AIM account.
What we seemed to find out that if I want to record it, I have to be the one that initiates the chat. (which is why my friend sending the invite didn't let it work and it was recording it as one track.)
If I send the invite and the other party accepts it, I then opened Garageband, started a standard "new project" (deleated the defualt grand piano track) then chose "new track" with "real instrument" and the following message came up- "garageband is detecting and active ichat, do you want to record that chat"(paraphrased): I chose "yes" and away we went recording the chat with one track for each participant.
Not sure how many folks I can add into the chat, nor don't know if it will add new tracks on the fly. Probably not. But at least I got it working, I know it does work with AOL and .mac accounts, I guess it might have been some network issues in terms of my PC friend's anti-virus or firewall settings, or the network itself.
Anyway, keep adding to this if you want, and keep it as a resource for more people, but this does work (for now) and if ther are any more revelations about (number of participants, etc) it I'll follow up here.

Login information for RFC call

Hi there,
I would like to know if there is a way to authenticate a user via bsp and get that login information to make the RFC call to different systems.
i tried the to call an FM via RFC directly from abap and it forces me to login and it works but when i put that code to bsp. I just get a "page cannot be displayed" error.
I know i can enter an ID and password on sm59 for the connection but i need to let the user login
I am using this for a user creation tool.. instead of using su01 to create a user it will be done via bsp and would like to reflect the changes done when running the reports from SUIM
thanks in advance
Ryan

Hi Ryan,
I will assume your RFC Destination already trusted system and using current user logon (see my previous reply).
However this still prerequisite for the next step.
Now, please correct me if my understanding is wrong.
In your reply, you have at least 2 System, right?
S1 & S2.
Where S1 has BSP Application (Ex:/ FormRegistration)
And S2 is where you control the user and Function Module.
Do you put, generic user for all BSP Service in System S1?
You can create another BSP Application in System S1 (Ex:/ CallingFM)
but this time don't put default user in BSP Service.
And from BSP Application FormRegistration, you create 1 button to call the BSP Application CallingFM.
I will give you sample code:
FormRegistration: address:http://systemS1.sap.com/FormRegistration/page1.htm
HTML Part:
===========
<HTML>
<input type="button" value="Register the user" onclick="submitUser();">
<script>
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After that it will submit the data to CallingFM
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CallingFM: address-> http://systemS1.sap.com/CallingFM/page1.htm
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=================
call function 'zcreate_user' destination 'S2'
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Please note: SM59 and User Id must be set before this.
Because when you call RFC from other destination, SAP will refer to Logon setting in SM59 for that destination.
Hope this will help you.

Login information

When the Login request come from the webserver to the login server, where it will check for the login information and where the successful login and the failed login information will be stored?
When someone accesses files for download via the Portal, what logs are used to store the successful and a failed attempt that shows the object names and who is requesting them?
Thanks,
Karthik

Hi,
It seems that you have provided password as "oracle" for all default accounts i.e sys,system,dbsnmp,sysman.
Try login as below
Sqlplus sys/oracle as sysdba@<connection string>
Sqlplus system/oracle @<connection string>
..etc
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IChat saying my AOL IM login ID/password incorrect, but it isn't? Utterly confused!!

I just tried to set up an iChat account and I set up an AOL account and I got my address ([email protected]). Then when I go onto iChat, and try to change my status to online, it asks me basically to log in. Then I enter my information correctly and it comes up with a message saying "iChat can't log in to AOL Instant Messenger because your login ID or password is incorrect." (Just to clarify, I used my '[email protected]' for my Login ID and my password that I set up with it.) I know for a fact this information is indeed incorrect and I really don't know what to do.
I looked around on some other discussions and some said your password must be less than 16 characters, which mine is, but it was also form a few years back. I just got this brand new MacBook Pro(I guess it's the most up-to-date software and system things...I don't know how to find out that) a few days ago and I don't really understand all the complicated 'lingo', if you will. If I need to give any more details, please ask because I want this fixed so I can iChat with my friends. Thank you!

HI,
A Googlemail name can be used in iChat but not to link to AIM buddies or as a valid AIM name just because it is also used for an Apple ID as well.
You will have to enter it in the Accounts section of the Preferences.
The Googlemail ID need you to have Enabled the Talk option on your Goolge account Settings.
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IChat was unable to login to AOL Instant Messenger!

I've been unable to log into iChat with my @me.com username for the last week. Every time I try to set my status to Available I get this message:
AOL Instant Messenger Login
iChat was unable to login to AOL Instant Messenger because your screen name or password was incorrect.
Is this happening to anyone else? Will it ever be fixed? My Login ID and Password are the same as they've always been. Nothing's changed at my end. So why can't I get online with iChat?

You're lucky. I tried deleting my MobileMe account within iChat, and re-adding it, but I still have the same error message. I haven't been able to use iChat for coming up to a month now

Ichat was unable to login to aol instant messenger because...

Hi There
I wiped my hard drive and reinstalled Leopard and all was good. EXCEPT that now I can't log into iChat anymore!
I keep getting this message:
ichat was unable to login to aol instant messenger because your screen name or password was incorrect .
I know that both are correct because I can log into my old iBook and my iMac.
I don't have aol, I use .mac although I don't subscribe, just use it for iChat.
I've deleted the account and started again but always get the same message. I can log in fine using gmail and I used a friends aol and that works but nobody can log into ichat with a .mac screen name.
Help me please.

Ok I also can't log in via adium but if I use my wife's or my mother in-laws sign in then iChat works no problem.
I'm confused because I know my details are correct. Could it have anything to do with the initial set up of the os?

AOL/ AIM webmail and Safari??

