# NAPSTER WONT LOAD **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740 "2000-09-02T03:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/1 "2000-09-02T03:35:22Z")
all of a sudden my napster program won’t load-it starts to and then it just sits there with the hourglass and does nothing-all of my other programs work fine-i uninstalled it and downloaded it again and installed it and the same thing happens- any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/2 "2000-09-02T03:37:44Z")
It may be at the source. I’m trying to download stuff too, and it isn’t working for me all of a sudden. There may be legal developments we aren’t aware of. Is the program initializing okay, and you just can’t download files? That’s my problem. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/3 "2000-09-02T03:40:27Z")
no it wont open-it works fine on my daughters computer-it just stopped working on mine ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/4 "2000-09-02T03:45:45Z")
napster is up and running - I’m downloading like a maniac right now. Sometimes Napster locks up on me, and I have to exit, reboot, and then it works ok. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/5 "2000-09-02T03:59:03Z")
Hey, it just started working again! Well, good luck to the OP. :D:D ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/6 "2000-09-02T04:06:23Z")
Close the program and re-start. This happens from time to time on my machine. Don’t panic and start changing settings. Napster’s under some serious pressure lately because of their media attention. Be patient, give it some time, you get a server soon. \*\* Ohh, make sure you completely close out of it. In the sys tray, exit, that assures that you’ve completely exited the program. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/7 "2000-09-02T04:15:33Z")
i dont mean i cant log on to napster-i mean it wont open at all-it just hangs up and partially opens- ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/8 "2000-09-02T04:22:53Z")
At what point does it hang? ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/9 "2000-09-02T04:53:45Z")
its a blank gray screen with napster v2.0 beta 7 at the top-with the hourglass -it will not open-it was working fine and just stopped-i reinstalled it and the same thing happens-no explanation at all-i can go to other programs and they work fine ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/10 "2000-09-02T05:06:22Z")
O.K. I don’t know if the boards were set up for this, but I’ll give it a shot. Start explaining what’s happening. Are you getting any kind of, ‘locating server’, ‘building library’ kind of message? I’ve fired it three times now without problems. Loads straight away. Are you completely out of the program? Sys tray and everything? Reboot the comp and try it again. Explain exactly what’s happening and I can give you a better answer. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/11 "2000-09-02T07:50:55Z")
djf750- Should I assume you fixed the problem? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/12 "2000-09-02T15:00:54Z")
If its a thing you have to be connected to the web to use, it may very well be that the websites its connected to aren’t open at the time & thus it won’t load. So, try again another day. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/13 "2000-09-02T15:16:46Z")
Handy, Huh? If he’s connected, he should have no problem accessing one of their servers. If he’s not, he wouldn’t be able to post or read replies here. Personally, I think he screwed up his initial log in and tried to keep going. You’re bound to run into problems trying to keep re-loading the program. Hopefully, he re-booted and got his answer in the form of a clean system. He hasn’t replied, so I’ll assume he’s back on-line with Napster. ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/14 "2000-09-02T15:26:14Z")
How long have you left it to load? Mine has been taking up to 10-15 minutes to load up and connect to a server, but everything is fine once it connects. ---
**Author:** ![RussellM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed8c4c/32.png) [@RussellM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RussellM)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napster-wont-load/31740/15 "2000-09-04T15:26:44Z")
> [@](#): > > NAPSTER WONT LOAD So contact Napster. Russell