on 20/02/01 20:40, Walt French at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> for info on why I get -903 errors loading some Apple control panels, or
> why "Software Update" cannot run?
>
> I wish Apple had some consistent database of interrelatedness showing
> that, for example, a hidden version of AppleScript is in the Extensions
> folder (the old one is superceded by OS9.x), and the following
> apps/CP's need AppleScript.... There are dozens of extensions to have
> the various parts of online experience hang together, yet no telling
> whether you're in trouble by removing DNS Plugin, that supports NSL,
> and God only knows who talks to NSL.
>
> I'll rationalize that when we're absolutely capped @ 80MB of ram, and
> occasionally need monsterware like VPC, every few hundrred KB count to
> a 2400 user.
After a clean system install, you usually don't want to mess around the
extensions, unless you really know what you're doing. There are a few
utilities that will provide a description for almost every single extension
you'll find in your system folder. I think that Bleu & Blanc is one of them.
If you want to keep your system lean, that's probably a good start before
arbitrarily removing extensions. If you really want to go ahead, it is
usually a good practice to disable only a few extensions at a time and then
reboot. After rebooting, check the usual applications you're using. It's not
completely fool proof, but sometimes you'll find out that something you did
remove was actually needed by some app. It takes some time to do it, but
it's better than having to re-enable all extensions you disabled since you
can't find which one is missing.
-Laurent.
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