AOL randomly launching

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dogcowdogcow
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
My friend has a powerbook with AOL to connect to the internet. At random times the AOL application will jsut launch and attempt to sign on. This will happen in hte middle of playing games, using iTunes, or even just sitting there doing nothing. I couldn't fine anything in AOL that would cause the problem. I've never really used AOL so I don't know where to start looking for solutions. Any ideas?

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    take a look in the network pref pane... make sure there is no "connect to internet automatically when needed" box checked or something...



    oh, and convince them to get rid of aol!
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  • Reply 2 of 6
    dogcowdogcow Posts: 713member
    I'll check that. As for getting rid of AOL i told him that, but he has to convince his parents which is hard. It dosn't matter since it's only when he's home from school anyway.
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  • Reply 3 of 6
    dogcowdogcow Posts: 713member
    Also there is no option in osx network or internet prefs for "connect to the internet when needed"
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  • Reply 4 of 6
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    hmmm... well its there somewhere... of course it could be on an app-by-app basis... \
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  • Reply 5 of 6
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    system prefs-->network



    from the dropdown menu besides 'show: '



    'PPP' tab



    PPP options button



    uncheck 'connect automatically when needed'







    there is also an option in iTunes but i dont know if that will still cause it once u've done what i said
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  • Reply 6 of 6
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    did it work?
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