Can't open Windows Media Player, Search window is blank, IE proble

[Chia1995]

I have been unable to get Windows Media Player to open now for several weeks.
I did a reinstall to no effect. When I select the search page in the START
menu, it opens, but all I see is the puppy, but no text or search fields. IE
won't play any flashplayer, java, etc. I am using Mozilla Firefox now to get
by the IE problems, but I still can't get into WMP or my Search Window. I
found out today that the Help and Support option in START menu won't open as
well. All these problems cropped up at the same time. I've done a complete
virus scan, but nothing has been found. Any suggestions? Also, I can't find
my XP cd so no luck trying a reinstall.

 

[Elmo]

I have been unable to get Windows Media Player to open now for several weeks.
I did a reinstall to no effect. When I select the search page in the Start
menu, it opens, but all I see is the puppy, but no text or search fields. IE
won't play any Flash player, Java, etc. I am using Mozilla Firefox now to get
by the IE problems, but I still can't get into WMP or my Search Window. I
found out today that the Help and Support option in START menu won't open as
well. All these problems cropped up at the same time. I've done a complete
virus scan, but nothing has been found. Any suggestions? Also, I can't find
my XP cd so no luck trying a reinstall.

All these could be related to Java or Jscript problems, I guess. Here
are a few things to try:

For Jscript Errors, you might look through the suggestions on this web site:
http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&q=javascript+errors

You might try these first though.

Repair 5.6 Scripting Engine install:

Click, Start, Run, type

Regsvr32 vbscript.dll

Click OK

Click Start, Run, type

Regsvr32 jscript.dll

Click OK
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Sun Java can be downloaded here:

http://java.sun.com
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No content in the search menu.

Click Start, Run and type:

regsvr32 %Windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll

(From a post by Ramesh)
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