Netscape Problem

My Netscape 4.79 Communicator can no longer run. It cannot complete the load
to
open up the browser. Windows 2000 shuts the program down after a few minutes
informing of a post to the error log. I cannot find this post. I thought
maybe one
of the windows updates have clobbered my Netscape. Any thoughts on this? I
have tried backing out some of the latest updates, but there was no change.
Could
I have missed something?

Are you certain that Win 2K is what is keeping Netscape from running and
not the antivirus/security software ?

No updates to the OS *should* be causing this issue.
If need be, you can redownload Netscape 4.79 from here:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=Netscape

There is no repair function via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel
so you would have to uninstall Netscape, reboot, and then reinstall it
IF you want to continue running it.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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Sherwin wrote:
> My Netscape 4.79 Communicator can no longer run. It cannot complete the load
> to
> open up the browser. Windows 2000 shuts the program down after a few minutes
> informing of a post to the error log. I cannot find this post. I thought
> maybe one
> of the windows updates have clobbered my Netscape. Any thoughts on this? I
> have tried backing out some of the latest updates, but there was no change.
> Could
> I have missed something?

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Are you certain that Win 2K is what is keeping Netscape from running and
> not the antivirus/security software ?
>
> No updates to the OS *should* be causing this issue.
> If need be, you can redownload Netscape 4.79 from here:
> http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=Netscape
>
> There is no repair function via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel
> so you would have to uninstall Netscape, reboot, and then reinstall it
> IF you want to continue running it.
>
> MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
>
> Sherwin wrote:
> > My Netscape 4.79 Communicator can no longer run. It cannot complete the load
> > to
> > open up the browser. Windows 2000 shuts the program down after a few minutes
> > informing of a post to the error log. I cannot find this post. I thought
> > maybe one
> > of the windows updates have clobbered my Netscape. Any thoughts on this? I
> > have tried backing out some of the latest updates, but there was no change.
> > Could
> > I have missed something?
>
>
> I tried all your suggestions, but they did not help.

>> I am almost now convinced this is a problem with the Netscape
>> software on their server. 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.
>> 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.
>
I'm not sure why windows shut down netscape during this stalll, but I
am
guessing that the netscape problem cause some frequent page openings
and thus a stack overflow. I never did locate any pertinent error
messages
in the logs.

Thanks for the help,

Sherwin D.
>

>> This is not really a total fix, but at least I my 4.79 is partially
>> working for me.

I'd strongly advise against using Netscape 4.9 to browse the net. Even
V. 7.1 is weak, security wise. Niether version has been updated for
quite some time.
If you're just using the email client than be sure to Disable JavaScript
from, Edit, Preferences, Advanced, Scripts & Plug-ins.

Have you tried Firefox for browsing ? You can transfer Netscape
bookmarks easily to FF.

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Sherwin wrote:

>
> "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>Are you certain that Win 2K is what is keeping Netscape from running and
>>not the antivirus/security software ?
>>
>>No updates to the OS *should* be causing this issue.
>>If need be, you can redownload Netscape 4.79 from here:
>>http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=Netscape
>>
>>There is no repair function via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel
>>so you would have to uninstall Netscape, reboot, and then reinstall it
>>IF you want to continue running it.
>>
>>MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007]
>>===============
>> *-343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>>
>>
>>
>>Sherwin wrote:
>>
>>>My Netscape 4.79 Communicator can no longer run. It cannot complete the load
>>>to
>>>open up the browser. Windows 2000 shuts the program down after a few minutes
>>>informing of a post to the error log. I cannot find this post. I thought
>>>maybe one
>>>of the windows updates have clobbered my Netscape. Any thoughts on this? I
>>>have tried backing out some of the latest updates, but there was no change.
>>>Could
>>>I have missed something?
>>
>>
>> I tried all your suggestions, but they did not help.
>
>
>>>I am almost now convinced this is a problem with the Netscape
>>>software on their server. 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.
>>>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.
>>
> I'm not sure why windows shut down netscape during this stalll, but I
> am
> guessing that the netscape problem cause some frequent page openings
> and thus a stack overflow. I never did locate any pertinent error
> messages
> in the logs.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Sherwin D.
>
>
>>> This is not really a total fix, but at least I my 4.79 is partially
>>>working for me.