How To Link Screen Names on Aim 6.5
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 3:00 pm. 120 comments
Posted in AIM Problems, AOL, Life Tutorials.
I’m not sure why this is the most frequently asked question. You can sign on 2 or more screen names by doing these simple steps. This method works in Aim 6.x series only. Aim 5.9 has different steps. Mac Aim 4.7 users will not be able to link screen names. Please read the last paragraph on which program you should get.
How to Link Your Screen Names in Aim 6.8
- Click Edit
- Click Settings
- Click Buddy List
- Click Manage Linked Screen Names
OR
- Head over to Aim Settings
- Click on Linked Screen Names
Link screennames in Aim 5.9
- Click My Aim
- Click Manage Linked Screen Names
Some of you may experience an error message saying your screen could not be linked. If this happens change the password for the screen name having the problem and try again. If you forgot the answer to your Security Question, you won’t be able to change the password. Also note, there doesn’t seem a way to link screen names on Mac version of Aim. Instead Mac users should try Adium to sign into multiple screen names at one time.
hey i tried this on my aim but there wasnt manage linked screen names on there
what do i do?
Which Version of AIM are you using?
thanks so much… i just couldnt figure it out
Thanks!! I really needed to know how to unlink them! Thanx
I have AIM 6.0 and I have two screen names I want to link but the link for “Manage Linked Screen names” doesn’t work. Is there a website that you can link screen names one because I really need it.Please help me!!
man tarigirlx33 if you read the whole post U would have saw the link. Re read the whole post again.
i tried to do the link screename thing but it doesn’t work to link the screen name. how do u sign on with both. Please help me!!
HELP!!!!!
What error message do you get Samantha?
xoshortie82
yeah i tried to link mine too but its not working and i tried like 4 times!! please come up with a different way!
i need help this sucks
When you ask be a bit more descriptive, do you get an error message, what exactly happens? If i don’t know these things its harder for me to come up with answers.
yeah ever since i downloaded the new internet explorer none of the links in AIM settings will pop up like it used to… like its supposed to! Help me out hopefully please buddies
Maybe Reinstall Aim 6.1 and try again.
yeah dude, i have 6.0 and it says “manage linked screenames” but my link doesnt work.
can you post the site to link them or something?!
The link is within the post please re-read the whole post.
i have a mac version 4.7 and cant figure out how to link my two screen names. please help me! :]
and i know you said there doesnt sem to be a way but there has to so figure it out, please? :] thanks
Have you Tried Adiumx.com, I think it uses multiple accounts, it may not be linking sns but its close enough.
umm. can you do this for macs? because i cant find “my aim” for 5.9
Aim 5.9 is not on Macs, You can use iChat instead. Please reread post on what it says for Macs.
In the link screen names management, after adding a screen name, closing the window, and closing AIM, the linked screen name doesn’t actually stay. Like, if I go back to the website it doesn’t show as linked.
You can also Link Screen names from AIM/AOL webmail. Can you try from there? If your password was incorrect it will also “pretend” to show that you linked but you actually didn’t.
Hmm… I think Firefox remembered all my stuff, so it automatically logged me in. If I try to log in again though, any password I’ve used within the past four years is wrong, which is weird. So if I click the I forgot my password thing, it takes me to billing information form, which is silly because I just use a free AIM account…
hi
hi i have aim 6.0 and i tried linked screenames but it wont work what should i do?
What error message do you receive, please be more descriptive, what steps did you take, was your password correct?
hey thx u pplz rok
Unless something different is happening for other people, what seems to be the problem with me is after I add a screenname to link, it shows up as a linked sn, however after I sign off and on again, it’s not linked. And if I reopen the the linking page again, there wont be any linked screennames anymore. Dunno what’s the problem, tried it a couple times though.
I had the same problem, spykez. If you are using Firefox or a browser of the like, try it in Internet Explorer. That worked for me.
Huh, thanks. Now I feel all… dee dee dee =]
I seriously wish there was a way for Mac…my friend had it work for her Mac but idfk how she did it and she wont tell me…>:O
There’s always “Friends” who know how to do stuff but won’t tell you. I’ll believe it when I see it. Unfortunately there is no way. You can try Adium still at adiumx.com
yeah i went to edit blah blah w.e wellyeah its not there it was on aim triton though ?
