I noticed this problem in my Yahoo Mail account, initially. Scripted buttons
such as the Delete and Reply buttons no longer work when I'm in IE; no such
problems when using Firefox. I now see the same problem at other websites;
standard hyperlinks work ok, but no go on things like download or search
buttons. I'm up-to-date on security and service packs. Any ideas what could
have done this and how to fix it? It seems to be getting worse.

Hi,
Sounds like a Javascript problem.

Try these steps:
Go to Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone, set it to Default.

Clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
files (and delete offline content when that dialog pops up) It's often
recommended that the TIF folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.)

Important...
Check any third-party security programs, ad-blockers, toolbars, etc. to see
if one of them is blocking scripts, scripting, active content. Norton
Internet Security and a number of other programs can be configured to block
scripts.

Try these two commands from Start> Run
regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]
regsvr32 jscript.dll [enter]

Reinstall the scripting engine. Go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp
for the appropriate download of Windows Script 5.6

Re-registering the DLLs listed in this article may help:
281679 - You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens
After You Click a Link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"jbcruzer" <jbcruzer[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F92DCCAE-8F4C-4586-8B5C-D5FB2AC9ACAD@microsoft.com...
> I noticed this problem in my Yahoo Mail account, initially. Scripted
buttons
> such as the Delete and Reply buttons no longer work when I'm in IE; no
such
> problems when using Firefox. I now see the same problem at other
websites;
> standard hyperlinks work ok, but no go on things like download or search
> buttons. I'm up-to-date on security and service packs. Any ideas what
could
> have done this and how to fix it? It seems to be getting worse.

Hi Don,

Thanks for the suggestions; I also thought it might be a javascript problem.
I tried the fixes but, unfortunately, the problems persisted.

I ended up installing an old version of IE6(w/o security updates) from my IE
folder, and everything seems to be working ok. I'll install the updates
one-by-one, and check after each update to insure that IE is working. I
understand there were some problems with the most recent update, so I'll be
on the lookout for any changes after I install it. If the newest update does
create the same problems I'll uninstall it, if possible.

Thanks again,
JB

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> Sounds like a Javascript problem.
>
> Try these steps:
> Go to Internet Options> Security> Internet Zone, set it to Default.
>
> Clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
> files (and delete offline content when that dialog pops up) It's often
> recommended that the TIF folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.)
>
> Important...
> Check any third-party security programs, ad-blockers, toolbars, etc. to see
> if one of them is blocking scripts, scripting, active content. Norton
> Internet Security and a number of other programs can be configured to block
> scripts.
>
> Try these two commands from Start> Run
> regsvr32 vbscript.dll [enter]
> regsvr32 jscript.dll [enter]
>
> Reinstall the scripting engine. Go to
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ist/webdev.asp
> for the appropriate download of Windows Script 5.6
>
> Re-registering the DLLs listed in this article may help:
> 281679 - You Cannot Open New Internet Explorer Window or Nothing Happens
> After You Click a Link: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
>
> "jbcruzer" <jbcruzer[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F92DCCAE-8F4C-4586-8B5C-D5FB2AC9ACAD@microsoft.com...
> > I noticed this problem in my Yahoo Mail account, initially. Scripted
> buttons
> > such as the Delete and Reply buttons no longer work when I'm in IE; no
> such
> > problems when using Firefox. I now see the same problem at other
> websites;
> > standard hyperlinks work ok, but no go on things like download or search
> > buttons. I'm up-to-date on security and service packs. Any ideas what
> could
> > have done this and how to fix it? It seems to be getting worse.
>
>