Another nail in the W98 coffin?

Sadly, I have only lured script kiddies and no one who
knew really what they were doing but I am on the look out for the big bad
guys like government operatives from China, Russia, even within the U.S.A.
that try to hack computers and steal information but these guys (meaning guys
and girls of course) seem to be wise to me now and seem to just be leaving my
PC alone. Oh Well, there are always others involved in my line of volunteer
work as well. smile

fear not oh Grate(ing) Dan..... i can personally organise a visit to your home addy from a nice
chinese or russian or american traitor.... and then you can 'xplain to them in person how you
feel,, this oklee with you,, ?

Yawn Grin and Bear it -- right Robear smile

"gibson" wrote:


Sadly, I have only lured script kiddies and no one who
knew really what they were doing but I am on the look out for the big bad
guys like government operatives from China, Russia, even within the U.S.A.
that try to hack computers and steal information but these guys (meaning guys
and girls of course) seem to be wise to me now and seem to just be leaving my
PC alone. Oh Well, there are always others involved in my line of volunteer
work as well. smile

fear not oh Grate(ing) Dan..... i can personally organise a visit to your home addy from a nice
chinese or russian or american traitor.... and then you can 'xplain to them in person how you
feel,, this oklee with you,, ?

Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website recently. It is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel that IE 6 is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of Internet Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while surfing but never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one that IE6 is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated, international reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few years. Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this computer and are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other news sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from the desktop IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to go there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x will work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version of IE that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied to it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was enabled or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website recently. It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel that IE 6 is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while surfing but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one that IE6 is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated, international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this computer and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other news sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from the desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to go there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x will work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version of IE that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

You're welcome. Please keep us informed.

"keith" wrote:

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied to it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was enabled or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website recently. It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel that IE 6 is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while surfing but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one that IE6 is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated, international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this computer and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other news sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from the desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to go there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x will work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version of IE that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Looks like a Flash player - Adobe - Macromedia - flash9f.ocx problem

Error message from last event:
Iexplo
This program has performed an illegal operatio and will be shut down
If the problem persists, contact program vendor.

Details:
IEXPLORE executed an invalid instruction in module FLASH9F.OCX at
017f:30055b27.
Registers:
EAX=00000008 CS=017f EIP=30055b27 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=041ed060 SS=0187 ESP=0064a130 EBP=0064a4dc
ECX=00000008 DS=0187 ESI=0064a140 FS=37cf
EDX=00000001 ES=0187 EDI=0064a578 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f 70 c8 e4 0f 60 c7 0f 70 da e4 0f 68 cf 0f 7f
Stack dump:
00000021 041f2e70 0064a578 00f60000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101
ff010101 ff000000 ff010101 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101 ff010101

Not sure if 'Details' have been the same for other events.
Google search for 'flash9.ocx error' shows lots of assorted forum postings
for same/similar problem.
Have been reading and printing some of them.
Adobe fixes and/or flash9.ocx file renaming trick look promising.
Will follow up soon.
Still wonder why msnbc.com is ONLY visited site that

"Dan" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. Please keep us informed.

"keith" wrote:

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and
downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied to it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was enabled
or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website recently.
It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel that IE 6
is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while surfing but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one that IE6
is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated, international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved
website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this computer
and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other news
sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from the
desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to go
there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x will
work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version of IE
that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

PS: Same details for subsequent error messages.
"keith" wrote in message
...
Looks like a Flash player - Adobe - Macromedia - flash9f.ocx problem

Error message from last event:
Iexplo
This program has performed an illegal operatio and will be shut down
If the problem persists, contact program vendor.

Details:
IEXPLORE executed an invalid instruction in module FLASH9F.OCX at
017f:30055b27.
Registers:
EAX=00000008 CS=017f EIP=30055b27 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=041ed060 SS=0187 ESP=0064a130 EBP=0064a4dc
ECX=00000008 DS=0187 ESI=0064a140 FS=37cf
EDX=00000001 ES=0187 EDI=0064a578 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f 70 c8 e4 0f 60 c7 0f 70 da e4 0f 68 cf 0f 7f
Stack dump:
00000021 041f2e70 0064a578 00f60000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101
ff010101 ff000000 ff010101 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101 ff010101

Not sure if 'Details' have been the same for other events.
Google search for 'flash9.ocx error' shows lots of assorted forum postings
for same/similar problem.
Have been reading and printing some of them.
Adobe fixes and/or flash9.ocx file renaming trick look promising.
Will follow up soon.
Still wonder why msnbc.com is ONLY visited site that

"Dan" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. Please keep us informed.

"keith" wrote:

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and
downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied to
it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was
enabled
or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website
recently.
It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel that IE
6
is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while surfing
but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one that
IE6
is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated,
international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few
years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved
website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this computer
and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other news
sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from the
desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to go
there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x will
work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version of IE
that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

Keith, please remove all adobe and macromedia flash player stuff and then
reboot and install what you need again. It sounds not too serious but that
the flash player and Adobe Macromedia stuff has been corrupted some how.
Hopefully, removal will not give you any errors but if so still let us know
in 98 General and we will keep trying to help you with your issues.

