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Paul Naprstek - 12 Oct 2003 19:28 GMT

I have a Power Mac 7300/200 with OS 9.0.4 and use IE 5.1
for Mac and Outlook 5 for Mac. My ISP is Time Warner
RoadRunner.

Two weeks ago, after completing a clean system reinstall,
I started getting web pages on Internet Explorer with some
of the text replaced by dingbats, Cyrillic characters,
boxes, Apple logos, etc. The appearance is similar to
what I've seen when I open a Microsoft Word file with an
older version of Word. I am guessing that I have lost a
file or plug-in that enables the browser to translate
formatting instructions.

I have tried reinstalling IE (this time 5.7), and also
going back to my previous system folder, and I have the
same problem.

In what may or may not be a related problem, I am no
longer able to open Microsoft outlook. I get a message
that it has unexpectedly quit due to a Type II error.

This looks like a pretty straightforward problem to me,
but I don't know whether to go to Microsoft, Apple, or
Time Warner. Any suggestions?

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Richard Grieve Mac MVP - 12 Oct 2003 20:08 GMT

> I have a Power Mac 7300/200 with OS 9.0.4 and use IE 5.1
> for Mac and Outlook 5 for Mac. My ISP is Time Warner
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> but I don't know whether to go to Microsoft, Apple, or
> Time Warner. Any suggestions?

I would have guessed very strongly that the Text Encoding Converter and/or
the Text Encodings folder are corrupt, but if you genuinely carried out a
clean system reinstall, that would have fixed it (and every other problem
under the sun, barring hardware issues).

Not sure what else to suggest really - an upgrade to OS 9.2.2 might help
perhaps (OS 9.0.4 is a poor relation).

Ricky

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Paul Naprstek - 13 Oct 2003 12:27 GMT

This looks like a highly probable diagnosis. When I did
the clean install, I used Conflict Catcher to pull
critical old extensions into my new system folder, and I
may have been too liberal at what I picked.

I will try another reinstall tonight and report back on
the result. Thank you.

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Paul Naprstek - 29 Oct 2003 00:57 GMT

The real clean re-install did the trick. Thank you.
Unfortunately, my original post has led to my getting
deluged with spam. I get fake Microsoft security upgrade
messages every few minutes, interspersed with fake failure
to send email messages. I see by the recent postings that
others have have had this problem also. Looks like I'm
going to have to give up my old address.

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Richard Grieve Mac MVP - 29 Oct 2003 16:10 GMT

> The real clean re-install did the trick. Thank you.
> Unfortunately, my original post has led to my getting
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> others have have had this problem also. Looks like I'm
> going to have to give up my old address.

Thanks for the reminder, I've been meaning to post about this. These MS
groups are really becoming popular for the spam harvesters.

Employing a simple spamtrap method is often enough to secure yourself from
future problems (look at my e-mail address as an example).

Ricky

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Getting gibberish on Internet Explorer