Invite or Request Timed Out Error for Aim Chatrooms

History

During the week of November 11, 2007, the first case of this issue popped up where there were numerous complaints of users unable to join AIM Chatrooms. Now in 2009, this issue has not been completely fixed. It affects a small  amount of screen names and may pop up for time to time similar to the connection failed error message.  Unfortunately after two years of waiting for a solution, we will have to place this issue: “Invite or Request Timed Out” as unsolved. Our observations over the past 2 years of this issue occurs when:

• Joining a chatroom using a non official AIM client.
• Joining a chatroom using an official AIM client.

As these two issues contradict each other, the point here is that if one client doesn’t work you use another client. If you can’t join through Aim 7, use Meebo. If you can’t join through Meebo, use Aim 7. If no matter what you do and you still receive this error message, you will have to test out creating a new screen name.

Suggested Workarounds

Meebo.com has AIM chatroom capabilities. In order to use chats follow these steps

• Login to Meebo With Your AIM Screen Name
• Click on Start A Group Chat At the Top Right of Buddy List
• Type a Name for the Chat
• Click Join Chat Room