[MacDV] Internet Kills Mac Apps

[Gordon Alley]

If it turns out that the storm zapped your friend's cable modem, it may have 
also knocked out the Powerbook's Ethernet port.

On 8/17/05, Steve Robertson <stever at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> This doesn't have anything to do with video, but this is the largest
> group of Mac experts I can contact easily.
> 
> A friend of mine bought an old Powerbook from me. It runs OS 9.2.2 and
> is connected to the Internet by a cable modem. About a week ago, the
> cable company suffered some extensive storm damage. When the cable
> service returned, my friend found that she could not open the two
> pieces of software she uses most of the time – Internet Explorer and
> Outlook Express.
> 
> After doing some exploring, I found that any software that relies on
> the Internet would not open. In other words, Netscape Communicator
> behaves exactly like the Microsoft products. They put up a splash
> screen, then just disappear. No dialog box. Any software that does NOT
> rely on the Internet opens and works fine.
> 
> The control panels that relate to the Internet will open and have all
> the correct info entered. I even tried switching to the basic control
> panels. No help. The cable company is coming today to make sure the
> cable modem is working properly, but I can't imagine any way that a bad
> cable box could kill software like this.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve R.
> 

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Gordon B. Alley
http://galley.home.texas.net
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