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When you initially sign up for an account with America Online, you are required to choose a unique screen name. This screen name will be permanently linked to your AOL account, and when chatting...

When you sign up for a new AOL or AIM account, you are given a screen name and an associated icon picture. This picture is often referred to as a buddy icon, and you can customize it with any...

When you create a new screen name for chatting with friends and family on AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger, you are given an opportunity to create a more detailed profile of yourself and...

You can have up to seven AOL screen names. You can use your different screen names for various projects. Make the name consistent with the project you're working so you can know which screen name...

You don't have to subscribe to AOL in order to use their instant messaging service called AIM. An AIM account allows you to exchange messages online with friends and colleagues. You can open up a...

The first reaction to instant messaging in the workplace was to ban it. Now, however, companies are rethinking their policies as studies show that business productivity is actually helped instead...

You can have five screen names on AOL 4.0. Each screen name acts as a separate account, but access is controlled by the "master" account. By giving a child a screen name, for example, the child...