I mean if you have Aim Triton you should go upgrade it now. I can’t offer support to it because its too old and nobody uses it.
If you have 6.0 or 6.1, just press F7, and press Buddy list, and press manage linked screen name. Or go to https://linking.aimtoday.aol.com
omg Big Help
Omg, thank you so much. A Simple, easy to-the-point way to figure out how to link screenames. You saved my life…or my having to type all the screenames I know over again. Pwns to you
hi hows it going if ur single get at me 973 ??? ????
thnx so much ti was so much help
Thanks, been looking for a way for about an hour!
usefull!!!!!!
thanx..i was trying to figure out how to unlink mine for ages till i found this
THANKS SOOOOOOOO MUCHH!!!
omg, thankz like a muchload,
! im not even kidding
it took me like a whole
week to figure it out.
&& i didnt even figure it out,
i had to get help from here,
well watever
thankz!
the manage link sn doesnt work. what should i do?
thank you so much
omg thank u i was gettin soo mad cuz i couldnt find it
it doesnt work!?!?!?! what do i do now! HELP!!!
OMG! i got a new screen name becasue my other one was suspended and i need the neames on my old buddy list so i can put them on ly new one! i tries linking them and it didnt work becasue my old screen neame was flippen suspended…. please HELP!!!!!!!!!! i really need it!
OMG! i got a new screen name becasue my other one was suspended and i need the names on my old buddy list so i can put them on my new one! i tried linking them and it didnt work becasue my old screen name was flippen suspended…. please HELP!!!!!!!!!! i really need it!
ddude! if your using 6.0 the linked sreen name doesntshow uplike it did on theolder verions! on your new screen name, add the other screen name that you wanted to link to the buddy list. see how it signs on! now message that linked screen name! the message gets sent to you. people really need to figure things out for themseves more
there is no manage Link screenames help!
Uprade to the latest version of AIM at aim.com, once you do you will see manage linked screen names
umm i linked the screennames and i still cant log onto both of them at the same time now wat
Whats your Aim Version?
Aim 6.1 and IE 7.0 on XP Pro, s/n linking worked as it should following the steps provided. Add name and restart/sign on to Aim again, name is linked.
Note that the second, or more, s/n is loacated in a “tab” directly above your current buddy list
when i try to click manage linked sn nothing happens????
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!
this helped alot
i couldnt figure it out…aha
guys, what do u do when ur trying to create another screen name and it says “Screen name Error”?
I use AIM 6.5 and I am trying to link an aim account I use for AIM WIMZI to my own account, that way i can track them both easily - but when try, it links until I sign onto AIM again - then it somehow isn’t linked any more. I can link my older account to the new WIMZI one just fine - but is it possible to link the new one to the old?
im really confused. I have aim 6.1 and when i clicked manage linked screen names my aol opened and opened the page to link the screen names. it tells me they are linked, and then to restart aim and they will both be shown. I restart aim and its still the one screen name. So i open up manage again and it says that nothing is linked. HELPPP!
Hellllp.
My screen names won’t stay linked.
I’ve linked them and when I sign on it signs both of them on but after 10 minutes it signs the linked screen name off.
I wasn’t always doing this.
can you help me??
how do i link sn’s for aim 4.7
someone please help i have no clue hah
anyone? please help mee
HELP i really really really need to know
what ever have a nice break everyone
ya, thanks. Now I feel all
ok when i do the linky think and i type in my pass and hit save it shows that its linked then i hit exit on the internet thet hit save on my settings then i sign out but when i sign back in its not linked and when i go back to manage linked sn’s my sn isnt there =[ tell me what to do plzzz.
hey how do u link a screen name on version 4.7 for macs?
I want to make a new screen name and then link it to my old screen name. help me!
okay, i’ve linked both my screen names successfully. but how do i connect my buddy list from my old one to my new one? i have aim 6 right now and i don’t have the “manage linked screen names” tab. so i’m not sure how to deal with my buddy list. thanks !
how do you UNLINK screen names
cuz like its annoying. PLZ HELP THANKS!!! IF U CAN, EMAIL ME BCUZ IM NOY SURE IF IMA REMEMBER TO CHECK BACK ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY ANSWERS!!!! THANKS MUCH!!!
