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DR-Webspyder Install Problem (Users)

posted by jwells222, 23.09.2011, 05:45

Hi, I'm new to this forum. Glad to hear that its not closing!!!

I have IBM PC-DOS 2000 installed bare metal. My browser is Arachne, used with comcast cable and an NDIS driver package I assembled based on instructions at FreeDos (uses the files protman.dos, protman.exe, netbind.com, dis_pkt.dos and my Marvell Yukon NDIS driver file). I want to install the DR-Webspyder browser using an ODI driver package, also based on FreeDos instructions (uses lsl.com, pkt2odi.exe, net.cfg and my Yukon ODI driver file). The ODI driver package works fine with Arachne. When I double click on the DR-Webspyder install file (web21b2.exe), the file expands and goes into an install routine. I follow the on-screen prompts and everything seems to install fine. However, when I try to start the browser, the screen goes blank and the computer crashes. At this point, the computer needs to be reset via hard reboot. I don't think the issue relates to the network driver configuation, as the browser should at least open up without crashing the entire computer. I have another version of the DR-Webspyder installer (a zip file comprised of many files) and the behavior was indentical to the web21b2.exe file. Anyone have an idea what is causing the problem? Perhaps the web21b2.exe is a bad file, and the the zip file was extracted from that file, so both are bad. In that event, does anyone have a installer file that is known be to be good? Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks all.

Complete thread:

• DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 23.09.2011, 05:45 (Users)
  • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 23.09.2011, 06:28
    • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 24.09.2011, 03:34
      • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 24.09.2011, 06:25
      • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 24.09.2011, 06:34
        • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 24.09.2011, 20:48
          • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 24.09.2011, 22:44
            • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - RayeR, 25.09.2011, 02:45
              • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 25.09.2011, 17:11
                • DR-Webspyder 2.5.a - Pablo, 25.09.2011, 20:09
                  • DR-Webspyder 2.5.a - RayeR, 12.10.2011, 02:56
                    • DR-Webspyder 2.5.a - glennmcc, 13.10.2011, 02:04
                • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - glennmcc, 26.09.2011, 06:16
                  • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - jwells222, 27.09.2011, 06:35
                    • DR-Webspyder Install Problem - ron, 27.09.2011, 07:25