javascript not running on IE6

[CSX2]

When trying to open pictures on some web pages nothing happens. Looking at the link it always starts with "javascript" when this occurs.

Computer: HP Pavillion 520w; Intel Celeron 1.2GHz/256MB RAM

System: MS Windwos XP Professional Version 2002; SP1

Browser: MS Windows Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633
Broweser Update Versions: SP1;Q330994;Q824145

Have gone to the MS download site and searched on "javascript." Found promising sounding download but when I try to install it I get a message that SP1 must be installed. I have already installed SP1!?!

I also have the McAffee security service including virus protection, personal firewall and pop-up ad blockers.

Any suggestion?

 

[Iconoclast]

The problem could be one of a few things. Firstly, you already have the MS Scripting Engine, so you don't need to download anything.

Start up an instance of IE, and from the "Tools" menu select "Internet Options...". Then, go to the "Security" tab and click the "Custom Level" button. Scroll almost to the bottom of the list where you'll find a group called "Scripting", and a setting called "Active Scripting". If this setting is disabled then enable it and you should be good to go.

If the above setting is already enabled, then it's most probably your popup blocker is preventing the script from running. It's my understanding -- and I'd be happy for someone else to clarify this -- that popup blockers and ad blockers work the same way in that they prevent popups or disable advertisements if the domain of the popup window or advertisement is different to the domain of the parent page. So, if you're browsing within www.randi.org and a popup window is trying to load a page in (say) www.crackwhores.com, then the software won't allow the popup. I don't use popup blocker but I'd guess that if you hold down the "shift" key when you click the link it will always launch the popup window.

 

[Skeptoid]

Heh, during preview, I see Iconoclast has pretty much answered your question but I'll post my reply anyway.

Do you have scripting enabled? Go to Control Panel-> Internet Options-> Security Tab-> Custom Level button. Under Scripting, near the bottom of the list of options, see if you have scripting enabled. As you can see in the screenshot (the screenshot is from Win ME but Win XP is very similar), I have mine set to prompt me so I can allow scripting from trusted sites.

 

[thrombus29]

In the war between Sun and Microsoft over Java, Didn't Microsoft had to take it's version of Java out of Explorer?

for the last 4 installations I have done, I have gone and gotten the Sun version.

http://java.sun.com/

But it is probably the scripting thing that Iconoclast and Skeptoid mentioned.

 

[Iconoclast]

In the war between Sun and Microsoft over Java, Didn't Microsoft had to take it's version of Java out of Explorer?

Yes, but Javascript and JScript aren't actually related to Java.

 

[peptoabysmal]

It doesn't have anything to do with Java, unless the page relies on LiveConnect working with JavaScript to talk to Java Applets. A few self study courses based on SCORM use this.

It's probably the pop-up blockers you are using. That's their job to stop any javascript generated windows from popping up. When you click on a link that starts with something like javascript:displayImageInNewWindow() or some such, that is usually what it is trying to do, display the photo in a pop-up window.

edited to disable smilies in this post. The colon made the JS Function interpreted as a smilie.

 

[CSX2]

Thank You!

Thank you all very much!

It was my pop-up ad blocker, AdSubtract.

Now I can see all the purty pictures!