AIM
AOL Instant Messenger
Chatting and sharing with your friends is more fun then ever: send text messages, share photos and URLs, make a PC-to-PC voice call, create an online personality and more!
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New User?
Let us help you get started, adding buddies, creating an online personality and sending your first IM!
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The Future of IM
AIM® lets you broadcast your status, change the color of your Buddy List® window, play games and more. Learn more here.
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Express Yourself
Select a buddy icon, change your smiley, create a custom buddy sound so your friends know immediately it's you Iming!
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Learn How To
Link your AIM Screen Names
- Step 1: Log into the latest version of AIM.
- Step 2: Select Edit then Settings.
- Step 3: Select the Buddy List tab.
- Step 4: Click on the URL "Manage Linked Screen Names" within this tab
Create a custom buddy icon
- Step 1: Log into the latest version of AIM.
- Step 2: Select Edit then Settings.
- Step 3: Select the Expressions tab.
- Step 4: Under "My Expressions" select Browse.
- Step 5: Select a picture on your PC.
- Step 6: Select Ok. Select Save.
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