JavaScript does not work in Internet Explorer 6 :(

[jonwondering]

Hey, I am trying to make a few simple html pages with javascript and it turns out my Internet Explorer 6 does not run JS at all..... My Mozilla, and Firefox both run JavaScript just fine, but not internet explorer. The reason I need IE so much is because it supports reading html files on virtual drives (i was trying to implement a server...) unlike Firefox or Mozilla. (meaning that if i include <img src="/blabla.jpg"> it will read it just fine off of the virtual drive)...

Anyway... I went to Tools > Options under IE to check for Active Scripting and everything that has to do with it, and all were enabled. I also checked to see if I have JS runtime installed and I do. Then I made a simple html page with document.write("hello") and put it in a virtual drive. Mozilla read the document just fine, but IE 6 does not display hello at all...

Does anybody know the problem?

P.S.: I tried re-installing IE and that did not help, I also tried to repair it (through the setup) and that did not help either... I am running out of options... Any help is greatly appreciated.

P.S.S.: I also have only SP1 installed and I am running Windows XP. Service Pack 2 refuses to be installed

[Mausau2000]

Have you disabled Javascript??
To enable JavaScript in IE, click Tools, Internet Options and choose the Security tab. Click the Internet icon, click the Default Level button, and move the slider to Medium

[jonwondering]

No, JavaScript is enabled. I am thinking the problem might be because of VS .NET that I recently installed because IE stopped working right after that. Does anybody else have the same problem / solution?

[Mausau2000]

Fire wall may be problem check that

[FullCircle]

I am having the same problem. I have win98, and have removed Microsoft VM and reinstalled Java. Java and active scripting are enabled, but still won't work. I'm using below test site to check.

http://www.bodo.com/javame.htm

Says scripting is not enabled, although it is. Please help! Anyone?

[felgall]

Well Java wont have any affect on Javascript. Try running a repair of the browser.

[Mausau2000]

Order a SP2 disk straight from Microsoft as sometimes he disk works and the download dosn't... Also u may have a Virus or Spyware run Spybot and Avg Norton .etc.

[Mausau2000]

Well Java wont have any affect on Javascript. Try running a repair of the browser.
he Can't as he just said... at the start

[jonwondering]

looking back at this forum, i realized i never posted what was wrong... i got my ie to "run" js by disabling Norton. for some reason the website looked like it never used javascript, when in fact it was norton that was blocking it, so simply disabling it (or any other firewall/antivirus you got running) worked for me. hope that helps.

[kink]

if norton is blocking, that is some serios code your running through your browser

[jonwondering]

oh yeah ;)