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  #31  
Old November 8th 18, 04:36 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Emrys Davies wrote:

"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
Emrys Davies wrote:

Paul in Houston TX 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 JS does not work?

Because I get reminded that it does not work. Is there a definite
test so
that I am sure that it does not work? Thanks.

How about you give us a URL of a site's page you think uses Javascript
but the page "does not work"? Could be the site you're visiting simply
refuses to work with an antiquated web browser, like IE (any version).

Here are some test sites:

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/dete...script-enabled

http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?bhcp=1
(check JavascriptEnabled value)


I did the test on your second URL and this is what I got:
http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?bhcp=1&bhjs=-1


I now found that for some reason, very recently, my active scripting was
disabled and I enabled it and also set my security to medium. I then
ran your 'check' URL again and this is what I got:
http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?doJvmd=1&bhcp=1


Just copy the information out of the browser window
and put it into a posting, OK ? Like I did for
you previously.

It has information like this:

JavaScript True
JavaScriptEnabled True
JavaScriptBuild 5.7.22589

That shows about as much stuff as Cyscape has to offer.

Go back and run Marks "clockie" test.

http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html

Tell us whether you see a digital clock with 1 second updates, or

you still see some message about some file.

Describe these things verbally, to avoid confusion here.
Paste text when it is available.

We can't expect you to upload images, short of you
running your own web server, due to the very
problem you're trying to debug. Without Javascript,
lots of the things we come to rely on, don't work.

Paul
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  #32  
Old November 8th 18, 05:40 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:57:45 -0000, "Emrys Davies"
wrote:


"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
Emrys Davies wrote:

Mark Lloyd ...

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.

This is a very simple clock page: http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html
.
It will tell you if Javascript works (since the clock is updated every
second).

This is all I got: http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html


Yep, that's the same URL that Mark gave you.

As mentioned by Mark, the clock updates every second. That is because
Javascript is used to update the clock. Right-click on the page and
look at its source. You'll see the clock is defined within the SCRIPT
tag.

In a prior reply, I gave a couple sites that tell you if Javascript is
enabled in the client you use to visit those pages. They're pretty
simple. They'll tell you if your client has Javascript enabled or not.


What clock? As you can see from the URL I have a blank page except for:
equires document.all


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus



I'm not the first one to tell you, but I'll add my voice to the
others--*please* turn off the Avast spam.

Besides being spam for Avast, it's also a dumb message from two points
of view. It's not an e-mail, and there is no danger of viruses in text
newsgroup posts.
  #33  
Old November 8th 18, 07:56 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Emrys Davies
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Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.


"Paul" wrote in message
news
Emrys Davies wrote:

"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...

"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
Emrys Davies wrote:

Paul in Houston TX 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 JS does not work?

Because I get reminded that it does not work. Is there a definite
test so
that I am sure that it does not work? Thanks.

How about you give us a URL of a site's page you think uses Javascript
but the page "does not work"? Could be the site you're visiting simply
refuses to work with an antiquated web browser, like IE (any version).

Here are some test sites:

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/dete...script-enabled

http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?bhcp=1
(check JavascriptEnabled value)

I did the test on your second URL and this is what I got:
http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?bhcp=1&bhjs=-1


I now found that for some reason, very recently, my active scripting was
disabled and I enabled it and also set my security to medium. I then ran
your 'check' URL again and this is what I got:
http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?doJvmd=1&bhcp=1


Just copy the information out of the browser window
and put it into a posting, OK ? Like I did for
you previously.

It has information like this:

JavaScript True
JavaScriptEnabled True
JavaScriptBuild 5.7.22589

That shows about as much stuff as Cyscape has to offer.

Go back and run Marks "clockie" test.

http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html

Tell us whether you see a digital clock with 1 second updates, or


That works perfectly now. I see exactly what you describe.





you still see some message about some file.

Describe these things verbally, to avoid confusion here.
Paste text when it is available.

We can't expect you to upload images, short of you
running your own web server, due to the very
problem you're trying to debug. Without Javascript,
lots of the things we come to rely on, don't work.

Paul





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  #34  
Old November 8th 18, 08:04 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Emrys Davies
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Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.


"FredW" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 14:00:26 -0000, "Emrys Davies"
wrote:

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hxxps://www.avast.cox/antivirus


Turning off the spam won't hurt.

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- Avast
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Was that so hard?

--
Fred W. (nld)


Done that. Thanks

  #35  
Old November 8th 18, 08:08 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Emrys Davies
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Posts: 310
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.


"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
...
On 11/7/18 6:21 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:

[snip]

This is all I got: http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html


This shows a clock, and a way to see if Javascript is working.


The clock is functioning perfectly now.




[SPAM SNIPPED]

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47 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1
day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
atrocities" -- Voltaire




  #36  
Old November 8th 18, 08:11 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Emrys Davies wrote:

VanguardLH wrote ...

