Windows XP SP3, all updates installed including IE8 (but problem has always
occured even back to SP1 and IE6 days)

About once a week my computer starts with a white screen instead of my
desktop and an error message saying click the button below to restore your
activce desktop. When I click the button a window pops up saying:

line 65
char 1
code 0
object does not support this action
file C:\Documents and Settings\Lorne\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Desktop.htt

If I go to display options and change the dektop it displays OK, and if I
then put it back to the original that also always display OK and works for
several days or weeks before failing again.

Any ideas why this happens? I do not think it is possible for there to be a
coding error in the desktop file as it dislays fine most of the time and
also displays OK in Frontpage or in IE.

In case it is relevant line 65 is the first line of this javascript funtion:

function getXpos(N){
if (A)
return parseInt(document.getElementById(N).style.left);
else if (B)
return parseInt(B[N].style.left);
else
return C[N].left;
}

Hi Lorne,
I had this same problem. Did you ever figure out what was wrong?
Please advise if so.
Thank you for your help!

Natalie

"Lorne" wrote:

> Windows XP SP3, all updates installed including IE8 (but problem has always
> occured even back to SP1 and IE6 days)
>
> About once a week my computer starts with a white screen instead of my
> desktop and an error message saying click the button below to restore your
> activce desktop. When I click the button a window pops up saying:
>
> line 65
> char 1
> code 0
> object does not support this action
> file C:\Documents and Settings\Lorne\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
> Explorer\Desktop.htt
>
> If I go to display options and change the dektop it displays OK, and if I
> then put it back to the original that also always display OK and works for
> several days or weeks before failing again.
>
> Any ideas why this happens? I do not think it is possible for there to be a
> coding error in the desktop file as it dislays fine most of the time and
> also displays OK in Frontpage or in IE.
>
> In case it is relevant line 65 is the first line of this javascript funtion:
>
> function getXpos(N){
> if (A)
> return parseInt(document.getElementById(N).style.left);
> else if (B)
> return parseInt(B[N].style.left);
> else
> return C[N].left;
> }
>
>
>
>

Natalie wrote:
> "Lorne" wrote:
>
>> Windows XP SP3, all updates installed including IE8 (but problem has always
>> occured even back to SP1 and IE6 days)
>>
>> About once a week my computer starts with a white screen instead of my
>> desktop and an error message saying click the button below to restore your
>> activce desktop. When I click the button a window pops up saying:
>>
>> line 65
>> char 1
>> code 0
>> object does not support this action
>> file C:\Documents and Settings\Lorne\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet
>> Explorer\Desktop.htt
>>
> I had this same problem. Did you ever figure out what was wrong?
> Please advise if so.
> Thank you for your help!


That's why I don't use Active Desktop...

Roy Smith wrote:
> Natalie wrote:
>> "Lorne" wrote:
>>
>>> Windows XP SP3, all updates installed including IE8 (but problem
>>> has always occured even back to SP1 and IE6 days)
>>>
>>> About once a week my computer starts with a white screen instead of
>>> my desktop and an error message saying click the button below to
>>> restore your activce desktop. When I click the button a window
>>> pops up saying:
>>>
>>> line 65
>>> char 1
>>> code 0
>>> object does not support this action
>>> file C:\Documents and Settings\Lorne\Application
>>> Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Desktop.htt
>>>
>> I had this same problem. Did you ever figure out what was wrong?
>> Please advise if so.
>> Thank you for your help!
>
>
> That's why I don't use Active Desktop...

More likely you don't even know what it means but still wanted to see
yourself in print even if it didn't say anything.