> We've seen something similar from time to time with Netscape and Trumpet
> Winsock. When the user runs Netscape, they immediately get a window that
> says "Unable to locate host." If they exit and rerun it, same thing.
> Even rebooting doesn't fix it --- *BUT* --- when the error pops up, if the
> user just hits "OK" and "RELOAD" it works fine. And the problem seems to
> go away. Future invocations of Netscape do NOT produce the error. Seems
> like a strange Netscape bug to me, but it's an easy fix. Maybe this is
> what you're seeing.
We've seen this happen with Netscape and Chameleon winsock, so I'm
inclined to think it's Netscape. The occasional user gets an "Unable to
locate host" message ONCE when starting Netscape, which then happens
consistently for a week or two, and then it stops happening.
Very strange.
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