Installing Netscape 6.2

[Dan Sontup]

New user of XP on laptop. Want to install Netscape 6.2, which is a program
already on the computer. When I click on it, I get an Alert, reading
"activation.netscape.com could not be found.." Is this because I'm already
using IE as my browser and Microsoft is keeping Netscape from being used? If
so, how can I install NS6.2?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Dan

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

New user of XP on laptop. Want to install Netscape 6.2, which is a
program already on the computer. When I click on it, I get an Alert,
reading "activation.netscape.com could not be found.." Is this
because I'm already using IE as my browser and Microsoft is keeping
Netscape from being used? If so, how can I install NS6.2?

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Dan

perhaps a post in secnews.netscape.com news server would be more
appropriate?

 

[Dan Sontup]

perhaps a post in secnews.netscape.com news server would be more
appropriate?

That was the first thing I tried, Gordon, but when I tried to install the
server for the appropriate newsgroup, it didn't take and kept asking for my
user name and password, no matter how many times I entered them. This may
be due to my not being too familar at present with XP and Outlook Express.
However, I did manage to access this secure server and NS6 newsgroup on
another computer (*after* I had already posted the query here), and will
check to see if there are any responses there. Sorry if this caused you any
upset.

Dan

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

That was the first thing I tried, Gordon, but when I tried to install
the server for the appropriate newsgroup, it didn't take and kept
asking for my user name and password, no matter how many times I
entered them. This may be due to my not being too familar at present
with XP and Outlook Express. However, I did manage to access this
secure server and NS6 newsgroup on another computer (*after* I had
already posted the query here), and will check to see if there are
any responses there. Sorry if this caused you any upset.

Dan

No upset - OE doesn't *normally* ask for a username and password on
secnews.netscape.com - how did you set it up?

 

[Dan Sontup]

No upset - OE doesn't *normally* ask for a username and password on
secnews.netscape.com - how did you set it up?

Typed following url in IE:

s
This worked on my other computer (WIN95, Netscape 4.7), but not on OE.
Messed up my earthlink server. Took a while and much experimenting until I
got things back to normal. Still getting familiarized with XP and OE.

Dan