Member gets booted out to DOS while in Netscape

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This pertains to Win3.X


  • 1. See how much memory they have. Do a "mem" from DOS. If they have under 8 megs, they need more memory. The "largest executable program size" should not be lower than 590K. If so, they need to use "MemMaker".
  • 2. In DOS, type "set", find "Temp=". Delete all the "tmp" files that are in that path from "File Manager".
  • 3. Delete the cache in Netscape.
  • 4. Try setting the video to "VGA" mode.
  • 5. Set "swap file" to permanent. If it's a compressed drive you won't be able to. The swap file should be 8 to 14 MB.
  • 6. Make sure DOS loads in high memory.
  • 7. Check "load=" and "run=" in Win.ini file. Put semicolon ( ; ) in front of these to disable them while you check.
  • 8. Are they loading drivers? (mouse, CD, etc.)