Ichat av, i ve never got it to work because....
i have a .mac account and i would like to start to use ichat, so i put all my .mac details in no probs, but every time i go to connect it come up with a pop up that says -
AOL Instant Messenger Login
iChat was unable to login to the AOL Instant Messenger service because your screen name or password was incorrect.
And it asks for a login ID and password
If i put in my .mac detail the same box keeps coming up.
Do i have to have an AIM account as well as a .mac one to be able to us ichat AV? I dont want to have an AIM one as no-one i know uses it.
Any help will be most appriciated.
Phil
MacBook Pro 2.16 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
MacBook Pro 2.16 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Hi
I don't think you need both, but I can't be sure. I do know that there is a length limit on one account that differs from the other (one account allows 20 characters whilst the other allows 12 or 16, I think). Have you got any symbols (& etc) in your username or password? It could be that AOL doesn't like them.
I have seen a thread similar to this somewhere, I will see if I can find it.
Steve
Edit: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3996452�
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