I still use my AIM name that was tied to an AOL account.... Are you sure you can't use it? Did you just forget the password? If the only email account associated with it was the actual AOL one, you might be screwed if you did.
Give it a shot, you might very well still be able to use it.
Well, the screen name was created for AOL only.... and I left AOL at a time when thousands and thousands of people were leaving AOL for other ISP's. I think I even remember a message that I might lose the screen name all-together if I delete my AOL account. It was pretty cut and dried. Sucks, too!
And....I thought that maybe time would allow it to come back, but I was wrong. Every six months or so, I try to create a new AIM account with coolukman, but it says the name is in use. However, no one on AOL has the name. It's just "in use" from when I used it years ago. LAME! I was hoping AOL would reset their screen names like the phone company does with numbers.... guess not, huh?
Do you remember your password for when you used to sign on to AOL? :) That might just do the trick if you do... No need to re-create it, really just re-claim it. Mine to was created with the account at the time. Dunno. Just a thought.
OMG!!!! It totally worked...and my entire friend list is there, too!!!! HOLY SHIT!!! Some of these names I haven't seen in years. I'm like....wow. I don't know what to say. haha.
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Give it a shot, you might very well still be able to use it.
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And....I thought that maybe time would allow it to come back, but I was wrong. Every six months or so, I try to create a new AIM account with coolukman, but it says the name is in use. However, no one on AOL has the name. It's just "in use" from when I used it years ago. LAME! I was hoping AOL would reset their screen names like the phone company does with numbers.... guess not, huh?
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