(IN)Active Update and MORE!

Yeah.  Gonna kill AOL 

Please, behold my transcript with a rather trapped and fine young chap from AOL help regarding the "Active Update" pop-up that has plagued my laptop for months now:

How May I help You?

Exit Chat

	System	AOLTechVIM has joined this session!
	System	Connected with AOLTechVIM
	System	Hello, H0LLYK911. Welcome to Live Technical Support. My name is Vic.
	AOLTechVIM	Pleased to meet you online.
	H0LLYK911	Hi Vic !
	AOLTechVIM	Please go ahead and let me know how I can help you today. I am here to help and will do everything I can to assist you.
	H0LLYK911	I'm having a problem with a reocurring pop up from AOL about an " Active Update" - I do not wish to install this nor to be "Reminded Later" about it. It is causing me to have to constantly flip down and "x" out of it.
	H0LLYK911	How can I get it to go away?
	H0LLYK911	Permanently!
	AOLTechVIM	I appreciate the opportunity to handle this for you.
	AOLTechVIM	Please allow me to explain this further on why is this happening.
	H0LLYK911	I think I know why it is happening - I'd really just like it to stop! :)
	AOLTechVIM	Every now and then, there are some changes being made to serve our members better. The AOL Software Update mechanism eliminates the need for you to manually download software updates.
	AOLTechVIM	Instead, software updates are downloaded in the background with no impact to your online experience. This update is legitimate. Please click the INSTALL NOW button to get the update.
	H0LLYK911	I really don't want to install it. isn't there some way to get rid of something I don't wish to download even if it is Legit and comes from Aol?
	AOLTechVIM	I apologize but in order to stop these updates is to Install them. There is no way we can disable these updates since it is coming from our AOL Servers.
	AOLTechVIM	Rest assured that, these updates only affect the functionality of AOL, and not your computer or operating system. The primary reason for Active Update is that as new features are added, it is important that all of our Members are using equal and consistent client versions.
	AOLTechVIM	AOL designs these service updates to run automatically to make it as easy as possible for you to get the best online experience available. The updates run at the end of your session so that they do not affect your time online in any way.
	H0LLYK911	Well, now. That's hardly fair to the customers, is it? i still pay for my AOL and would like to be given options not forced into downloading things I'm not comfortable with! I understand WHY there is a download but not why I have to do it.
	H0LLYK911	Is there a way to issue a fomal complaint so that AOL customers like me won't have to be boxed in by pop ups in the future?
	AOLTechVIM	I understand you have a valid concern. I am sure I would feel the same way if I were in your situation. Rest assured, I will be submitting your feedback to the appropriate department so they can look deeper into this.
	AOLTechVIM	Please continue with your feedback.
	H0LLYK911	Can you please ask them to contact me via email, too? I would really like to get some feedback!
	H0LLYK911	Thanks for trying to help - I'd really hate to resort to deleting my AOL accnt since I've been a member for so long!
	AOLTechVIM	You will not receive a confirmation e-mail regarding this issue. However, I assure you the report will be forwarded to the appropriate technical team to best handle the situation.
	AOLTechVIM	Please allow updates to complete. This will not damage your computer in any way, but instead would keep you in enjoying the best and most up-to-date service that AOL has to offer.
	H0LLYK911	At this point - I'm thinking that downloading it would be more troouble than it's worth. As you understand my concern and the fact that my computer is still mine - being forced into downloads I don't want is just - wrong. On many levels.
	H0LLYK911	So, please forward on my disgruntledness and please feel free to type in all CAPS from me! :)
	AOLTechVIM	I totally understand your situation.
	AOLTechVIM	You may also want to send a feedback to my supervisor at the screen name PantigD@AOL.com
	H0LLYK911	I definitely will. I know you've helped me as much as you can in light of this rather unfortunate situation. Thanks and have a good day/eve!
	AOLTechVIM	It has been my pleasure assisting you.
	AOLTechVIM	:-)
	AOLTechVIM	Have a GREAT holiday!
	H0LLYK911	YOu too! :)
	AOLTechVIM	Thank you for visiting AOL® Live Help. If you need assistance in the future, just visit the Live Help area at AOL® Keyword: LIVE HELP or on the Internet, go to http://contactus.aol.com/.

 

And this is what it looks like:

 

Oh yeah - it is so ON!   Pregnant girl v. AOL.   My money's on meeeee!

 

And, a passing story just for the heck of it.   Last night around midnight I emerge from the shower like a chubby drowned rat and fumbled, Velma-like, for my glasses.  Harry, in a fit of activity, threw open the doors to the bathroom and rushed me like a NFL linebacker.   I hopped out of the way while still rummaging around trying to find my glasses, a towel and maybe my dignity.   Harry, looking very proud of himself picked up the large bottle of Drano and, without looking at my horror-stricken face, he poured the foul-smelling and highly toxic goo down the drain.  

"Harry!  I've yet to brush my teeth! Why didn't you wait?!  Sh*t! Now our baby will be born without a head!"   I began to fill dizzy but found my glasses.  

"Well!  I did it!  You asked me to pour the stuff down the drain and I did it!" He looked affronted. 

"I did.  Last week, dude!  I asked you to do it last week and - WHY do you think I (cough, cough) asked YOU to do it?"

He stared at my guiltily, bottle of toxic sludge in his hand.

"Because I'm pregnant!  Geez!"

"Princess," he said.  Okay, fine, he didn't  call me "princess" - he called me something more appropriate.  Something less loving - like something that rhymes with "witch."

"And don't you forget it!"

Which lead to our half-serious, almost-constant fight about how he does everything I ask - 75% of the way done.  

"I do not! I took out the trash for you!"

"And did you put a new bag in?"

"Uh - I emptied the dishwasher!"

"Oh - did you reload it?  And close the cabinets back?"

"Princess."

:)

 

I'M LEAVING FOR NEW YORK ON THURSDAY TO SEE WICKED, SPAMALOT AND YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN!    ANY FOODIE SUGGESTIONS ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!   h0llyk911@aol.com .

 

 

 

 

 

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