AOL 6.0 Wreaks Havoc With Some PCs

November 1, 2000

AOL 5.0 was an unmitigated disaster for the online giant. Soon after its release, users began complaining about network settings getting blown away, key Windows files being rewritten, and in some cases PCs becoming utterly inoperable. Some of the same problems are beginning to crop up with AOL 6.0, which launched last week.