Emrys Davies wrote:

Paul in Houston TX 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 JS does not work?

Because I get reminded that it does not work. Is there a definite test
so
that I am sure that it does not work? Thanks.


How about you give us a URL of a site's page you think uses Javascript
but the page "does not work"? Could be the site you're visiting simply
refuses to work with an antiquated web browser, like IE (any version).

Here are some test sites:

https://www.whatismybrowser.com/dete...script-enabled

http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?bhcp=1
(check JavascriptEnabled value)


I did the test on your second URL and this is what I got:
http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?bhcp=1&bhjs=-1


Giving me back the same URL that I gave you does NOT SHOW what you *see*
in your web browser! Save a screenshot, upload to a photo site, and
give the URL to *that* screenshot.

From your reply, no one has any clue what /you/ "got". You could
describe here in text what you "got" but a picture is worth a thousand
words, sometimes a lot more.

Why couldn't you just say if the test site said Javascript was enabled
or not?
  #37  
Old November 8th 18, 08:18 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Emrys Davies wrote:

I now found that for some reason, very recently, my active scripting was
disabled and I enabled it and also set my security to medium. I then ran
your 'check' URL again and this is what I got:
http://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.aspx?doJvmd=1&bhcp=1


Showing the target site's URL does *not* show /us/ what you "got".
Describe it, copy and paste to here, or take a screenshot to upload and
give a URL to /that/. We can't see what renders in your web browser
unless you show us.

So it was a security zone (Internet) that was misconfigured, or perhaps
configured how you set it before (yourself, via a tweaker, or an
add-on). The following was from my first reply:

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

Did you simply change the one option for active scripting from disabled
to enabled? Or did you reset the Internet security zone? If that
setting was screwed up, maybe others are also screwed up and you should
reset the Internet security zone. In fact, because IE might be screwed
up in other settings (or not what you expect now), you might want to go
to Internet Options - Advanced tab and do a reset of IE.
  #38  
Old November 8th 18, 08:23 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Emrys Davies wrote:

VanguardLH wrote ...

Rendered page: https://imgur.com/a/HbOvNnD


I opened this URL and it said: JavaScript is required to upload to imgur


You don't have a second web browser to check or visit the problematic
sites? IE will fail on some sites. Some sites refuse to allow connects
from ancient web browsers, like at banks or e-stores, including IE.
HTML5 has been adopted by most sites, so IE won't well behave there.
You need a newer web browser to use either as a backup browser or as the
primary browser with IE as the backup. Continuing use of an archaic web
browser will have you encounter other problems.

I see you have decided to continue letting Avast spamify your posts.
  #39  
Old November 8th 18, 08:28 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Emrys Davies
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Posts: 310
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.


"Paul" wrote in message
news
Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 11/7/18 6:21 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:

[snip]

This is all I got: http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html


This shows a clock, and a way to see if Javascript is working.

[SPAM SNIPPED]


A picture here of what that clock looks like in a browser.

This might be the "expected result", visually.

https://i.postimg.cc/sftKJnLy/clock-examples.gif

Paul


The clock works perfectly now.

  #40  
Old November 8th 18, 08:30 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Emrys Davies
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Posts: 310
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.


"Ken Blake" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:57:45 -0000, "Emrys Davies"
wrote:


"VanguardLH" wrote in message
...
Emrys Davies wrote:

Mark Lloyd ...

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.

This is a very simple clock page:
http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html
.
It will tell you if Javascript works (since the clock is updated every
second).

This is all I got: http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html

Yep, that's the same URL that Mark gave you.

As mentioned by Mark, the clock updates every second. That is because
Javascript is used to update the clock. Right-click on the page and
look at its source. You'll see the clock is defined within the SCRIPT
tag.

In a prior reply, I gave a couple sites that tell you if Javascript is
enabled in the client you use to visit those pages. They're pretty
simple. They'll tell you if your client has Javascript enabled or not.


What clock? As you can see from the URL I have a blank page except for:
equires document.all


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus



I'm not the first one to tell you, but I'll add my voice to the
others--*please* turn off the Avast spam.

Besides being spam for Avast, it's also a dumb message from two points
of view. It's not an e-mail, and there is no danger of viruses in text
newsgroup posts.


The Avast signature has been disabled.

  #41  
Old November 8th 18, 08:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Ken Blake wrote:

I'm not the first one to tell you, but I'll add my voice to the
others--*please* turn off the Avast spam.

Besides being spam for Avast, it's also a dumb message from two points
of view. It's not an e-mail, and there is no danger of viruses in text
newsgroup posts.


Also dumb is thinking anyone that reads "this message is clean" will
believe it just because the sender said so. You get an e-mail from an
unknown sender which has an attached executable file but it just must be
clean because the sender said so in some text they added to their
message. Uh huh.

