[Ham-Computers] Internet Explorer Script Error Problems

[johngadd at comcast.net]

Excellent advice Only thing I would like to know is how much RAM memory he is using. It might be choaking his downloads! ALSO HOW FULL IS THE HARD DRIVE? iF ITS 85% FULL IT WILL CHOKE OFF A DECENT DEFRAG AND DISK CLEAN UP. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "nn6o" <nn6o.lists at pacbell.net> 
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:41:02 PM 
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Internet Explorer Script Error Problems 

Jim, 

WinXP originally shipped with IE6 which is a huge security risk.  If you 
haven't done so already, installing IE8 (or newer) and see if that doesn't 
reset things.  I suggest IE8 so you can also incrementally update to 9, 10, 11 
if problems pop up. 

On a side note, if Service Pack 3 isn't part of the RestoreCD, then you may 
want to install it first *before* IE8 - there is a catch-22 when it comes to 
the installation order of SP3 and IE7/8 - best to install SP3 first to avoid 
the headaches. 

73, 

  - Aaron Hsu, NN6O 
    {nn6o}@arrl.net 


-----Original Message----- 
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[mailto:ham-computers-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Hill 
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 9:18 PM 
To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Ham-Computers] Internet Explorer Script Error Problems 

I'm having problems with an old Dell Computer running Win XP owned by a 
friend. 

He had major virus issues, which I fixed by using the Dell PC Restore. 

PC Restore causes the computer to return to original factory settings by using 
control - F11 during startup.  Everything added since then is lost, but that 
was no problem since he had added nothing.  He just used it for simple on-line 
games.  After using PC Restore, I updated Windows 
(windowsupdate.microsoft.com) , deleted the old anti-virus trial version app, 
and installed Norton 360. 

Everything was fine until he started a game that required Adobe Shockwave. 
The game automatically started a Shockwave download, and he used the run 
(immediately) option instead of saving and running it later.  Afterwards, an 
Internet Explorer Scrip Error message window appeared, saying. 

An error has occurred in the script on this page 

Line 195 
Char 1 
Error 'nwNews.1.2[...].0' is null or not an object 
Code 0   etc. 

An option is given to run or not run the script, but nothing works ok.  The 
message appears every time IE is started. 

I uninstalled and reinstalled Shockwave to no avail.  Changing the startup 
link from Dell to msn.com didn't help either, other than changing the script 
error details. 

I installed Firefox, and it works fine. 

Any suggestion on fixing IE?  I prefer Firefox, but IE is needed for Windows 
updates (and my friend may prefer IE). 

Jim 

   

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