Problems with IM+ locking up at login

[k2snowboards88]

I recently tried im+ and every time i try to log into AIM with it. The AIM icon turns green. A scroll bar apears at the right of the screen and shrinks as if there is a lenghening list being formed. Then the wizard locks up and hangs for a few minutes. Then the scroll bar looks as if the list is shrinking very quickly and IM+ just disconnects completely for a minute before starting to connect on its own again. In fact it did it so many times that i was banned from aim for an hour. Has anyone else had this problem. And do you have a way to stop it?

thanks

[iansmith]

I have not been able to get AIM to work reliably with any of the Pocket PC apps I have tried, and also end up getting banned when it fails to fully connect over and over.

What HAS worked well for me, is to log in with my Google Talk account and import AIM contacts into it. I am doing this with IM+ and it works well, except for a crash now and then I think might be IM+.

You can get instructions on how to import contacts from other services into Google Talk here: http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/google-talk-news/33739-connect-google-talk-aim-msn-yahoo.html

[k2snowboards88]

I'll have to look into the google talk thing.


Whats weird is that im+ seems to not like either of my screenames. I've let a few of my friends log into aim and they dont have any problems at all. Its just my screenames that cause problems. I dont get it.

[k2snowboards88]

Well i got it working. And all i did was install and uninstall it 5 times and it finally works. That same aproach has worked for other programs as well. funny how that works. funny and annoying...