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Emrys Davies wrote:

VanguardLH wrote ...

Emrys Davies wrote:

I have Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 11. I have enabled Javascript
but it does not work. There are several references to it in the
Registry.

How do you know that Javascript doesn't work? Something must clue you
in that scripts in a web page aren't working. Got an example web site
where its behavior is not what you expect?

Just got an inclination from remarks on the website, but I cannot recall
where.


Where did you enable Javascript in IE? Was it at Control Panel -
Internet Options - Security tab? Are you using a standard security
level or did you customize the Internet level? If using a customized
Internet level, under its Scripting section, is "Active scripting" set
to Enabled? There are multiple zones depending on to where you host
connects. Internet is when you are on the Web.

I set Active Scripting to Enabled and Restarted.

At that same Security tab, click on Restricted sites. Then click on the
Sites button. Is whatever sites you are visiting where Javascript is
disabled listed in the Restricted Sites list? By default, the
Restricted Sites zone disables scripting. While you may have never
added any sites to the Restricted Sites security zone, you could be
using software that adds sites there (e.g., SpywareBlaster). In that
case, you probably shouldn't be visiting that site.

I use Spyware Blaster. I have searched the Restricted Sites but I did not
learn anything which might assist me.


In addition to the Restricted Sites list, are you using any TPLs
(Tracking Protection Lists)? Control Panel - Internet Options -
Programs tab, Manage add-ons, Tracking Protection section. Sites in
those lists get blocked.

I do not use TPLs or manage add-ons



Have you disabled or uninstalled any add-ons that you installed into IE?

not to my knowledge

Have you tried temporarily disabling your anti-virus program?

Yes I did but I did not know what to look for

Are you asking about Javascript or Java? They are NOT the same thing.

I am definitely talking about Javascript. Java is shown in Control Panel
'Programs' but no mention of Javascript. I will research your other
suggestions.

Javascript won't be listed as its own program listing in Add/Remove
Programs. Javascript engines are embedded in the web browsers, not
separate from them. IE has its Javascript engine (Chakra), Firefox has
its own (Spidermonkey), and Chrome has something different (V8).
Because Javascript isn't external, it also isn't wholly compatible
between different web browsers. What runs fine in one web browser may
misbehave in another.

This last para. is a very useful piece of information for the likes of me as
I had looked for JS in Add/Remove Programs and I only found Java. Now I
know.


Java is a separate interpreter and will show in the Add/Remove Programs
listing. Could be the 72MB JRE (Java Runtime Environment) mostly for
end users that run Java [web] apps or the 200MB JDK (Java Development
Kit) mostly for programmers building the Java apps. Java was an ActiveX
plug-in to IE, but Microsoft dumped ActiveX and plug-ins in their Edge.
Google and Mozilla have dropped support for plug-ins. Flash is the last
plug-in but it dies at the end of 2020 when Adobe drops it. Java is
like COBOL: both linger on for decades in a slow death. If there are
remnant customers with deep-enough pockets than anything stays alive.

Do you really do any Java programming? Still visiting old game sites
that require Java? Due to the security issues with Java, it was
discontinued bundling with web browsers a long time ago.

No, I have never knowingly used Java