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Common Problems/Solutions with Windows 95 |
On this siteRemoving TTY WindowsClearing the URL History Clearing the Cache Files Removing the TTY Windows (Black Screen)Double click on My ComputerDouble click on Dial Up Networking Right click on the WCN icon (or whatever they named the dialer) Click on Properties On the General tab, click on the Configure button Select the Options tab Uncheck the boxes for Bring up terminal window before/after dialing Click on OK Select the Server Types tab Ensure that the Type of Dial Up Server is set to PPP:Windows95, NT, Internet If it is set to SLIP, you will get a Terminal window Click on OK Close Dial Up Networking Close My Computer Have the customer connect Back to the Top Clearing the URL HistoryNavigator on Windows 3.1x Navigator on Windows 95/98 CommunicatorNetscape Navigator 3.0 and Windows 3.1xClose NetscapeIn the Main Program Group, double click on the File Manager Select the C: drive Click on File Click on Search Type netscape.ini for the file name and click OK In the search window, double click on the netscape.ini file The file should open in Notepad Look through the file and find the section for URL History There will be several lines with URL1=(some web address)
Close Notepad and answer Yes to save the changes Close the File Manager Back to the Top Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Windows 95/98Recommend caution on this process, because it requires editing the system registryClose Netscape Click on the Start button Click on Run Type in regedit and click OK Double click on the HKEY_CURRENT_USER folder Double click on the Software folder Double click on the Netscape folder Double click on the Netscape Navigator folder Double click on the URL History folder On the right side, you can delete all the lines except Default NOTE: Deleting Default will corrupt Netscape and will require a software reload Close the Registry Editor Back to the Top Netscape Communicator 4.0x and Windows 3.1/95/98/NTOpen NetscapeClick on Edit Click on Preferences Click on the Clear Location Bar button Click on OK to confirm the deletion Click on OK at Preferences Check the Location bar to see if it is actually empty. The button works on about 1 in 4 computers If it doesn't, close Netscape Click on the Start button Click on Programs Click on Accessories Click on Notepad Click on File Click on Open Change the Files of Type from *.txt to All Files Starting from the C:, double click on the Program Files folder Double click on the Netscape folder Double click on the Users folder Double click on the User1 folder (or the username) Double click on the prefs file Read down until you find the lines like user_pref("browser.url_history.URL_1", "http://www.wcc.net/"); You can delete the entire line if it says url_history Close Notepad and answer Yes to save the changes Back to the Top Clearing the Browser CacheNavigator on Windows 3.1 Communicator on Windows 3.1 Navigator on Windows 95/98 Communicator on Windows 95/98 Explorer 3.0 on Windows 95/98 Explorer 4.0 on Windows 95/98Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Windows 3.1Open NetscapeClick on Options Click on Network Preferences On the Cache tab, click the button for Clear Disk Cache Click OK to confirm the clearing Click OK to exit the Preferences window -OR- Close Netscape Open the File Manager Double click on the Netscape folder Double click on the Cache folder Click on any file on the right side, one time Click on File at the top Click on Select Files Click on Select Click on Close Hold down the Control (CTRL) key and click on time on fat.db (It should be the first file listed.) That should deselect that one file. Press the Delete key on your keyboard Answer Yes to confirm the file removals. Close the File Manager Back to the Top Netscape Communicator 4.x on Windows 3.1Open NetscapeClick on Edit Click on Preferences Click on the + sign beside Advanced Click on the Cache line Click the button for Clear Disk Cache Click OK to confirm Click OK to close the Preferences windows -OR- Close Netscape Open the File Manager Double click on the Comm folder Double click on the Users folder Double click on the folder inside that one (commonly user1, default, or username) Double click on the Cache folder Click on any file on the right side, one time Click on File at the top Click on Select Files Click on Select Click on Close Hold down the Control (CTRL) key and click on time on fat.db (It should be the first file listed.) That should deselect that one file. Press the Delete key on your keyboard Answer Yes to confirm the file removals. Close the File Manager Back to the Top Netscape Navigator 3.0 on Windows 95/98Open NetscapeClick on Options Click on Network Preferences On the Cache tab, click the button for Clear Disk Cache Click OK to confirm the clearing Click OK to exit the Preferences window -OR- Close Netscape Click on Start Click on Programs Click on Windows Explorer Double click on the Program Files folder Double click on the Netscape folder Double click on the Cache folder Click on any file on the right side, one time Click on File at the top Click on Select Files Click on Select Click on Close Hold down the Control (CTRL) key and click on time on fat.db (It should be the first file listed.) That should deselect that one file. Press the Delete key on your keyboard Answer Yes to confirm the file removals. Close the File Manager Back to the Top Netscape Communicator 4.x on Windows 95/98Open NetscapeClick on Edit Click on Preferences Click on the + sign beside Advanced Click on the Cache line Click the button for Clear Disk Cache Click OK to confirm Click OK to close the Preferences windows -OR- Close Netscape Click on the Start button Click on Programs Click on Windows Explorer Double click on the Program Files folder Double click on the Netscape folder Double click on the Users folder Double click on the folder inside that one (commonly user1, default, or username) Double click on the Cache folder Click on any file on the right side, one time Click on File at the top Click on Select Files Click on Select Click on Close Hold down the Control (CTRL) key and click on time on fat.db (It should be the first file listed.) That should deselect that one file. Press the Delete key on your keyboard Answer Yes to confirm the file removals. Close the File Manager Back to the Top Internet Explorer 3.0 on Windows 95/98Open ExplorerClick on View Click on Options Click on the Advanced tab Click on the Settings button Click on the Empty folder button Click on OK to confirm Click on OK to close the Options Back to the Top Internet Explorer 4.0 on Windows 95/98Open ExplorerClick on View Click on Internet Options Click on the Delete Files button Click on OK to confirm Click on OK to close the Internet Options Back to the Top |
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