ICQ Help

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-09-29 07:17pm

I am currently restricted to using ICQ on my old 300 MHz laptop which only has Windows 98. To my good luck a local coffee shop has such an old version of wireless running that even a windows 98 machine can use it (this is something half the local computer shops thought impossible). Anyway I recently try and log on with ICQ Lite and to my displeasure find that it required an update to run and the update requires something better then windows 98.

Any ideas how to get around this people?

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-09-29 08:46pm

Well I solved the problem by installing Trillian, but it runs slow as shit on this laptop.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-09-29 09:06pm

You should see if any critical component of your laptop is unsupported by Linux, and if you don't find anything major, install it an mICQ. I guarantee you that it'll run at a decent speed.

Also, I think that Gaim supports ICQ, and there's a Windows version of it. Not sure how well it'd run on your laptop, though.

EDIT: It appears that mICQ has a Windows version, so you wont need to install Linux after all.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-30 12:22am

Drooling Iguana wrote:You should see if any critical component of your laptop is unsupported by Linux, and if you don't find anything major, install it an mICQ. I guarantee you that it'll run at a decent speed.

Also, I think that Gaim supports ICQ, and there's a Windows version of it. Not sure how well it'd run on your laptop, though.

EDIT: It appears that mICQ has a Windows version, so you wont need to install Linux after all.

Uhh, be careful with tossing blanket statements like that, because a laptop that slow (and with the potentially low amount of RAM it could have) could easily be bogged down by some of the more resource intensive programs and window managers available for Linux.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-09-30 12:55am

What you seek is here. I have been using Miranda IM for years and it is multi IM platform(Eats up only 2mbs of ram) and runs on any Windows OS(95 and up). Infact I carry Miranda around on my flash drive so I can IM from anywhere without installing.(aslong as the computer has USB.)

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-09-30 01:41am

Uraniun235 wrote:
Drooling Iguana wrote:You should see if any critical component of your laptop is unsupported by Linux, and if you don't find anything major, install it an mICQ. I guarantee you that it'll run at a decent speed.

Also, I think that Gaim supports ICQ, and there's a Windows version of it. Not sure how well it'd run on your laptop, though.

EDIT: It appears that mICQ has a Windows version, so you wont need to install Linux after all.
Uhh, be careful with tossing blanket statements like that, because a laptop that slow (and with the potentially low amount of RAM it could have) could easily be bogged down by some of the more resource intensive programs and window managers available for Linux.

mICQ is hardly a resource-instensive program, and can be run without a window manager, nay, a GUI of any type.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2005-10-01 02:00pm

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-10-01 03:01pm

Just installed Miranda, but I am having a big problem here. Miranda can't handle spaces in the names. My AIM name uses a space. It removes the space and now I can't log into AIM with Miranda.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2005-10-01 03:42pm

Alyeska wrote:Just installed Miranda, but I am having a big problem here. Miranda can't handle spaces in the names. My AIM name uses a space. It removes the space and now I can't log into AIM with Miranda.

Just remove the space from your AIM name, your account should remain the same.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-10-01 04:06pm

And how do I change my AIM name eh?

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2005-10-01 04:37pm

Apparently the most recent Miranda client doesn't include the most recent updates. Updated the AIM dll in Miranda and it works now.