Amber, you may want to try another client program like [url=http://www.trillian.cc/]Trillian[/url]. Trillian can handle AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ and others all in one program. You get the exact same functionality as you do with AOL's program, but you can also chat it up with friends on other services as well. I used the chat room feature the other night no problem with Trillian as well.