how do i et more than 200 buddies on aim

[SnowSurfer]

topic^

[Hiro]

are you serious? good lord.

[DoPeY5007]

I only have 99 :shrug:

[NuTs62]

hehe.. you can't set over 200 names on ur buddy list.. at least not until they up the limit. The way i've gone around this is just make another SN.. and run two buddy lists off your computer. Search on google or something for a program called AIM+ . It will let you remove the ads and tweak your AIM to put what you want on it. There is also a cloning thing which will let you run two instances of AIM on your system. 400 SN's!!! woot!

[NuTs62]

Originally posted by NuTs62
hehe.. you can't set over 200 names on ur buddy list.. at least not until they up the limit. The way i've gone around this is just make another SN.. and run two buddy lists off your computer. Search on google or something for a program called AIM+ . It will let you remove the ads and tweak your AIM to put what you want on it. There is also a cloning thing which will let you run two instances of AIM on your system. 400 SN's!!! woot!

woops.. forgot to say.. you can actually run more than just two if u like.. just keep on cloning :)

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by NuTs62


woops.. forgot to say.. you can actually run more than just two if u like.. just keep on cloning :) I have had 4 names on this PC using that program.... works great

[Tommy Boomfiger]

AIM+ (http://www.big-o-software.com/software/)

[Tommy Boomfiger]

Originally posted by NuTs62
hehe.. you can't set over 200 names on ur buddy list.. at least not until they up the limit. The way i've gone around this is just make another SN.. and run two buddy lists off your computer. Search on google or something for a program called AIM+ . It will let you remove the ads and tweak your AIM to put what you want on it. There is also a cloning thing which will let you run two instances of AIM on your system. 400 SN's!!! woot! nuts, this program is cool. never heard about it before, thanks. i used to use trillian, then aim if i wanted to use a second screen name.

[Freelance Superhero]

Originally posted by Corsec
are you serious? good lord.
:stupid: that's freaking insane... either yall are some popular people, or you have WAAAY too many friends you've never met..... or both...

[NuTs62]

Originally posted by Freelance Superhero

:stupid: that's freaking insane... either yall are some popular people, or you have WAAAY too many friends you've never met..... or both...

Don't know about the popular part. Most I've had online on one buddy list was around 48? Of course given that some have 2 AIM SN's running that is on my list, and some of the people from one list is the same on the other. :shrug:

I enjoy having two list because: One SN, anyone w/ my SN can IM me. The other one, I only allow people on my list, keep away the weirdos :P Works great :)

[Laudanum]

How bout tinkering with
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\America Online\AOL Instant Messenger (TM)\CurrentVersion\Buddy\MaxBuddies

On a similar note -
I have AOL IMer icon within IE. How do I change that shortcut to access the AIM+ executable instead of AOL's AIM file?

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[coleslaw]

Originally posted by Tommy Boomfiger
nuts, this program is cool. never heard about it before, thanks. i used to use trillian, then aim if i wanted to use a second screen name. You are able to run multiple instances of Trillian as well... :)

[Heihachi]

Tried the regedit thingy.. and it says c8 as the value... any suggestions on what I should put to up it?

[Laudanum]

It shows a number for me (Win2K Pro)

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[coleslaw]

Originally posted by Heihachi
Tried the regedit thingy.. and it says c8 as the value... any suggestions on what I should put to up it? C8 is the hex value for 200. If you want to set it to 300, try using 12C. Worth a shot!

[NuTs62]

Originally posted by coleslaw
C8 is the hex value for 200. If you want to set it to 300, try using 12C. Worth a shot!

if it works for anyone, post it here! :) i dont like messing with my registry too much :P

[SnowSurfer]

ive done it before and after a restart it changes right back to 200...wierd

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by SnowSurfer
ive done it before and after a restart it changes right back to 200...wierd It's most likely due to the AIM server-side size restriction than anything on your end. If AOL has the server set to only allow for a certain number of buddies, even if you were able to add more locally, the server would not store them.

[SnowSurfer]

yes that does seem to be the case very wierd i wonder why aol does not us to have more than 200 buddies...

[NuTs62]

Originally posted by SnowSurfer
yes that does seem to be the case very wierd i wonder why aol does not us to have more than 200 buddies...

i'm guessing tha though 200 buddies for a single person may not take up too much space, since everything is stored on their servers, multiply by the millions of users, it takes up a bit of space. It may take up too much of their bandwith..? I dunno..

[SnowSurfer]

i think aol has a conspiracy against us so that we dont talk to more than 200 people at a given time...those bastards....and aim is acting stupid again today. i dont know why but it wont refresh and it takes like 15 minutes to show someone new signed on. what a idiot thing