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Netscape 8.0 Beta opening multiple tabs at startup
I tried posting this on several Netscape newsgroups but there is so little
traffic there, I did not get any response. I will try here and I apologize for cross posting........ Windows XP, Netscape 8.0 Beta, on my home and my work computers. I have been using the Beta version of Netscape 8.0 for a month or so now, both at home and at work. I have my home page set to www.yahoo.com on both computers. For the last three days, both at home and at work, when I open Netscape, it opens Yahoo, but two more tabs open, both going to Netscape Weather at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/weather/c_select2.jsp I have run both Ad-Aware and SpyBot, updating each before running, and I don't have anything that would account for the two tabs opening. I have WeatherBug on both computers but I don't see how going to Netscape Weather could be due to WeatherBug. Does anyone have any ideas why these tabs are opening on their own? How do I stop this? It is only mildly annoying but I don't like the loss of control I am experiencing. TIA |
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There's a reason the word "BETA" is in the version - it is just that, not
ready for Prime Time. Where ever you downloaded if from should have instructions on where to post issues/bugs, and you'll have 2 choices - uninstall the beta and go back to an earlier RTM version or live with it until a new version of the beta comes out or the beta becomes RTM. -- Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your Service! http://www.google.com Google is your "Friend" "Stephen Larivee" wrote in message ... I tried posting this on several Netscape newsgroups but there is so little traffic there, I did not get any response. I will try here and I apologize for cross posting........ Windows XP, Netscape 8.0 Beta, on my home and my work computers. I have been using the Beta version of Netscape 8.0 for a month or so now, both at home and at work. I have my home page set to www.yahoo.com on both computers. For the last three days, both at home and at work, when I open Netscape, it opens Yahoo, but two more tabs open, both going to Netscape Weather at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/weather/c_select2.jsp I have run both Ad-Aware and SpyBot, updating each before running, and I don't have anything that would account for the two tabs opening. I have WeatherBug on both computers but I don't see how going to Netscape Weather could be due to WeatherBug. Does anyone have any ideas why these tabs are opening on their own? How do I stop this? It is only mildly annoying but I don't like the loss of control I am experiencing. TIA |
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I understand the meaning of Beta. This sudden change in its behavior,
happening to both of my computers, leads me to think it is something new going on. I did go to the download site, as you suggested, and posted my problem there. It is certainly a minor annoyance, but I could easily learn to live with it if need be. Thanks for your input. "Star Fleet Admiral Q" wrote in message ... There's a reason the word "BETA" is in the version - it is just that, not ready for Prime Time. Where ever you downloaded if from should have instructions on where to post issues/bugs, and you'll have 2 choices - uninstall the beta and go back to an earlier RTM version or live with it until a new version of the beta comes out or the beta becomes RTM. -- Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your Service! http://www.google.com Google is your "Friend" "Stephen Larivee" wrote in message ... I tried posting this on several Netscape newsgroups but there is so little traffic there, I did not get any response. I will try here and I apologize for cross posting........ Windows XP, Netscape 8.0 Beta, on my home and my work computers. I have been using the Beta version of Netscape 8.0 for a month or so now, both at home and at work. I have my home page set to www.yahoo.com on both computers. For the last three days, both at home and at work, when I open Netscape, it opens Yahoo, but two more tabs open, both going to Netscape Weather at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/weather/c_select2.jsp I have run both Ad-Aware and SpyBot, updating each before running, and I don't have anything that would account for the two tabs opening. I have WeatherBug on both computers but I don't see how going to Netscape Weather could be due to WeatherBug. Does anyone have any ideas why these tabs are opening on their own? How do I stop this? It is only mildly annoying but I don't like the loss of control I am experiencing. TIA |
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Stephen Larivee wrote:
I tried posting this on several Netscape newsgroups but there is so little traffic there, Did you try on the *secure* Netscape server? If you don't set your newsreader to use the *secure* server you only see the "public" groups which, I agree, have very little traffic, as everyone else uses the *secure* server! In OE, on the "Advanced" tab of Account Properties you need to check the box "This server requires a secure connection" Try removing the Netscape News account and re-entering it, checking the *secure* box BEFORE downloading newsgroups. HTH -- Gordon Burgess-Parker Interim Systems and Management Accounting www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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Thank you. I will try that.
"Gordon" wrote in message ... Stephen Larivee wrote: I tried posting this on several Netscape newsgroups but there is so little traffic there, Did you try on the *secure* Netscape server? If you don't set your newsreader to use the *secure* server you only see the "public" groups which, I agree, have very little traffic, as everyone else uses the *secure* server! In OE, on the "Advanced" tab of Account Properties you need to check the box "This server requires a secure connection" Try removing the Netscape News account and re-entering it, checking the *secure* box BEFORE downloading newsgroups. HTH -- Gordon Burgess-Parker Interim Systems and Management Accounting www.gbpcomputing.co.uk |
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