I don't make a career out of reading this newsgroup. I usually only
come here to report problems, occasionally if I get bored with my
usual NG fare. And although your answer is appreciated, I'm not sure
that I want to wade through the horrible maze of possibilities which
if offers...
At this point I'm not sure if I agree that the fault lies with SP2. I
haven't yet found any other websites that cause the InfoBar problem
with my local home page, just Microsoft sites. Microsoft sites with
extensions like .mspx and .aspx are the culprits, including the
Windows Update site. Surely Microsoft (of all people) should take
proper care to make their own websites compatible with Windows XP
Home (SP2), which is what I'm running, so I deduce that those sites
all have some kind of incompatible coding bug. As for the particular
language involved, java or javascript or C+ or Basic or assembly or
Ukranian or whatever, I don't know about such
things - that's too technical, way over my head.
In addition to the InfoBar problem I described with my local home
page after visiting Microsoft websites, I notice that now a lot of
URLs just won't connect, and give the 'server not found' white page
- especially links on pages after I search google. I tend to blame
that problem on SP2, but of course I don't know. Maybe that is
indeed a javascript or java problem, whatever that means. Google is
using some kind of code to goto those websites that is not working,
whereas if I type in the direct URLs to those websites, they often
work OK. I suppose that's maybe a javascript problem, but again, I
don't know about such things.
But those google pages and malfunctioning links etc do not cause the
subsequent "hangover effect" InfoBar problem with my local home
page, only Microsoft sites!
-E
Hi Euclid
After visiting a Microsoft website, IE6(SP2) in Windows XP Home
has a hangover effect. My local home page then invokes the dreaded
InfoBar at the top saying that some kind of dangerous active
content has been blocked. That's ridiculous. It only contains a
list of URLs to my most frequently visited websites, nothing more,
and is purely html text, no graphics. Closing then re-opening IE6
resets it to normal, but why can't Microsoft fix their own
websites to work right? I suspect it has something to do with
their worthless .NET, which I don't have installed. I had .NET for
awhile but it messed up my autologin to windows, so got rid of it.
-E
It is not the website, it is SP2. If you were to read through the
newsgroup
you would see that there are several others who are having a similar
problem
after installing the SP2. Thus far, it has been difficult to find
aspecific
cause and solution. However, often it has to do with the
Javascript of some
websites, including MS websites.
You might try the following and see if it will help with your
problem:
Script Debugging Problem
Open IE
Tools | Advanced
Under Browings:
Disable Script Debugging - Check it
Display a notification about every script error - Uncheck it
Apply
OK
or........................
Problems accessing secure sites/ cannot install 128 bit encryption
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#secure_sites
or...............
Courtesy of Ramesh -
Click Start, Run and type this command
REGSVR32 JSCRIPT
This should fix all or most of the said problems.
[Related]
Internet Explorer "About" box is completely blank; Unable to type
in text boxes in websites:
http://www.winxptutor.com/ieabout.htm
or........
JavaScript not working
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#hyperlinks
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window
Then see below:
Where to get the JAVA VM
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/?gssnb=1
or
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_9.htm#java
You can try updating your scripting engine. The latest scripting
engine can
be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
(98, ME, NT4.0) For 2000 and XP go to
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en
and you can test Javascript here:
http://www.dancespots.net/browsertest.htm
Java VM:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_9.htm#java2
Sun version
http://java.sun.com/getjava/installer.html
MSJVM Transition FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/faq.asp
Also read..................
Courtesy of Jim Byrd:
There is good information concerning all aspects of the Java
situation here:
http://www.javatester.org/installing.html
Be aware, however, that after Dec 31, 2007, MS will apparently no
longer be
distributing Java or providing any support for Java including
security fixes. See here:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/
so you might want
to start thinking about the future.
You can get the Sun Java J2SE RunTimes or SDK here:
http://java.sun.com/downloads/index.html (all versions - select
using the dropdown)
Sun also offers an automatic download and install of the 1.4 Java
plug-in here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava/download.html
For the MS Java VM, you may need to install v.3805 or v.3809 prior
to upgrading to v. 3810 if you didn't previous have MS Java v. 3805
or 3809 installed.
If your OS is Win2000 SP2, SP3 but NOT SP4 then you can download and
install
the MS Java VM v. 3809 from here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m..._510A502BA8F9B6F19230BB2BCCE87D5474AC9DCD.exe
or here:
http://www.biologylab.awlonline.com...icrosoft.Q810030_W2K_SP4_5849/Q810030_W2K.exe
For Win2000 SP4, you'll need to re-install v.3805, from here:
http://www.download.support.safetec.net/msjavx86/msjavx86.exe
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/msjavx86.exe
For all other OS's:
Download and install the MS Java VM v. 3809 from one of the links
here:
http://ftp.idilis.ro/windows/sp/jvm98/msjavwu.exe, or here:
http://secinfo.huji.ac.il/patches/Win-xp/msjavwu.exe
Then upgrade to v. 3810:
For all OS's except Win2kSP4 obtain v. 3810 here:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631 ,or here:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/m...l/MSJavWU_8073687b82d41db93f4c2a04af2b34d.exe
For Win2k - SP2, SP3 - you can also obtain v. 3810 from Microsoft
here:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...-9b18-423356321682/Q816093_W2K_SP4_X86_EN.exe
For Win2kSP4, to get 3810 from Microsoft you now have to get
Q816093 from Windows Update Catalog - use the entry for Windows
2000 SP4 (this seems to
be the only Win2k option that has it) and then find 816093 in the
list. You
can find directions for using the Windows Update Catalog functions
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;323166. (I
am informed by Torgeir Bakken, MVP, that if you rename the
downloaded file from
here:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1050022631 to
msjavwu.exe it will then also work for SP4.)
