anastasia: You can choose a Messenger from the top of the yahoo messenger and then go to the "My contact detail" and change your name in there, that is the name that IM shows it to others.

ali: I did that..but then it gives me the option of choosing one or the other...I wanted to have only my screen name...would I have to totally erase my IM list and start over? If I did do that then would that erase them all from my address book also?

anastasia:i didn't understand your problem exactly, explain it more.

ali: mige oon kariyo ke to gofti karde, hala vaghti mikhad message bede yahoo azash miporse mikhad esmesho bege ya IDsho. Mikhad yejoori beshe ke yahoo khodesh faghat IDsho neshun bede.

ali: my e-mail address is my full name @sbcglobal.net....THAT is what people that I IM see on the screen...I would like to change that so they see my screen name of anastasia INSTEAD of my actual full name.I have a choice of the 2 BUT when someone IM's me they see my full name..if I start the IM first THEN I can choose to let them see only my screen name.I want it to be ONLY screen name ALL THE TIME...hope this helped more,lol.

Does AOL block yahoo's instant message service?

Walter Montego: Let's just say the two proggies don't like each other.. I prefer Yahoo so I don't have Aim downloaded.. but, when I did years ago.. whoa.. my puter acted up all the time.. I suggest pick one or the other..