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I'd do two things . . .

Posted By: marye
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, at 6:05 a.m.

In Response To: I forgot to say... (MaaMaw)

but I'm recommending only one to you, since you've proclaimed yourself, uh, "technically challenged." ( :^> )

I'd probably suggest trying NS from another computer, but you've pretty well isolated that it is netscape, and not some hardware or communications malfunction.

First
1) I would completely UNINSTALL Netscape. Then, (this isn't number 2) do a search of your drive to see if any remnants were leftover.) [start =>search=>files or folders. Get rid of anything Netscape.

(There may be a firestorm of protest over this next step. People are scared to touch the file. Me, I'm scared of things like Norton, that do things I don't know about.)

2)This, maybe you can find a local tech buddy to do for you.

Back up the registry onto a cd or dvd. Name it buttsaver.hid or something you'll remember. I think it's real name is system.dat. Your tech friend will know.

Search the registry. use the run feature and run regedit.

Nuke any reference to Netscape. Reboot.

Reinstall Netscape.

If it doesn't reboot, you gotta use your emergency boot disk, or installation disk to boot so you can copy buttsaver.hid to system.dat. Then reboot.

That might do it. I've just had an idea I've never tried. Next time something gets hosed and I can't fix it, I'm going to extract the system files from my installation disks and just copy them over. Then reboot. Of course, I'd lose registration on all my stuff, and have to reinstall everything . . .

Nope, I ain't gon' do that one.

My reasoning is that something either got eliminated, or got added, it's hiding in the registy, (or missing from it) and that's what's going on.

Hope you get it solved. Meanwhile, I'll keep searching for something else safe you can do in case Tom B. or Mel. haven't popped in to solve it.

Marye

P.S. Try number one if it's not what you did originally, then reinstall netscape. It might be enough. Good luck!

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