Eric, thanks a lot, your advice did the trick. You were right, it was my fooling around with Webwasher that messed up IE5. i went to IE's Prefs as you suggested and turned off Proxies and now all is well. However bow you've got me curious about iCab, so I'll go get that next and give it a try. Again, thanks much! Tom --------------------- At 11:31 AM -0400 7/5/01, Eric D. wrote: >on 7/5/01 4:23, Tom Baker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Internet Explorer 5 has gone bust on me. It's worked fine for months, but >> for the last couple of days now the browser launches but can't access a web >> page. The progress bar in the lower right corner starts to fill up but then ><snip> >> >> Eudora and Newswatcher still work fine, only Exporer has fouled up. >> >> I threw away the System and Finder prefs (I can't find any Explorer prefs >> to trash), ran Disk Warrior, Disk First Aid, and Tech Tool Pro through the >> disk and they find nothing wrong, but IE still gets stuck. >> >> The only thing I've done different lately is to download and try WebWasher, >> and I ran it a couple of times along with IE, but it didn't jam or anything >> while running. But could it have corrupted something somewhere? >> >> Anybody got any ideas how I might get Explorer to work again? I don't have >> the installer to try a fresh install. >> >> The OS is 9.1 running on a brand new G4. >> Tom > >Ok, your problem is likely your dalliance with WebWasher (probably a stable >app but proxies can be a little of a pain). First off, try turning OFF the >proxy under Explorer's Preferences:Network:Proxies if it's on. Your problem >is likely proxy related. Secondly, try disabling WebWasher if it's still >active (I'm not sure how it works but it's probably a background application >that launches as an extension at startup). > >As for Explorer preferences, you'll find them in two spots in the System >Folder. > >(1) Explorer folder in the "System Folder:Preferences" folder. Ensure you >keep your favorites.html file if you have valuable bookmarks or else you'll >be cursing your computer (& me) for a long time. > >(2) in the "System Folder" there's a "MS Preference Panels" folder that you >should be able to delete as a unit (you'll have to reset your preferences in >Explorer). > >As for Internet Explorer 5.0 installer: you have it on your OS 9.1 or 9.0.x >install CDs. > >Though, if you want a way to combat JavaScript pop-up windows and/or filter >out those annoying banner ads try iCab 2.5 Preview. I can never repeat it >often enough but iCab 2.5 holds its own against Netscape 4.7 (we'll not even >talk about that joke called 6) and IE 5.0/5.1. It's STABLE, fast and if it >does crash it doesn't force a three-finger salute restart (unlike our >friends NN 4.7 & IE 5.x). Just open it up again and it's happy (I suspect >they have some memory issues to work out still since the computer is still >stable after an iCab "crash" (an IE or NN crash RARELY allows me to quit the >offending app and never leaves the computer stable)). > >http://www.icab.de > >Eric. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Velocity Upgrades - Mac Memory Factory Direct. 128 MB for 9600, 8600, 7600 - $79.99; 64MB for 6500, 6400, 5400 - $39.99; 32 MB for 9600, 8500, 7300 - $24.99 <http://www.backbeatmedia.com/wcgi-bin/velocity.cgi> Friends -- Complete Series on Video CD -- $289.17 Back to the Future Collection on Video CD -- $15.97 EurekaMovies.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/eureka.html> - - - - - G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/g-list/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
