[WEB4LIB] Re: Netscape link problems...

David Merchant merchant at bayou.com
Thu Feb 10 16:08:44 EST 2000


At 12:40 PM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Send reply to:          skelsey at lsu.edu
>Subject:                [WEB4LIB] Netscape link problems...
> > All of our computers in the reference section have to be rebooted
> > constantly because the links in Netscape quit working-
> > the connection is still alive, the links just don't work.  It happens on
> > various versions of Netscape and both NT and 95
> > operating systems.....

It could be the Kernel32 "memory leak" problem that occurs with prolonged 
use of a browser, or any application that opens and closes TCP sockets on a 
frequent basis. I've solved similar problems with NN (and IE) by upgrading 
the kernel32.

See:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/SOFTWARE/localize/jpc98kern.htm

for an update/upgrade.

TTFN,
David
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