The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63728   Message #1038977
Posted By: JohnInKansas
21-Oct-03 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: Tech: ?404 not found /null?
Subject: RE: Tech: ?404 not found /null?
sandra -

It would be ideal if you can find a local tech to take a look at your problem.

Assuming that you're using Windows, when you get one of those nasty error screens, you can hold down the Alt key while you hit the PrtScn (Print Screen) button, and it will save a picture of the screen to your clip board. Open your Word processor (Word?) and Control-V (or Edit - Paste), and you'll have a picture you can show to your techie - and that you can maybe spend some time to read completely if you wish.

If you're not trying to run with very little memory, you can open Word, or your other WP program and then minimize it before you start trying to surf, to make it a little more convenient to click it up to make notes.

You might also get a little more, or at least different, info if you right click in a blank spot on the error message, select "Properties" from the box that opens when you right click, and do the same Alt-PrtScn, Ctl-V to paste that picture in your WP.

The "pagead2google?syndication.com" looks like an address you might get a pop-up ad from, which does introduce a new possiblility. You could get a "page not found" occasionally from pop-ups or other "page ads" that don't connect, which could "cover" what you are trying to do.

If you see anything other than mudcat in the error message, check the bottom (Start) bar and see if there's more than one browser page button. If there is, hit the little "X" in the top right of the error screen and CLOSE the error message, instead of hitting "Back," and see if there's something useful on the "other page."

John