SillyDog701

[VegasBrandts]

I am not impressed with 7.0. I know a lot of people are, but I like the old 4.7x versions. My question is, I have dumped 7.0, now I want to download 4.79. I have new versions of AIM and Real Player currently installed on my windows XP. Which version should I download if I only want the 4.79 browser and mail. I am trying to avoid reinstalling the AIM 5.0 and Real Player 1. Do I want complete install or base install?? Thanks for any help you can provide.

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[Josh]

You can choose not to install realplayer. However, you can't choose to install AIM unless you do these steps: (This is from Ramona's Netscape Solutions.)

Ever since version 4.0, Netscape included an uninvited addition to Communicator: AOL Instant Messanger (AIM). Even if you choose the Custom install, there's no option to remove it from the installation. However, there is a way to do that:

1. Make sure your TEMP dir (normally C:\WINDOWS\TEMP) is empty.

2. Start your Communicator installation as you normally would.

3. As soon as the first screen appears, ALT+TAB out of the installation.

4. You should find the extracted files in your TEMP dir. Copy all of them to a directory of your choice
(except the subdirs - unnecessary).

5. Return to the installation, and cancel it out.

6. Now you have an extracted installation set. in it, Open AIM.INI.

7. Find the line ";INVISIBLE=YES", and change it to "INVISIBLE=NO" (or just remove the entire line).

Now install Netscape from the modified installation set, and choose Custom. You'll get the option not to install AIM!

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