   very weird AIM problem-need help
  Ok, i use aim for a lot of my project contacts and use it quite a bit. but recently after a mobo death (dfi lanparty ut nf4-d) i replaced it with a (dfi infinity nf4 sli).... and that seems to be where all of the trouble started. i installed the new mobo, uninstalled all previous mobo drivers, installed new ones from site. i did this even though they should be the exact same drivers but i did it just incase. so then i hook my system completely up and i can surf the web, download, upload, play online games...etc but now AIM says "failed to logon" each time i try to logon my sn. so i thought it may be an account issue and e-mailed aol support.... as you would expect they just led me around in circles... However today i went to a friends house and was able to signon my name!!!so it is something that has to do with my computer setup that is causing me to not be able to signon. i have all firewalls turned off, the internet hooked directly up to my pc, yet nothing....so my question is, what could possibly be causing this?   
  Have you tried removing the app, then re-installing it?   ;  yes, 3 times now.   ;  Don't the nForce4 boards include a hardware firewall?  I suppose there's a chance that when you uninstalled/reinstalled the mainboard drivers, your previous firewall settings were replaced with something much more strict.   ;  yah it sounds like a firewall issue. aim uses a diffent port then the standard port 80. the port that aim is trying to use might be closed on the firewall. try either dissabling your firewall temporary or open up the port that aim uses.you could even try going under the aim settings and moving aim to a different port.   ;  well i would access aim to change its options... except aim only lets you do this if you're signed on.and i have now made sure there is no firewall turned on, uninstalled and reinstalled aim again, inserted a pci network card and hooked my internet through that, double checked all network settings.... and yet aim still "failed to logon"... any more help? if worse comes to worse i can just use one of my spare 5 computers i have in my room and undo my multimonitor setup and hookup that computer to the other monitor just for aim use... but thats a little inconvenient. thanks for the help so far, i just hope i get this odd problem solved soon.   ;  Have you tried an alternate AIM client such as GAIM or Miranda?   ;  I just tried GAIM, and i attempted to logon and it says "disconnected user name or password incorrect". so i then try different ports just incase, same result. keep in mind that my sn and password do work since i can signon at my friends house.i think i may just do a windows repair and see how thinsg go, i just recently ran into another odd problem. i have downloaded 3-4 shareware recorder apps so i can record sounds playing from my computer, and guess what? no matter which program i use, if i hti record my computer instantly restarts.... i have uninstalled and reinstalled my audio divers through the device manager, made sure the correct devices are selected for recording....etc and it still does the same thing...   ;  i'd suggest testing a clean windows install. if you have a spare hard drive then you have nothing to lose other than a little time. windows doesn't always handle hardware changes properly.   ;  If you're using AIM Triton (especially a beta), sometimes it just refuses to do that.  I did a fresh Windows install on a friend's computer, and AIM Triton wouldn't sign on for a few days, and then it *just worked.*  Automagically.   