sherwindu wrote:
>
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>
>> sherwindu wrote:
>>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
>>>
>>>> sherwin dubren wrote:
>>>>> jj206 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> sherwin dubren wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know this newsgroup is more into 7.1, which I also run, but I
like
>>>>>>> certain features of 4.7 and so I run that too. Right now, my 4.7
>>>>>>> stopped working. It starts to load up to 3%, but then hangs and
>>>>>>> evenutually errors out. I don't see any error logs in the
Netscape
>>>>>>> 4.7 folder, so I can't determine what the error is. The 4.7
>>>>>>> communicator seems to working ok. I reloaded the Netscape 4.7,
but
>>>>>>> it didn't change anything. Could this problem be at Netscape's
end?
>>>>>>> Any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sherwin D.
>>>>>> Hey Sherwin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Are you using Mac or Windows ?
>>>>> Using Windows 2000.
>>>>>> If Windows XP, then system restore works for me a lot with issues
like
>>>>>> this one. But a registry cleaner might also help.
>>>>> I have used CCleaner to clean my registry and that doesn't help.
>>>>> Or perhaps
>>>>>> reinstalling 4.7 on top of itself
>>>>> Tried that also with no success.
>>>>> , which seems like a last ditch idea.
>>>>>> I would back everything up to floppy, cd, or dvd and then fiddle
with
>>>>>> things mentioned above. *smile*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If that fails, then check your hard drive size to see if you are
close
>>>>>> to full. That sometimes causes my programs to not load or run.
>>>>> Have plenty of room on the hard drive. My Netscape 7.1 works
fine.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Lastly, I just now fired up 4.7 and it purrs fine.
>>>>> That tells me a lot. I thought maybe Netscape turned off 4.7 at
>>>>> their end. It must be something in my machine. After bringing up
4.7
>>>>> it loads about 3% of the file and stalls. After a short time,
Windows
>>>>> errors out and claims to put something in an error log file. I have
>>>>> checked the error log files (system and application) in windows and
>>>>> nothing shows up there.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, when I go
>>>>>> to this site:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It lists the list on the far right going down, instead of the usual
list
>>>>>> along the top. I wish I could edit my google homepage, but oh
well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geothermal
>>>>> At this point, I am stumped. Any other ideas whould be welcome.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sherwin D.
>>>> I don't know if this site, http://www.ufaq.org/,
has any
>>>> help for Net 4.x, but you can try them
>>>>
>>>> If not, then try the communicator newsgroup on the
>>>> secnews.netscape.com server
>>> OK. I am almost now convinced this is a problem with the Netscape
>>> software, on their server.
>> what server? Netscape has nothing to do with connecting to a
>> Netscape server.
>
> I use the term 'server' here very loosely. It's the Netscape web
site that
> provides
> the opening screen, e.g. www.netscape.aol.com.
>
>>
>>> I changed my home opening address to a
>>> non-netscape one, and it did not stall. Any time I tried to access
any
>>> Netscape screen from Communicator after that, caused a hang-up.
>> I must be lost here. What are you now talking about? Are
>> you saying you cannot connect to the Netscape mail servers?
>> You didn't mention this before.
>
> Sorry, I apologize again. I meant to say Netscape Navigator. I'm
always
> getting mixed up on these two terminologies. I never was having a
> problem with Netscape email. What also threw me off was the
organization
> of the 'ufaq' (the unofficial Netscape Faq) web site forum that
lumps all
> inquires of Netscape 4.xx under their 'Communicator' group. I got
kind of
> used to calling this a Communicator problem, whereas it is really a
Navigator
>
> problem.
>
>>
>>> My personal fix for this is not to use my Netscape 4.79 for anything
>>> except emails and bookmarks avoiding any contact with the Netscape
>>> Communicator host. I will do all my web surfing in 7.1 and limited
emails
>>> there, as well. This is not really a total fix, but at least I my
4.79 is
>>> partially
>>> working for me.
>> maybe if you explain yourself a little better, we can help.
>
> I think the Netscape Navigator has updated their home page to include
some
> HTML code that my version 4.79 can't handle, at least that what the
problem
> appears to be. By my reasoning, there is no other reason why
everything works
>
> until I go to one of the Netscape web pages. I do know that Netscape
4.79
> cannot
> handle the new AOL page, as I have seen screens telling me to update
my
> Netscape
> to allow me to view it (that is before the program crashes). I
didn't catch
> the connection
> at first, since I did try to go to other web sites when it stalled
and that
> didn't help. It was
> only when I completely avoided the Netscape web pages that things
began to
> work
> properly. Evidently, whenever I went to a Netscape web site, it
clobbered the
> program.
> I'm curious about the details of this failure, but not as motivated
to fix it,
> now that I have
> some kind of work around.
OK, now that we're on the same page, Net 4.x is a dead
product. Websites don't recognize it anymore. You need to
upgrade to something more current.
For a browser there is Firefox: http://en.www.mozilla.com/en/
for an email program: there is Thunderbird:
http://en.www.mozilla.com/en/thunderbird/
for a combination of the two: there is SeaMonkey:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
all products are related to Netscape. SeaMonkey is similar
to Net 4.x and Net 7.x, but very different.
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