From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   MC wrote:   
   > Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   >   
   >> MC wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> MC wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> I am using what appears to be Netscape 7.2 Beta as my browser.  I   
   >>>>> have always kept Netscape mail as I prefer the formatting and lack   
   >>>>> of viruses.  If someone sends me a link or an e- card in my   
   >>>>> Netscape Mail, it has begun to crash the browser when I click on   
   >>>>> it.  I also have IE and Firefox, but Netscape has remained by   
   >>>>> default browser.  Music will no longer play in Netscape browser -   
   >>>>> it just "performs an illegal operation " and closes.  No use   
   >>>>> reporting it to Microsoft as they could care less. Any ideas?   
   >>>>> Thanks,   
   >>>>> mc   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I would be really surprised if you were actually using a beta of NS   
   >>>> 7.2, I don't think there was a public beta.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Help>>About Netscape   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Tell me what it says there.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Can you post specific examples of sites that are giving you   
   >>>> problems, and describe exactly what happens with you visit them?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Lee   
   >>>>   
   >>> I was out with surgery-sorry for not replying sooner.  When I click   
   >>> on "Navigator" from my Netscape email program, I  get a welcome page   
   >>> that says "My Netscape" with the word BETA in orange next to it.   
   >>> But, when I look at 'about', it says Netscape 7.1 and under it:   
   >>> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2)   
   >>> Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)   
   >>> The splash says to "Sign in now to start Customizing My.Netscape."  I   
   >>> thought I had done that once, but it does not open to that page by   
   >>> default.  I need to re-set my opening page.  I have just about given   
   >>> up on Netscape and have been using Firefox, but as I said, it is a   
   >>> convenience since I'm using their old email program.   
   >>> As to the crashes, I cannot give a specific site at the   
   >>> moment...usually they are links to e-card sites and the music doesn't   
   >>> play or it just "Performs an illegal operation and Netscape must shut   
   >>> down."   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Okay, you have Netscape 7.1.  That's a very old version, it would be   
   >> wise to upgrade to NS 7.2, which is still old but nearly as old.   
   >>   
   >> The Netscape.com web interface has undergone a complete facelift.  The   
   >> "beta" you are seeing is the My.Netscape.com beta.  Its the site   
   >> that's a beta test, not the browser.   
   >>   
   >> And it is a beta, there are definite glitches.  One of which is that   
   >> the site does not always recognize the cookie it sets, so some people   
   >> are asled to log in every time they access the site.  NS 7 will   
   >> remember your username/password, so logging in is not that difficult.   
   >> Or you could just use a different start page, you are not required to   
   >> use My.Netscape.com   
   >>   
   >> Without specific sites to test, I cannot be 100% sure, but its pretty   
   >> likely that you are suffering from a but in Adobe Flash Player 9.0,   
   >> r28, which caused many Netscape products to crash.  Adobe has released   
   >> verion 9.0, r45, that has fixed this problem.  Updating your flash   
   >> player to the most current version should resolve your problem.   
   >>   
   >> Lee   
   >>   
   > Hey Lee, Many thanks!  I will do all you've suggested!  I do think the   
   > Adobe Flash Player is/has been a problem and will get the upgrade.   
   > mc   
   >   
      
   Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.   
      
   Lee   
      
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