Both Java VM's can co-exist on your machine quite nicely. Just
select which
one you want to use in Tools|Internet Options|Advanced and restart
all IE browsers. Here, courtesy of Michel Gallant, MVP Security, is
a tiny utility
which allows you to toggle and view status of your current
Java VM vendor associated with IE:
http://www.jensign.com/JavaScience/SelectIEJVM/index.html
A note from Mitch Gallant:
"One note about the JVM Selector utility: If/when you install a
new version of Sun J2SE, you need to manually select to have Sun
JVM as default
JVM for IE (in install), or after install via the JavaPlugin control
panel.
This generates the necessary win32 registry entries, which must be
present
for the utility to know about JavaPlugin. After that, the utility
should work properly."
MSJVM Transition FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/faq.asp
or.....................
Do you have the JavaScript plug-in installed?
http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=9567
or...........
You might also try installing the Windows Script 5.6 for Windows
2000 and XP
if you have not already done so. The install includes a new
jscript.dl
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en
or..............
1. You might want to refresh your scripting engine:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/default.asp?contentid=28001169
or
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
Sometimes there's a corrupt file in the cache and one must go to
Tools | Internet Options and click Delete Files.
2a. Start>Run>Regsvr32 vbscript.dll
2b. Start>Run>Regsvr32 jscript.dll
(WinXP users who have problems with 2a and 2b, see
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_9.htm)
3. Re-register all DLLs listed in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
4. See also
Error Message When You Browse the Web: An Error Has Occurred in the
Script
on This Page
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306831
Scripting Errors When You View Web Pages in Internet Explorer after
Installing Office 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822521
5a. IE Tools>Internet Options>Advanced>Browsing>Enable third-party
browser
extensions (uncheck & reboot).
5b. Find the hijacker that caused 5a to be checked (or if none were
checked,
check for hijackware anyway):
Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm
Archive: Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition (J2SE), v 1.4.1_01
http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.4.1_01/
Msjava.dll - Explorer caused an exception c0010000X in module
This problem can occur if the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (VM) is
damaged. To work around this problem, install a new copy of the
Java VM from the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/java/
or
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=232803
also......
It may, however, be Shockwave Flash related, try the following:
There is a FAQ about the SWF plugin there.
http://candystand.com/contactus/contact.aspx?m=/contactus/contact_us&cat1=254&cat2=256
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For XP SP2
Tidying up after SP2 Installation:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7265&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
WinXP SP2 Support Center
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2
Pages of MVP & 'Windows Update Maven' Jupiter Jone's
Service Pack (any) Installation Checklist
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spackins.htm
MS No charge SP2 support website
http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7843&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
Security Problems - Blocking codes:
Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP
Service Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm
or......
Internet options>Advanced tab..scroll down to Security and check
Allow active content to run in My Computer.
Browsing Security Enhancements
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx
Programs that may behave differently in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884130
You cannot open a new Internet Explorer window or nothing occurs
after you
click a link
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;281679
or.............
Problems with secure sites - Courtesy of Robert Aldwinckle
Try turning on prompts for Cookies and Active Scripting so you can
tell if
anything is happening. You could also open the TIF viewer and see
if you already received it. Make your view Details and order by
Last Accesssed. The Cookie appears as a txt file. There is also a
request to use ActiveX
which I couldn't see where it was being used but there is a script
which checks whether the browser can handle Shockwave Flash so I
suspect there may
be check for it
which I missed somewhere.
The point is that all of that gets done before the page starts being
rendered; so either your User-Agent string or your version of Flash
may be
affecting what else is being loaded and it may be that which is
causing the
404.
If you don't want to bother with prompting you would also get a
different result simply by using the Security tab slider and
setting it to High.
Don't forget to set your security settings back to whatever they
were (e.g.
click Default) after testing.
or ........
Flash & Shockwave not working
A few of things could contribute to the problem. Have you checked
your firewall to see if the ad-blocker or Flash blocker is set to
on or block? Also, there are several Pop-up blockers that will
block Flash unless you turn it off. I had POP-UP Blocker and it
would not open Flash at all, and
it took me a while to figure out what was doing it When I
unchecked the Kill Flash it stopped.
Some Flash has pop-ups and the blockers will see them as ads or and
kill it
any way.
Also, if you have SpywareBlaster installed, be sure you have Kill
Flash unchecked - Open SpywareBlaster - Tools - Click on Flash
Killer then uncheck
"Switch off Flash Player" or in v3.1 Disable and block Macromedia
Flash (4X
5X & 6X) in Internet Explorer.
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this
thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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