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LOL IT WORKED
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hey my name is kyle u can talk to me on aim here is my screen name kylewrest4 so put that on your screen name and talk to u see u later!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hay sexy what r u doing
i linked 2 of my screenames and when i logged on to aim, the other 2 screenmes didnt show upand it says that they are not signed on. how do i get it to have the other 2 screenames signed on??? help =[
It says on Aim.com that i linked the screenames but my friends tell me im never on.
It says on Aim.com that I linked both of my screenames but my friends tell me im never on one of them.
yeah i have aim6 n when i go to link another screen name i click on the link but nothing happens…is there another way to do it or what?
i tried this with the new aim and it doesnt let my second aim show up..
help??
im soooooo confused help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : (
thank u i looked for like an hour thanks
Whenever I try to link my screen names it says, ” An error has occured, please try again later.”
I tried soo many times today..and it hasnt worked at all..
What do I do?!?
talie figgure it out
talia figgure it out
ok so, i have 6.5 and i clicked on the whole
“manage linked screen name” and when i do that all that comes up is the My Documents folder. I’m confused?
Try https://linking.aimtoday.aol.com/ Marissa
omg, this is making me soooo mad, like i do the steps followed, and when i click managed linked screen names, it tells me some bs that i have to sign in, and then i do, but then i go to my mail to fix my new s/n that i want linked, and like it tells me please retyp[e your pw, so i do and it says invalid entry for your pw, so any ideas? please please help me. lol. im so confused, because its never done this before.
I linked my screen names together, but I can’t seem to figure out how to get my buddy list to transfer to my new screen name. Could you help me out by sending an e mail to the one provided? Thanks a bunch.
Brent:
http://bumped.org/tek/2007/03/28/how-to-save-your-buddy-list-on-aim-6/
yeah i have aim 6.5 and i went to edit setting and buddy list but there is only a away message thingy help m3!
i still dont get how to link the screenames for AIM 6.5 i did the steps but then what do you do?
Oh, my god! Thanks soo much! Usually my friends would help me with this but they’re all soo lazy! So thanks so much! It helped me a lot. Just needs some adjusting to. lol.
i tried this and i signed off and then signed backon and nothing changed…please help!
ty for the help
heyy. i dont know what version of AIM i have because it jsut says AIM6 on my computer. i opened the settings and went to buddy list but it doesn’t have a manage linked screen name button. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!
i have mac what do i do
HUH?
hey i tried this on my aim but there wasnt manage linked screen names on there
what do i do?
I updated this post for those who can’t find manage linked screen names
is there a way to link screennames on meebo?
No.
hi i’ve done all of that for the 6.5 aim users;; but my tells me that somethings wrong;; but nothing’s wrong;; i’m soo confused…do i have 2 make a new screen name;; then tell them what 2 screen names i want linked?? please helppp mee!!!!??
loveeee;;
kaity!!..♥♥♥
You have to have two seperate screen names in order to link them.
im using aim 6.8 wat do i do????
aim 6.8 is the same thing theres nothing different about it
“is there a way to link screennames on meebo?”
You can sign on more than one screen names on meebo. In your buddy list click “sign on” and just sign on to your other screen name….
umm… where is the linked screenames buddylist?
RAWR=O
The linked screennames buddy list will show during Aim 6.x or Aim 5.x, at the top of your buddy list you will be able to click to switch to another screen names’ buddy list.
I have AIM 6.8 and it isnt up there. I dont have AIM 6.x or 5.x and my mommy wont elp me so can you?
6.x includes all versions of Aim 6.0 including Aim 6.8. Check if your screen names are linked at http://settings.aim.com and click Manage Linked Screen Names, and post back.
I clicked on it but nothing happened. What do I do?
omg who ever left those instructions, thanks so much!! that same thing where you type came up on aim.com but it wouldnt let me link my sceen names, for some reason, this method worked!!!! thanks so muuucccchhhh!!!!!
ok i hit save and it’ll save but i’ll sign off and it won’t work and it seems like it unsaves itself because i click mange links again and its not there help plz =[
I have the same problem as ineedhelppplz, i go to settings.aim.com and add the other screename, but iwhen i sign off than on nothing happens. When i refrech the page on the site it goes away too.
Unlink the screen name, change the password of the linked’s screen name, sign onto the linked screen name only through AIM to verify that the password works. Sign off. Go back to settings.aim.com and add that screen name back to Manage Linked Screen names and Save. Refresh the page and verify that the screen name still shows up. If not try another web browser and add the screen name again.