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   aspasia to All   
   Re: Screen goes black in 8.1.3   
   28 Apr 07 21:28:05   
   
   On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:45:34 GMT, Leonidas Jones    
   wrote:   
      
   >aspasia wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:28:06 GMT, Leonidas Jones    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Leonidas Jones wrote:   
   >>>> aspasia wrote:   
   >>>>> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:17:42 GMT, Leonidas Jones    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> aspasia wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Have had no end hassles with this build.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> D/L several times.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Latest:  Screen briefly goes black between actions.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Doesn't happen with earlier builds.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Anybody?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Tx   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Aspasia   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Try creating a new profile.  Does it behave with that?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Lee   
   >>>>> No.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And while we're talking profiles -- how the hell do   
   >>>>> I get Netscape to delete unwanted profiles?  The earlier versions   
   >>>>>  (I am running 8.1.3) simply brought up the Netscape home page.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Now, I have to take an extra step.  I get a screen with my icon and a   
   >>>>> default icon.  I have to choose my icon to log into the home page.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I tried going to Profiles, but there appears to be NO way to delete   
   >>>>> unwanted profiles.  In fact I ended up with TWO unwanted "default   
   >>>>> profiles".   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I will also post this in a separate message with Subject line   
   >>>>> "Profiles".   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Any help out there?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> TIA   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Aspasia   
   >>>> You need to find the profile with admin privileges. That's the only one   
   >>>> that can delete other profiles.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You don't really need to delete the other profiles, its nice to have a   
   >>>> clean around for testing problems.  When you find the profile with admin   
   >>>> privileges, you well see in Tools>>Options>>Profiles, a Global Settings   
   >>>> button.  In Global Settings, you can set a particular profile to open   
   >>>> automatically.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Lee   
   >>> I hope the above has resolved your profile situation. If so, to your   
   >>> original problem   
   >>>   
   >>> The new profile did not help.  Could you describe the problem in greater   
   >>> detail, it is most unusual?   
   >>>   
   >>> When you say the screen goes black, you mean the entire monitor screen,   
   >>> or just the Netscape Window? You say on actions, what kind of actions?   
   >>> Is it whenever you do anything with the browser?  What is your version   
   >>> of Windows.  Nothing even remotely like this is happening in my   
   >>> installation on XP, not have I heard of any such thing, and I do get   
   >>> around.   
   >>>   
   >>> Lee   
   >>   
   >> Hi - I waited to follow up on this until I had completely un-installed   
   >> Netscape  and re-installed a fresh copy of 8.1.3.   
   >>   
   >> Alas, it is still doing the same weird thing.  When Opening or Closing   
   >> Netscape, ENTIRE SCREEN goes momentarily black.   
   >>   
   >> I am running XP.   
   >>   
   >> Me too -- I have never heard of any such thing.   
   >>   
   >> Suggestions welcome, what it could be.  It is not hindering operation,   
   >> but is disconcerting and -- well -- "weird"!   
   >>   
   >> TIA   
   >>   
   >> Aspasia   
   >>   
   >Darn!   
   >   
   >I can't reproduce it, and I've never heard another report on this exact   
   >problem.   
   >   
   >Then again I'm 99% of the time on a Mac, so i don't really see NS 8 that   
   >often.   
   >   
   >Most of the people using 8 seem to pose questions on the Netscape   
   >Community forums, you might try asking there:   
   >   
   >http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ws-nscpbrowser   
   >   
   >Lee   
      
   Looks like a very useful forum!  Tx for the referral.  If I find out   
   anything, I'll post here.   
      
   Aspasia   
      
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