BELOW ARE TWO SETS OF STEPS TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF NOT GETTING THE CURRENT SCREEN WITH AOL

1. )
On the AOL toolbar, click the Settings menu, then click Preferences
Click the Internet Properties (WWW):.
Click the Web Graphics tab
Under Web Graphics select Never compress graphics
Click the OK button.

Or...

2.)
Click on Settings at top of your AOL screen
Click on Index if it's already selected
Click on Browser Settings in the left column under B
Click on the AOL Browser tab
Under Web Graphics tab select Never compress graphics
Click the General tab and click the Delete Files button
Click on OK

OR here are 2 more solutions.

Clear the web cache and delete temporary files
Start AOL
from the AOL menu bar
Select Keyword > Go to Keyword
type the keyword preferences
Click Go
Dialog box: AOL Settings: Customize your AOL Experience
Select Essentials tab > Internet (Web) Options - Set Web browser options and properties
Dialog box: Internet Options
Select General tab
Click Delete files
Dialog box: Delete Files: Delete all files in the Temporary Internet files
Select Delete all offline content
Click OK
Click OK

Optimize your AOL browser settings:
Start AOL
from the AOL menu bar
Select Keyword > Go to Keyword
type the keyword preferences
Click Go
Dialog box: AOL Settings: Customize your AOL Experience
Select Essentials tab > Internet (Web) Options - Set Web browser options and properties
Dialog box: Internet Options
Select Security tab
Dialog box: Select a web content zone to specify security settings
Click Internet icon
Click Default Level (which sets the browser to Medium)
Select AOL Browser tab
Dialog box: Web Graphics: Do you want Web graphics to be compressed? This will display Web pages quicker.
Click Never compress graphics
Click OK
Close AOL
Restart AOL

Changing to Internet Explorer as Browser

First, minimize your AOL browser by clicking the minus sign in the top right corner as shown in the image on the right. Do not close the AOL browser, or you will end your session and terminate your internet connection.

Second, on your desktop, double-click the internet explorer icon (a blue, lower case e) to open internet explorer.

You are almost there! Internet Explorer will open to it's default home page. All you have to do now is to tell Internet Explorer to go to your home page.