javascript problem

[MinusII]

alright here's the problem, when i am in IE i can't click on any javascript things (like opening a hotmail message)... i have the scripting stuff in the internet options enabled. This all started happening when i upgraded my computer from win98 to XPhome. any ideas?

[PrntRhd]

This all started happening when i upgraded my computer from win98 to XPhome.
Did you do a upgrade on a clean drive or did you overlay the existing OS?

[ski]

Go to Start/Run, type command, click OK, type the following lines pressing Enter after typing each one, when finished type exit, and press Enter to close the DOS prompt window:

regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Urlmon.dll

[MinusII]

I just installed it over the old one.
What exactly does typing in all of that stuff do?

[MinusII]

ok i typed in all those things now what? it said they all succeeded

[ski]

Is the problem still happening?

[MinusII]

yes it is.

[ski]

Did you restart the computer?

[MinusII]

yes i restarted it, it still doesn't work. Any other ideas?

[ski]

See if this works.
Go to Start/Run, type command, click OK, type rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 c:/windows/inf/ie.inf and press Enter, type Exit and press Enter, restart the computer.

If no luck, then reinstall IE 6:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318378/EN-US/

[MinusII]

was i supposed to type that all in one line? it says error in setupapi missing entry:installhinfsection

[ski]

was i supposed to type that all in one line?
Yep.
FWIW, copy and paste the command to prevent any errors.

For reference:
rundll32.exe>setupapi,InstallHinfSection>DefaultInstall>132>c:/windows/inf/ie.inf (where > is a space)

[MinusII]

ok i installed or did whatever that did. still doesn't work

[ski]

Reinstall IE? (See the link on one of my previous posts)