Netscape 7 problems?

crashes onLoad

[txbakers]

I was excited about Netscape 7. It follows the IE DOM for scripting, the input boxes aren't a mile long by default, the browser actually seems to work normally. It still doesn't render CSS exactly like IE, but at least it's functional.

However, I notice that when I'm running IE and try to launch Netscape - it freezes during the load process. There is no hint that it is opening, nothing in the Task manager, no process running to indicate that it is running.

Other programs suddenly stop working normally as well.

The only way I know it was Netscape causing the problem was when I reboot - I get a "Netscape not responding " message and am asked to end the task.

Has anyone a)bothered to download the NN7 and b) noticed this problem? I'm running W2kAS with lots of memory.

[Sinner_G]

Using Win2K and NN7, but no problem with launching it, even with IE running. But I didn't install the Java part.

[vibgyor79]

Do you get the splash screen?

See if this is useful
[help.netscape.com...]

[txbakers]

thanks - I don't get a splash screen, and that problem wasn't listed in the FAQ.

[tedster]

I had similar behavior with Netscape 6, and I traced it to (I believe) a conflict with Mozilla. I've uninstalled NN6 and Moz, but something still seems to be off - perhaps in the registry, where I'm definitely out of my depth! However, I've run Norton System Works and it doesn't see any problem.

So now I'm sitting here with a Netscape 7 disk and trying to get up the nerve to try another install.

If you don't run Mozilla, then that's not the issue for you, I guess. But if I ever get both NN7 and Moz working on the same machine again, I will NEVER open them at the same time.

[dingman]

I am, not for the first time, running NN7, Moz 1.2b, and IE 6 simultaneously on a Win2k pro box as I type this. The only thing that seems to cause problems is Outlook, which I recently gave up on and replaced with an ssh-tunneled VNC connection to a machine with Evolution installed ;)

[tedster]

Thanks for that report, dingman. I had hopes that recent builds of Moz and NN7 have dealt with the conflicts that I and others experienced - I may be brave enought to install now.

[dingman]

The one thing I do notice is that every time I launch NN7 with Moz running, or vice versa, the one that opens second needs a different profile to use, 'cause the other has locked it. This makes plenty of sense, except for some reason it never saves the new profile I tell it to create, so I have to do it again every time. Not a *big* deal, since I only use NN7 for testing purposes and therefore don't much care if it forgets about bookmarks and such, but it is mildly annoying.