NEED help plz with connection issues!!!

[jaime]

I recently got cable internet, and now when i play some online games my computer is freezing. It happns when the game is completed, and then my computer and the game completly freeze.

Im not too knowledgeble about computers but, when the cable internet was installed the software didnt work with my computer(my operating system is xp) and a guy from the internet company had to set up a conection with me over the phone, but some programs keep thinking i still have my previous ip(aol) and dont recognize i have the new connection. ANY HELP PLZ??????????????

COMP STATS: brand new gateway 2.26ghz 40gig hardrive, 256ram

[zipulrich]

...but some programs keep thinking i still have my previous ip(aol) and dont recognize i have the new connection.

What makes you think that, and which programs in particular?

[jaime]

Frist of all thank u for replying, one of the porgrams that doesnt recognize my connections is msn messenger, if someone gives me a hyperlink to a website and i click on it, it will try to connect to aol, but say the program dosent extist. I have never dial a conection checked in the dial up settings.

so more things u might want to know, i use a proxy server, and i have a external modem connected to a ethernet card to get my conncetion.

[gstone4911]

Hi jaime

"Getting rid of (uninstalling) AOL through the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel may still leave some of AOL's settings in your Registry".(Komando.com)

This applies to Win98 and Me but it might shed some light on your problem.
http://www.komando.com/tips_show.asp?showID=2730