Back Web

Keep getting hung up - with message that problem is "Back
Web not responding" (in Windows 98 environment) What is
Back Web used for? Can I just delete it to avoid this
problem? Any other solution?

It is a backweb app used by some software and also by some computer manufacturers,
to update from the web, while running in the background. Backweb apps can interfere
with your web browsing, and I always uninstall them or disable them through the
program's options, if available. Just deleting the file is not how to do it.

One software that uses it is Kodak (Kodak Software Updater)...there are others.
IIRC, Kodak give instructions for removing it, in the 'read me' files for the app.

If you are using a brand of computer that has a backweb updater factory-installed,
first press Ctrl+Alt+delete, and End Task on the backweb app, then go to Control
Panel Add\Remove Programs and uninstall it. It may not be listed as
"BackWeb"....instead the entry may be something like HP Software Updates, or Web
Updates, or similar. Post back with what you find in Add\Remove Programs, and we
may spot it for you.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Debbie" wrote in message
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Keep getting hung up - with message that problem is "Back
Web not responding" (in Windows 98 environment) What is
Back Web used for? Can I just delete it to avoid this
problem? Any other solution?

Thanks so much! Was able to find it and remove
(add/remove programs) identified as Back Web itself. (That
was easier than finding my way back to this site!) I had
been afraid to delete Back Web until I knew it wouldn't
destroy everything!

We'll see if that solves my problem over the next week or
two.

Can't tell you, how much I appreciate the response!

-----Original Message-----
It is a backweb app used by some software and also by
some computer manufacturers,
to update from the web, while running in the background.
Backweb apps can interfere
with your web browsing, and I always uninstall them or
disable them through the
program's options, if available. Just deleting the file
is not how to do it.

One software that uses it is Kodak (Kodak Software
Updater)...there are others.
IIRC, Kodak give instructions for removing it, in
the 'read me' files for the app.

If you are using a brand of computer that has a backweb
updater factory-installed,
first press Ctrl+Alt+delete, and End Task on the backweb
app, then go to Control
Panel Add\Remove Programs and uninstall it. It may not
be listed as
"BackWeb"....instead the entry may be something like HP
Software Updates, or Web
Updates, or similar. Post back with what you find in
Add\Remove Programs, and we
may spot it for you.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"Debbie" wrote in
message
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Keep getting hung up - with message that problem
is "Back
Web not responding" (in Windows 98 environment) What is
Back Web used for? Can I just delete it to avoid this
problem? Any other solution?

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