taking training tests for my job over the internet on my g4 mac

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taking training tests for my job over the internet on my g4 mac

I work for General Motors and they have training at gmtraining.com that I can take at home over the internet, I am unable to get the site to work; Ive changed browsers & sometimes it will work other times I cant get pages to load, or the site just freezes on one page and wont move to the next question etc. Ill get error messages that I dont have the right plugin then cant find the plugin. I get paid for these tests and it would be nice not hassling it. Help!

Powermac G4 Quick Silver, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jan 10, 2006 8:30 PM

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Rich JG

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Jan 10, 2006 8:44 PM in response to Melanie Gunderson

Hi Melanie,

I just typed http://gmtraining.com into my Safari web browser and it went right to this site: https://www.gmtraining.com/HomePage/LoginPage.asp. So, is that part working for you?

There is a notice there that says "The system is undergoing scheduled maintenance beginning 9:00 PM Tuesday, January 10, 2006 to 5:00 AM Wednesday, January 11, 2006 (EST).", so it is possible that that is the reason why you cannot do anything at the site at this time.

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Answer 2

Jan 12, 2006 12:03 PM in response to Rich JG

HI Rich
Yes that part comes up; the log-in, but then problems arise after, as I move through the site. I dont know what to do,really, I never saw a maintenance notice come up. I will try again later, maybe that was it. Thank you!

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Rich JG

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Jan 12, 2006 4:54 PM in response to Melanie Gunderson

Hi Melanie,

Right now (4:50 pm PST on Thursday) I tried the site and am asked for a user id and password. So, the maintenance is not being done now. However, I of course cannot proceed further.

If you are able to log in but are having some problems, you might try a different browser. Some web sites do not work properly in all browsers.

If you still have problems, I suggest that you try to contact someone associated with the website who could help. At the minimum, I would expect that the site has a webmaster that you could email.

Rich

EMAC G4 1.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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Jan 13, 2006 9:39 AM in response to Rich JG

Hi Rich
I will do that, contact the webmaster. Is it possible that only a PC is able to utilize this site? As much as I love my MAC I know there are limitations or incompatabilies inherent in these 2 systems. And yes Ive tried firefox, explorer,safari, but not netscape, Ill try; thanks again, Melanie

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Rich JG

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Jan 13, 2006 10:38 AM in response to Melanie Gunderson

"Is it possible that only a PC can use the site?"

I don't really know the answer to that, but now that you pose the question, I am wondering if the site has some files for which require a plug-in or two. And if that is the case, it might be that files are really aimed at PC people. I am thinking in particular of video clips, which might be part of the training.

I think your contacting the webmaster is the best bet.

Rich

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Answer 6

Jan 23, 2006 2:59 PM in response to Rich JG

HI Rich
Contacted webmaster, it is a site indeed aimed at PC users and that is that. I can take these tests at work I just would rather do it at home. Again, thank you very much, your feedback was greatly appreciated.
Melanie

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