Apparently AOL Video is trying to promote their video download service by giving away 30+ videos on Saturday, December 2, 2006. Unfortunately I gave up after I failed 2 of their requirements. First it didn’t support Firefox, so I swapped over to IE and tried again. I thought they’re probably going to install some ActiveX control, but decided to give it a shot anyway. Then it blew up again and said it currently did not support IE7, and suggested I uninstall IE7 and return to IE6 for the time being. I found that hilarious and the fact that they even provided instructions on how to uninstall IE7 and revert back to IE6:<\/p>\n
You can also restore the Hi-Q Video Delivery Manager by using the Add or Remove Programs<\/strong> to uninstall IE 7.0 and revert back to IE 6.0.
\nSimply navigate to Control Panel<\/strong> and select Add or Remove Programs<\/strong>
\nSelect IE 7.0 and click uninstall
\nThe uninstall process should remove IE 7.0 and restore IE 6.0<\/p><\/blockquote>\nI guess this is really 1 requirement which is IE6 being the browser, but I’m not going to uninstall IE7 just to watch a few free movies. However, if you’re still interested in their service, go visit their promotion page<\/a>. The promotion expires on Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 6am ET.<\/p>\n
The list of movies include:<\/p>\n
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- Nacho Libre<\/li>\n
- The Muppets Take Manhattan<\/li>\n
- Mission Impossible III<\/li>\n
- SpongeBob SquarePants Movie<\/li>\n
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider<\/li>\n
- Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle<\/li>\n
- My Dog Skip<\/li>\n
- Failure To Launch<\/li>\n
- Jack Frost<\/li>\n
- Zoolander<\/li>\n
- Patriot Games<\/li>\n
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation<\/li>\n
- School of Rock<\/li>\n
- Last Holiday<\/li>\n
- The Perfect Storm<\/li>\n
- Jackass: The Movie<\/li>\n
- Adam Sandler’s: Eight Crazy Nights<\/li>\n
- Rugrats Go Wild<\/li>\n
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s<\/li>\n
- Can’t Hardly Wait<\/li>\n
- Maid in Manhattan<\/li>\n
- Star Trek I: The Motion Picture<\/li>\n
- Men in Black<\/li>\n
- All I Want for Christmas<\/li>\n
- The Prince and Me<\/li>\n
- The Natural<\/li>\n
- Analyze This<\/li>\n
- D.E.B.S.<\/li>\n
- Easy Rider<\/li>\n
- Flatliners<\/li>\n
- White Christmas<\/li>\n
- The Golden Child<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Digg post mentioned Spider-Man 2 was also free, but I wasn’t able to find it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apparently AOL Video is trying to promote their video download service by giving away 30+ videos on Saturday, December 2, 2006. Unfortunately I gave up after I failed 2 of their requirements. First it didn’t support Firefox, so I swapped over to IE and tried again. I thought they’re probably going to install some ActiveX … <\/p>\n