"keith" wrote:

PS: Same details for subsequent error messages.
"keith" wrote in message
...
Looks like a Flash player - Adobe - Macromedia - flash9f.ocx problem

Error message from last event:
Iexplo
This program has performed an illegal operatio and will be shut down
If the problem persists, contact program vendor.

Details:
IEXPLORE executed an invalid instruction in module FLASH9F.OCX at
017f:30055b27.
Registers:
EAX=00000008 CS=017f EIP=30055b27 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=041ed060 SS=0187 ESP=0064a130 EBP=0064a4dc
ECX=00000008 DS=0187 ESI=0064a140 FS=37cf
EDX=00000001 ES=0187 EDI=0064a578 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f 70 c8 e4 0f 60 c7 0f 70 da e4 0f 68 cf 0f 7f
Stack dump:
00000021 041f2e70 0064a578 00f60000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101
ff010101 ff000000 ff010101 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101 ff010101

Not sure if 'Details' have been the same for other events.
Google search for 'flash9.ocx error' shows lots of assorted forum postings
for same/similar problem.
Have been reading and printing some of them.
Adobe fixes and/or flash9.ocx file renaming trick look promising.
Will follow up soon.
Still wonder why msnbc.com is ONLY visited site that

"Dan" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. Please keep us informed.

"keith" wrote:

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and
downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied to
it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was
enabled
or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website
recently.
It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel that IE
6
is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while surfing
but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one that
IE6
is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated,
international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few
years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved
website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this computer
and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other news
sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from the
desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to go
there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x will
work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version of IE
that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

'Add/remov'ed Macromedia Flash item and used Adobe site's uninstall option.
Find Files and folders 'adobe' and 'flash' still showed some related
items. Mostly in Applications data and assorted Temp files.
Just highlighted and deleted the obvious stuff. Left Adobe Reader alone.
Almost two days now without that error message. Fingers crossed.
Even the larger occasional 'Microsoft IE has encountered a problem......,
send or don't send report' error message seems in remission.

Pretty much begs the obvious question - Do I really need the Flash thing?
Have seen 'Flash Player not installed' in a few add spaces on some pages but
other than that I've been doing what I usually do with this machine without
any appearant problems.

Looking back over the thread -
in a comment I made about Firefox speed I'd meant to say 'hell, this thing
has a distributor and points'.
Sometimes I miss tinkering and tweaking those things.A few basic tools and a
couple of beers and all was well.

Thanks again.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, please remove all adobe and macromedia flash player stuff and then
reboot and install what you need again. It sounds not too serious but
that
the flash player and Adobe Macromedia stuff has been corrupted some how.
Hopefully, removal will not give you any errors but if so still let us
know
in 98 General and we will keep trying to help you with your issues.

"keith" wrote:

PS: Same details for subsequent error messages.
"keith" wrote in message
...
Looks like a Flash player - Adobe - Macromedia - flash9f.ocx problem

Error message from last event:
Iexplo
This program has performed an illegal operatio and will be shut down
If the problem persists, contact program vendor.

Details:
IEXPLORE executed an invalid instruction in module FLASH9F.OCX at
017f:30055b27.
Registers:
EAX=00000008 CS=017f EIP=30055b27 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=041ed060 SS=0187 ESP=0064a130 EBP=0064a4dc
ECX=00000008 DS=0187 ESI=0064a140 FS=37cf
EDX=00000001 ES=0187 EDI=0064a578 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f 70 c8 e4 0f 60 c7 0f 70 da e4 0f 68 cf 0f 7f
Stack dump:
00000021 041f2e70 0064a578 00f60000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000
ff010101
ff010101 ff000000 ff010101 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101
ff010101

Not sure if 'Details' have been the same for other events.
Google search for 'flash9.ocx error' shows lots of assorted forum
postings
for same/similar problem.
Have been reading and printing some of them.
Adobe fixes and/or flash9.ocx file renaming trick look promising.
Will follow up soon.
Still wonder why msnbc.com is ONLY visited site that

"Dan" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. Please keep us informed.

"keith" wrote:

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on
this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and
downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied
to
it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was
enabled
or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too
far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website
recently.
It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel
that IE
6
is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of
Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while
surfing
but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one
that
IE6
is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated,
international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few
years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved
website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this
computer
and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other
news
sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from
the
desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to
go
there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x
will
work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version
of IE
that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

You are most welcome. It is usually fairly easy to remove software and then
do a clean install of the software in Windows 98/98 Second Edition.
Unfortunately, things can get more complicated in Windows XP with more junk
scattered throughout more folders. I like to operate under the mantra if you
don't need the program or service then just remove it and add it back on when
a web-site comes up that actually needs it and you actually want to use the
website. I had to remove Adobe Flash and Macromedia stuff as well as the
Adobe Reader because they got corrupted a while ago. If Internet Explorer 6
gets corrupted in 98 Second Edition you can always do a repair of IE 6 that
should bring it back to its original state. A lot of errors and BSOD's were
caused by third party software drivers that were written poorly for 98 Second
Edition back around 1998(1999)-2003.

