From: jake@somewhere.net
The fix has been posted repeatedly:
Edit your HOSTS file with notepad and add the following line:
127.0.0.1 ns8-stats.netscape.com
Now save the HOSTS file and restart your Netscape and the
problem will be gone.
You can find the HOSTS file in:
%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc
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> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:26:46 GMT, solidgoldZZZ@optonline.net (Ron in
> NY) wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>> I recently upgraded from Netscape 7.1 to 8.1.2. It ran fine for a
>> couple of
>>weeks and then it started to jam up my computer. I'm running a Dell
>>Dimension
>>8100 P4, 1.4 ghz with 1 gig of ram, and Windows XP home sp2, so I'm not
>>short on
>>computing power. When it jams up, if I wait a couple of minutes, it
>>usually
>>clears up, but sometimes I have to control, alt, delete my way out of it.
>>It's
>>not only Netscape that jams up, but it jams up every program that is
>>running.
>>When I control, alt, delete, and end Netscape, everything comes back to
>>life. If
>>I control, alt, delete, and end all the other running programs, Netscape
>>is
>>still jammed up. Any ideas ???
>>
> Hey, that's exactly what's happening with me! I have NEVER had to use
> control-alt-delete so often! Interrupting whatever I'm doing.
>
> Unlike Ron, however, I've BEEN using 8.1.2 ever since it came out.
> Bad move? I get so ticked, I revert to steady old 7.1.
>
> I don't have quite the juice as Ron, but I have plenty to keep things
> running.
>
> 8.1.2 is doing other weird things; however, I'll wait and see what
> advice the gurus give on this problem.
>
> Aspasia
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