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Micheal

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January 23rd, 2001 21:00

R.I.P. Netscape?

Hello,
I just recently tried to re-install my Getright download manager program after installing a second hard drive on my system. And to make a long story short, now Netscape won't function. I mean dead as a door nail! I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, even tried an older version that I still had on a ZIP disk. Nothing. The program will open up after clicking on the icon, but it won't open the dial-up connection window. And if I get on-line manually through "My Computer", "Dial-up Networking", "My Connection", Netscape still won't do anything. The URL window will show an address to go to but the browser won't do anything, there's no activity. Clicking on any of the function buttons does nothing, it won't Reload, go to Home, nothing! I've even tried doing an "Install In Place" with Win98 thinking that might repair or replace any corrupted files, no luck. I.E.-5 still works though. Any suggestions? I would REALLY hate to have to wipe my hard drive and start over. I pretty much just did that after the new install. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Dimension XPSR 400
Win98SP1
Maxtor's 30.7GB ATA100 + 11GB ATA33 on ULTRA 100 controller card
256MB SDRAM
56X CD-ROM
Plextor 12/10/32 CD-RW
Iomega 100/internal ZIP
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    Posted January 23rd, 2001 21:00

    Have you tried uninstalling and then using regedit to find and delete any reference to Netscape and then reinstalling?



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    Posted January 24th, 2001 02:00

    David,
    To be perfectly honest, I've never actually used the registry editor before. I've always been a bit chicken to get into it, afraid I might bugger something up. But I guess I could take a look, huh? Thanks for the suggestion.
    Micheal
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    Posted January 24th, 2001 14:00

    Well, if your other option is a clean install, regedit seems to be a reasonable choice.

    Also, remember you can back up a copy of your registry in case you fubar the machine. Of course, it would probably be easier to just go with a new clean install than restoring a registry that doesn't work right (i.e., doesn't allow you to use NS).

    Adios!









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