
NETSCAPE
NAVIGATOR
TECHNICAL
NOTES
These technical notes cover issues regarding Netscape Navigator and
Netscape Navigator Personal Edition. Our support staff will continue to
revise and expand this collection of notes as we find new information
that will be of use to our users.
A tar file
containing text versions of all of the tech notes is available.
GLITCHES,
ERRORS,
FREEZES, AND
CRASHES
Cross-platform:
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10003 - Problems printing with Netscape and HP DeskJets
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10008 - Forms in tables crash Netscape Navigator 1.1
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10018 - Navigator won't let you read news articles
Microsoft Windows:
- 10101
- Can't connect when using Navigator with Spry's "Internet in a Box"
- 10102
- "Can't find WINSOCK.DLL" error in Windows
- 10103
- PC/NFS gives GPF's and other problems with Netscape Navigator
- 10104
- Troubleshooting "General Protection Fault" (GPF) problems
- 10105
- Bookmarks menu list jumps off the left edge of the screen
- 10106
- "Cannot write xxxxxxxx.DLL" when installing Navigator
- 10108
- Patch for problems between Netscape Navigator and Frontier SuperTCP
- 10110
- FTP transfers stop after a specific number of bytes on a SLIP connection
- 10113
- GPF in module "256_1024.DRV"
- 10118
- Unreadable (messed up, tiny, invisible, or Greek) fonts in Navigator
- 10119
- Error 10047: you're using 32-bit Netscape on a 16-bit connection
- 10120
- How to get Netscape Navigator to work with Windows NT NewShell
- 10121
- "Unable to launch external viewer! error code=16" on downloading
- 10122
- Troubleshooting graphics problems on Windows by switching to VGA mode
Apple Macintosh:
- 10202
- Conflicts between RamDoubler and MacTCP
Unix:
- 10302
- Unix Navigator may display pictures with wrong colors
- 10308
- "Translation table syntax errors" when starting up Unix Navigator
NETWORKING
ISSUES
Networking in general:
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10007 - Browsing web pages without a live TCP/IP network
connection
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10009 - Why does the Navigator try to connect to
"home4.netscape.com"?
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10013 - "The server does not have a DNS entry" errors
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10017 - How to deal with consistent "404 Not Found" errors
FTP issues:
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10002 - FTP'ing a file with Netscape Navigator results in
corrupted download
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10004 - Error -57 when using Netscape Navigator to ftp
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10016 - FTP'ing through a firewall ("passive FTP")
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10023 - FTP'ing with a username/password:
"ftp://username@ftp.whatever.com/"
Proxy/firewall issues:
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10001 - Netscape Navigator doesn't remember ANS Interlock
firewall password
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10011 - What do I put in the "No Proxy On" field?
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10021 - SOCKS support in Netscape Navigator
HELPFUL
INFORMATION
Cross-platform:
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10005 - How to put comments into an HTML file
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10006 - Does Netscape Navigator let web servers see my
email address?
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10010 - Determining the security level of an HTTPS connection
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10012 - Displaying compressed files (such as "foo.txt.Z")
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10014 - Format of timestamps in the history and bookmark files
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10015 - Gopher types supported by Netscape Navigator
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10019 - "POST" is used when reloading POSTed data
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10020 - The "Reload" button doesn't necessarily reload
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10022 - How to use custom colors for text and backgrounds on
your pages
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10024 - Caching, the cache directory, and ".moz" files
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10025 - "#fragment" part of a URL is never sent to the web
server
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10026 - How to re-register your copy of Netscape Navigator
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10027 - How to set the default Netscape Navigator window
size and position
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10028 - News configuration files on Netscape Navigator
Microsoft Windows:
- 10107
- Using Cyrillic fonts with Netscape Navigator on Windows
- 10109
- How Netscape Navigator finds NETSCAPE.INI
- 10111
- A list of the files that Netscape Navigator 1.1 (16-bit) uses
- 10112
- A list of the files that Netscape Navigator 1.1 (32-bit) uses
- 10115
- 16-bit and 32-bit versions of the Navigator, and when NOT to use Win32s
- 10116
- "Windows Accelerator Modems" don't work with Personal Edition dialer
- 10117
- Netscape Navigator's color palette on Windows
Apple Macintosh:
- 10201
- Acquiring MacTCP, MacPPP, InterSLIP, and other Mac networking software
- 10203
- Converting Mosaic and MacWeb hotlists to Netscape bookmark files
- 10205
- How the Navigator finds the "Netscape Preferences" file
Unix:
- 10301
- Sound/video helper applications and the "mailcap" file
- 10303
- Using Cyrillic fonts with Netscape Navigator on Unix
- 10304
- Don't use X "app-defaults" files with Netscape Navigator
- 10305
- Making Netscape Navigator's default fonts bigger in Xwindows
- 10306
- Changing default font to Helvetica
- 10307
- Converting Mosaic hotlists to Netscape bookmarks in Unix

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