Thanks Steve for the suggestions.  I've already checked it and everything is
fine.  I'm going to take it in tomorrow so I don't have to fool with it any
longer.  I miss not being able to search the site.
By the way, the list is great since you've taken over.

Linda


I use netscape 4.05 so the settings may be slightly different, but the concept
>should be the same. 
>
>Look in your Netscape setup under "Applications" or "File Types" and see what
>file types Netscape has configured for Real Audio.  Probably the site is
>trying to send you one of those file types.  Netscape will run Real Audio
>whenever a file of the types you have configured are sent by a page.  You can
>change these settings if you want to.  
>
>Steve
>
>
>
>LindaDer wrote:
 
 Steve, I'm using Netscape 3.0 and Win95.  Last night I removed teh Media
 Player and now when I hit the search  button,  RealAudio Player comes up.  I
 have no problems with any other search sites.
 I can't understand what it going on.
 Linda
 
 >LindaDer wrote:
 >>
 >> Steve, everytime I try to search the archives my Windows Media Player
 comes up!
 >
 >Haven't heard that one before.  This hasn't happened to me.  I'll offer some
 >guesses and I'll send this to the forum in case somebody else out there has
 >already figured this out and can give you a better answer.
 >
 >What browser and version are you using (Netscape, MSIE, AOL, Mosaic, etc.)?
 >What operating system do you use (Windows 95, 3.1, Mac, PC, Unix, etc.)?
What
 >type of sound card do you have?  Do you see what kind of file the Media
Player
 >is trying to load?  Is it a sound file (Wave, Midi, RMI, RA, etc.) or
 >something else like an HTML or SHTML or some other kind of file?
 >
 >GUESS #1 Browser Configuration.
 >Some web sites have audio and/or video instructions built into their web
pages
 >which signal your browser to load the associated player.  If you run
into such
 >a page and your browser and computer are configured to accept such
 >instructions, then whatever program (e.g. media player) your computer is
 >configured to use for the file type being sent will automatically run
and try
 >to load the audio or video streaming in from that site.  With Netscape
you can
 >configure your preference settings to automatically run such requests, save
 >the file to disk, ask you what to do, etc.
 >
 >GUESS #2  Misconfigured Registry File Types.
 >Do you know how to look at your "Registered File Types" Settings in Windows
 >95?  If so, try looking in there for the file types that are configured
to use
 >the Media Player.  Make a note of these file extension types.  If you
somehow
 >have a file type that should be loading as a web browser file rather than a
 >Media Player file then you probably need to fix that.
 >
 >If that doesn't help, send more details or contact technical support
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 >folks who sold you your computer and/or software.
 >
 >Steve Coker
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