I concur with Hello_There 100% If you're an AOL subscriber the way to go is sign on minimise the AOL Homepage then click on the IE icon on the desk top to continue

Have you got AOL 9? If so , make a link on the carousel for Internet Explorer and/or change the Homepage link? Mind you the default Homepage on IE is MSN Change that to Google? and you can get almost anywhere(do the same on the AOL settings)
I only look at the AOL Homepage to check email then I'm out of there for almost all of the surf session
I have been with AOL for several years(and several versions) don't like some of the features. but reliability is good .Unlike my first 2 ISPs which bounced me off after 10 minutes surfing and charged more than a cheap broadband ISP would charge now, for the Privilege of being "connected"

Have posted a thread on this site ,somewhere deep about a year ago about these companies

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