I haven't logged into the online AOL/ AIM webmail in awhile, but it has worked just fine using Safari. Today, when I tried to login, I get a window that says "you are not logged in" and click it, and it just loads and repeats. Underneath thtat window, I see a window that says "welcome to the new AIM mail" but it and the underlying web page are greyed out so I can't use it.
I have done all the latest updates from Apple, repaired permissions, run Macjantor, deleted the saved password in Safari, emptied cache, history, and cookies.....

Hello powerbook:
FWIW, I just tried AOL web mail and logged in fine (www.aol.com).
One thing you have not tried is to trash the preference files. Do a "find" on "plist." Then trash anything that has Safari or AOL in the www.apple.xxxxx.plist (xxxxx is the area you will look at).
Restart and try it again.
Barry

Can't get AIM login to work, AOL login works fine, AIM login does not

I know this has been posted before but I cannot get this to work.
My daughters AIM login is her AOL screen name.
She can log in to AOL with her password with no problem,
SHe can log in to AIM.com with her password with no problem
But the ICHAT program cannot seem to log her in at all.
the box comes up saying that either the password or screen name is incorrect.
We tried the change to port 443 with no luck.
As a test of the system, My own AOL screen name logs in to ichat fine.
Any suggestions?

My Apologies http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121885&tstart=50
2:21 PM Saturday; November 17, 2007

Can and Can't login to AIM

I've upgraded to a 27" iMac and am having problems with iChat and AIM. When I first got the new iMac I was able to login to AIM using iChat. Now I can't -- it keeps reporting that I'm using the wrong password. BUT, I CAN still login to AIM using my old iMac and the same PW on the same Network, so I know it's not the PW [the PW works on my iPhone, too].
I'm using the same settings on each machine. I've changed the port to 443 on the new iMac [same as the old one], I've followed the advice I've seen in other posts and confirmed that the Keychain has the correct PW and I deleted com.apple.ichat.AIM.plist.
I even checked the Firewall setting to make sure that signed software can receive incoming connections.
Is there anything else I can try?

Hi,
Any AIM valid account/Screen Name which in this case includes those from Apple (MobileMe and @mac.com IDs) will report there is a second Login if in the iChat > Preferences > Accounts you have not got Allow Multiple Logins ticked.
A Multiple Login can be caused by a AIM Express Login with the same Screen Name or from a Second computer using iChat or any other AIM client.
Of course a Phone that can login to AIM messaging of any sort can also be Second Login.
It is strange that you had the message show up on the computer that was already Logged in.
The Presumption is you get the message at work for Instance if you leave your Home computer logged in or vice versa and you get the message on the computer/device you are trying to Login.
The Message from AIMSysteMessage (the Screen Name that sends you the Message) allows you to type a " 1 " as the response and will then log out the First computer/device (if you type " 2 " then the current attempt to login is ended).
Also logging on to the AIM web site and not specifically logging out may get the default Login period to kick in (two weeks) and may also be the cause of a Second Login.
Another cause may be using sites like Meebo and BeBo and other social sites that allow Linking to your Buddy Lists.
If one iChat is reporting that the @me.com name is logged in twice then it will be that Screen Name not the plain AIM one.
Other things to look at.
On the new computer that is using the MobileMe name what is the Login port that the Screen Name is using ?
iChat > Preferences > Accounts > Server Settings
What ports is the AIM Name managing to Login with on the other Computer ?
Are you setting the Screen Name to allow Multiple Logins ?
4:00 PM Tuesday; February 16, 2010
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Mac iChat to PC AOL AIM AV: PC firewall questions

I've got a PowerBook G4 with 10.3.9 and iChat 2.1 (v 153). Unfortunately most of my relatives use PCs. For the last few Christmas' and Hanukkah's my wife and I have bought our family web cams so we could AV chat.
However, only my sister has had any luck using her webcam and that was only after she had a friend come over and set it all up for her. The usual snag seems to be the firewall on the PC end (both the Windows firewall and the Norton and/or MacAfee firewalls).
Is there a set of instructions somewhere (for novice PC users) that gives instructions on what ports to open and how to do it for PCs? If so, could someone post a link here or give me a set of instructions that I can forward to my relatives?
Thanks.
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

So far I don't have any solid answers, but for anyone interested, I got this reply from my sister about what she thinks was done to her PC's firewalls:
OK - for the audio - go into the camera icon and to the camera control panel and under audio make sure the microphone is selected and is the default. That's also where to control the volume.
Firewalls - open the fire wall information - I clicked on Fire Walls at the bottom and go to exceptions and make sure the camera is checked as an exception.
Then there's this link I found amoung this Discussion board that gives some information on what to do to firewalls
* http://www.aptr36.dsl.pipex.com/page12.html
Specifically this part:
What to do with AIM on a PC to get it working
First of all find out if the PC has been upgrade with the SP2 Service Pack.
Service Pack 2 is a recent major system software update to Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional.
Updating a Windows XP computer to SP2 may cause Mac iChat AV to AIM 5.5/5.9 PC video and audio connections to fail because, by default, the firewall created by SP2 blocks UPnP communications from the Internet.
If the SP2 firewall is enabled:
1. Go to Start>Control Panel>Security Center>Manage security settings for: Windows Firewall>Exceptions tab> add or check UPnP Framework as an Exception.
1. You can go straight to the Firewall Control Panel [Start>Control Panels>Firewall]
2. Use the Add Button and Add the AIM appliction.
2. Select UPnP Framework and click the Edit... button.
3. Be sure that both the TCP 2869 and UDP 1900 ports are checked and listed as 'Any' under Scope.
4. If the Scope of each port is listed as 'Subnet,' click the Change scope... button, and select the 'Any computer (Including those on the Internet)' radio button. Do this for both ports, and then save the changes by clicking the OK buttons.
This is another link that has some information:
* http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121845
Any other help is welcome. Thanks.

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