You come home late at night to find a burglar inside. He says, "I'm
here for a free cleaning of your carpet but this was the only time open
in my schedule." Must be so because he said so, right? Reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DZbSlkFoSU

No danger from attachments in text-only newsgroups? All attachments are
MIME parts within the message. All e-mail and NNTP posts are always
sent as all plain text. EVERYTHING in an e-mail or newsgroup article is
text. An attachment is encoded into a long text string and placed
within a MIME part within the message (a section of text in the
message). Even HTML is an attachment since it is within a MIME part.
While some text-only NNTP servers will strip out the MIME parts to leave
only the text-only content (or a MIME part marked as containing plain
text), they peer with other NNTP servers that don't necessarily do the
stripping. In fact, despite using a text-only NNTP server yourself, you
may find some posts are HTML formatted hence there is a MIME part for
that content. Some server allow MIME parts for other attachment types,
and with peering then the text-only NNTP server you use may show what
the other NNTP server allowed in a supposedly text-only newsgroup. You
/hope/ your text-only NNTP server strips out the non-text parts of a
message when it peers it from another server. If the peering is between
text-only servers that strip out the non-text stuff then you'll see just
the text. Lots of servers carry both text-only and binary newsgroups,
and they may not strip submissions to the text-only newsgroups.
  #42  
Old November 8th 18, 08:42 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 19:30:30 -0000, "Emrys Davies"
wrote:


"Ken Blake" wrote in message
news


On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 13:57:45 -0000, "Emrys Davies"
wrote:


---
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
https://www.avast.com/antivirus



I'm not the first one to tell you, but I'll add my voice to the
others--*please* turn off the Avast spam.

Besides being spam for Avast, it's also a dumb message from two points
of view. It's not an e-mail, and there is no danger of viruses in text
newsgroup posts.


The Avast signature has been disabled.



Yes, I see that. Thanks for finally doing it.

  #43  
Old November 8th 18, 08:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Paul wrote:

Mark Lloyd wrote:

Emrys Davies wrote:

This is all I got: http://notstupid.us/clox/clockie.html


This shows a clock, and a way to see if Javascript is working.


A picture here of what that clock looks like in a browser. This might
be the "expected result", visually.

https://i.postimg.cc/sftKJnLy/clock-examples.gif


I'll have to remember the https://postimages.org/ site for uploading
screenshots. It does not require Javascript. The imgur.com site that I
used to show screenshots does require Javascript, so the OP couldn't see
my screenshorts until he figured out active scripting was disabled in
IE's Internet security zone.

Wonder how the active scripting setting in the Internet security zone
got disabled. The assumption from the OP was that scripting was working
at one time and then ceased to function at some point. Something
happened between when working to when stopped working that altered his
Internet security zone setting(s). He changed the settings, he used a
tweaker that changed the settings, an add-on he installed changed the
setting, some security software locked down IE, or perhaps he's infected
despite using Avast.

While Avast and other anti-virus programs have their on-demand
(real-time) scanner looking for malware when a file is created or
modified, they only check at that time. That's why I still schedule a
full scan to look at all files. For example, there are times when the
AV is disabled during which there is a window of opportunity for malware
to sneak in. Since the file wasn't tested at that time, reenabling the
AV afterward won't have it scan that file that got in while the AV was
disabled. I schedule a weekly full scan of all files just in case any
time during the week that I needed to temporarily disable the AV.
  #44  
Old November 8th 18, 09:25 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Posts: 10,881
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.

Emrys Davies wrote:

The Avast signature has been disabled.


Yay! Another Avast user escapes being enlisted as a voluntary spamming
affiliate. Hope you did that for both e-mail and newsgroups. Of
course, you could uninstall their E-mail scan module since it is
superfluous.
  #45  
Old November 9th 18, 12:15 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Emrys Davies
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Posts: 310
Default Javascript is enabled but it does not work.


"Mark Lloyd" wrote in message
...
On 11/8/18 7:57 AM, Emrys Davies wrote:

[snip]

As mentioned by Mark, the clock updates every second. That is because
Javascript is used to update the clock. Right-click on the page and
look at its source. You'll see the clock is defined within the SCRIPT
tag.

In a prior reply, I gave a couple sites that tell you if Javascript is
enabled in the client you use to visit those pages. They're pretty
simple. They'll tell you if your client has Javascript enabled or not.


What clock? As you can see from the URL I have a blank page except for:
equires document.all


The blank page is now replaced with the clock and and the time which is
updated as expected.


That message is quickly replaced with the time by Javascript. Apparently,
yours isn't working. This was a way to test that. You could try it with a
different browser, it works in all current major browsers (Firefox,
Chrome, Opera).

[spam snipped]

--
47 days until the winter celebration (Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:00:00 AM for 1
day).

Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit
atrocities" -- Voltaire




 




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