Netscape 7.2 constantly tries to connect

I have the 7.0 browser on this computer and it never tries to automatically connect...the 7.0 streamline standalone is great and has never had a problem. I am trying the 7.2 complete streamline on a different computer as I *knew I would foul it up and didn't want to put it on here until I knew what I was doing...if that ever happens?

How do I get it to stop trying to connect when I do not want to connect...?I keep getting the popup for connecting and even though I click cancel it keeps coming back.

Also, do I *have to have a userprefs.js?? I have no idea what to put in it. Yes, I read about them in Ramona's bookmarks, but I still have no idea what to do with such a file. Will NS will work just as well without it? I sure hope so...

Thanks...

 

Dixie,

In the Control Panel | Internet Options ensure that your settings are correct in the "Connections" option.

Disable QuickLaunch, if it is enabled.

Check your RealPlayer configuration to ensure that it isn't enabled to "phone home" on startup.

No it isn't mandatory to have a user.js file. However, it is recommended that you do not edit the prefs.js file. Thus the use of the user.js file.

Ramona

 

I am still confused as I don't know anything about the prefs.js either, but at least there is something already in it...I don't know what the things are as they were already there...but if I had a user file, which I don't, how would it be edited if there is nothing in it anyway??? And why would it need to be edited in the first place???

The problem is, I don't know the first thing about these kinds of files or what their purpose is...
Is the prefs file necessary??

Am I confused? YES! I feel like I am trying to converse in a foreign language...

 

The pref.js file controls everything. You may have a program which is perfect, but you need a Profile, for your own personal information. You are not obligated to make any changes, other than very basic ones, such as connectiong. I have cable, and, unfortunately, I know nothing about connecting, other than using the ISP. You must have selected NS to be your default, and is why it keeps coming on.
You should be able to change that without resorting to any modification of files. I am going to leave you here, as confused as ever, because I do not know the source of your problems. If you want to know more about the user.js file, there is good description in this: http://www.hmetzger.de/etips6.html#11

 

Dixie,

Sure you know. The prefs.js file is your Netscape Preferences, the ones that you configured when you set up the browser.
prefs = Preferences
js = JavaScript

Each line in the prefs.js file is a script for the Preferences you selected, e.g.:

If you deselected the Radio Button to show on the Toolbar, then you will see this script in the prefs.js file:
user_pref( "browser.toolbars.showbutton.netscaperadio ", false);

If you deselected having a sound file played on popup blocking, this script would appear:
user_pref( "privacy.popups.sound_enabled ", false);
Etc., etc., etc.

I believe you just answered your own question. If there is no file, then the obvious is answered...

If for any reason you decide to edit the prefs.js file, rather than doing so, you would then open Notepad, enter the script as you wish it edited, then save the file as user.js, to your salted (*.slt) folder. As an example I wanted the background color on webpages to be a buff color. Rather than risk corrupting the prefs.js file by editing, I opened Notepad, added this line:

user_pref( "browser.display.background_color ", "#FFF8DC ");
I then saved the file as "user.js" to my salted folder.

As I made more changes and additions I opened the user.js file, and added scripts.

All settings in the user.js take precedence over those found in prefs.js. Netscape cannot write to the "user.js" file, so it's safe to edit the user.js file even with Netscape open. The edit will not take effect, however, until Netscape is restarted.

One important point to remember, is that every entry in the user.js file is written to the prefs.js file. If you delete a script in the user.js file, then you must also delete it from the prefs.js file. The plus factor is that Netscape cannot overwrite or manipulate the user.js file in any way.

To reiterate, it is not mandatory to create a user.js file, but it is highly recommended to do so.

Of course! As stated above, the prefs.js file is your Netscape preferences. You aren't thinking it through...

Ramona

 

I understand what you are saying about the prefs file but I never knew that it was made from edit/preferences.
Why can't you just cintinue to edit from edit/preferences? I would not have the vaguest idea how to put anything in a user.js file or how to word it. For instance, you wrote:

user_pref( "browser.display.background_color ", "#FFF8DC ") How did you know to word it that way and where to put the dots? And the numbers...couldn't you just go to edit/preferences and check colors under appearance??

Also...what is a salt file? I never heard of it. What is it and what is it for...is it part of Windows or part of Netscape?

You said the user.js is recommended but I don't understand why...why can't everything be done from the edit/preferences?

Well, I just don't understand it so I think I better just forget about it. I don't want to foul up the browser when I don't know what I am doing...I wouldn't have the slightest idea of what to put in it...

Thanks for the info about the prefs.js...I never had anything to do with a prefs.js file so never thought about it...

 

PS....To Westside.
Thanks for the link. However the example cannot be obtained because when I click on *here's an example * it does not go anywhere and at the bottom of the page it says *java script error*.