"keith" wrote:

'Add/remov'ed Macromedia Flash item and used Adobe site's uninstall option.
Find Files and folders 'adobe' and 'flash' still showed some related
items. Mostly in Applications data and assorted Temp files.
Just highlighted and deleted the obvious stuff. Left Adobe Reader alone.
Almost two days now without that error message. Fingers crossed.
Even the larger occasional 'Microsoft IE has encountered a problem......,
send or don't send report' error message seems in remission.

Pretty much begs the obvious question - Do I really need the Flash thing?
Have seen 'Flash Player not installed' in a few add spaces on some pages but
other than that I've been doing what I usually do with this machine without
any appearant problems.

Looking back over the thread -
in a comment I made about Firefox speed I'd meant to say 'hell, this thing
has a distributor and points'.
Sometimes I miss tinkering and tweaking those things.A few basic tools and a
couple of beers and all was well.

Thanks again.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, please remove all adobe and macromedia flash player stuff and then
reboot and install what you need again. It sounds not too serious but
that
the flash player and Adobe Macromedia stuff has been corrupted some how.
Hopefully, removal will not give you any errors but if so still let us
know
in 98 General and we will keep trying to help you with your issues.

"keith" wrote:

PS: Same details for subsequent error messages.
"keith" wrote in message
...
Looks like a Flash player - Adobe - Macromedia - flash9f.ocx problem

Error message from last event:
Iexplo
This program has performed an illegal operatio and will be shut down
If the problem persists, contact program vendor.

Details:
IEXPLORE executed an invalid instruction in module FLASH9F.OCX at
017f:30055b27.
Registers:
EAX=00000008 CS=017f EIP=30055b27 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=041ed060 SS=0187 ESP=0064a130 EBP=0064a4dc
ECX=00000008 DS=0187 ESI=0064a140 FS=37cf
EDX=00000001 ES=0187 EDI=0064a578 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
0f 70 c8 e4 0f 60 c7 0f 70 da e4 0f 68 cf 0f 7f
Stack dump:
00000021 041f2e70 0064a578 00f60000 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000
ff010101
ff010101 ff000000 ff010101 ff000000 ff000000 ff000000 ff010101
ff010101

Not sure if 'Details' have been the same for other events.
Google search for 'flash9.ocx error' shows lots of assorted forum
postings
for same/similar problem.
Have been reading and printing some of them.
Adobe fixes and/or flash9.ocx file renaming trick look promising.
Will follow up soon.
Still wonder why msnbc.com is ONLY visited site that

"Dan" wrote in message
...
You're welcome. Please keep us informed.

"keith" wrote:

Firefox speed may be a bit slower but hard to tell for sure on
this
machine - hell, this thing has a carbureter and points.
Was having some 'problems' with Firefox and off-loaded it and
downloaded
again.
Not really any 'problems', just a learning curve issue.
It's set as default browser for now and got my 'favorites' copied
to
it.
Might even try an msnbc.com video - to crash or not to crash.
Is Java a good thing and/or really necessary? Not sure if it was
enabled
or
not or being used by IE6. Never paid much attention.
All in all, so far so good with Firefox.
Will also try IE6 again for a while to see about those 'glitches'.

Seems some of this thread disappeared. Maybe it went a little too
far
afield.

Thanks much.

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Keith, msnbc.com website had some glitches in their website
recently.
It
is
on their end and nothing to be concerned about. If you feel
that IE
6
is
acting poorly all over than you could always do a repair of
Internet
Explorer
6 if we get to that point on Windows 98.

"keith" wrote:

Thanks, Tim.
Have certainly seen numerous references to Mozilla while
surfing
but
never
really investigated.
DL'd Firefox 2.x with basic set-up and will give it a try.
But still wonder why the MSNBC.com web site is the only one
that
IE6
is
having problems with.
Maybe I'll ask them. (and see what kind of automated,
international
reply
bounces back)

"Tim Slattery" wrote in message
...
"keith" wrote:

Have been using MSNBC news as my homepage for quite a few
years.
Thats MS
as
in MicroSoft.
W98 didn't seem to care too much for their new and improved
website a
while
back and any vid from that site would/will freeze this
computer
and
are
avoided like the plague. No problem with vids on other
news
sites.

But there has been an odd intermittent problem of late.

MSNBC.com site will open just fine when I get there from
the
desktop
IE
icon
but "internet explorer cannot open the site..." if I try to
go
there

Have you tried the site with Firefox? Firefox version 2.x
will
work
with Win98, and is *much* more up-to-date than any version
of IE
that
will work with Win98.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt