Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark: I just switched to 9.1 from 8.6 and haven't had any trouble with Netscape 4.7. I did have trouble in that DeskTape and MS Word, along with a couple of utilities no longer work. But photoshop, illustrator, etc., work well. I found an update on the MS site to fix Word but nothing yet for DeskTape. It seems to me that one of your recently downloaded plug-ins has/is corrupting your preferences. I agree with the others that you should wipe your system clean of all Netscape stuff but first create a separate folder to store your bookmarks , your mail folder and your address book if it hasn't been lost. Before you do any of the above, except for saving the mail folder, etc., try trashing your "Netscape" preferences folder, within the preferences folder, in the System Folder. Empty the trash and then restart the Mac and then Netscape. If that works then it was just a case of preference corruption... perhaps by a plug-in installer program. Regarding mail... I have a mail folder which is almost 100mb in size as it goes back to 1996 and I've kept all of my ebay buys/sells along with a lot of RUG/LUG and other messages with technical information worth saving. Since it's beginning to look as though Netscape may never produce anything better than 4.7, and since IE now runs some sites much faster than Netscape, I'm trying to decide what to do about mail. My problem is that I use both PCs and Macs and regularly move my mail folder and bookmarks.html-bookmark.htm between the two platforms. Outlook Express seems to be a virus/worm magnet on the PCs so that's not an option to my way of thinking. I haven't tried Eudora for a few years but will probably do so soon because, Netscape is becoming too slow... try visiting http:/www.cnn.com using Netscape 4.7 and then IE and you'll see what I mean. My son uses another Mac-only mail program along with using IE, if you want information about it then let me know and I'll ask him. Good Luck, Jim Mark Rabiner wrote: > > Any body know how to bale me out of loosing my prefs on Netscape > Communicator? > > every time i open it up i have to start from scratch, my Excite page: my > address book is gone or not accessing. > I downloaded a few plug-ins and seemed to have gotten my self into some > real trouble! > I've got to redo my fonts and colors and everything. Then gone the next > time i reopen. > > I upgraded my Mac system yesterday to 9.2.2 and the firmware could that > be it as well? > > this is really the worst computer problem I've had in years and years and > years. > > Tomorrow I'm going to have to pay 30 bucks to call Netscape and see if > they can help me on the phone. > > If they can't I'll switch to Microsoft explorer which is what AT&T seems > to want me to do to stay on the cable thing i just joined last week and > now they're going under. > > Maybe AT&T sabotaged me I'd not put it past em! :) > > Help!!! > > Mark Rabiner > Portland, Oregon USA > http://www.markrabiner.com > > Mark Rabiner Photography > 1905 NW 23rd Place > Portland OR 97210-2535 > Studio/Home 503-221-0301 > Cellphone 503-515-5565 > mark@markrabiner.com > www.markrabiner.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html