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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,, ? |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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,, ? |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
'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 |
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Another nail in the W98 coffin?
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 |
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