cscript sometimes fails to run JScript

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Hi

I have written a JScript that I execute under cscript from the Windows
cmd line. It runs fine on my PC which runs Windows XP SP2 and WSH
version 5.6.

However, if I run it on a colleague's PC with the same XP and WSH
builds, the script runs only about 3 out of 4 tries. When it fails no
code in the script executes and no error is displayed. To demonstrate
this I tried running a script 'MyScript.js' containing only the line:

WScript.StdOut.WriteLine("Started!");

Here is a snippet of the cmd window showing successive runs:

C:\Work>cscript MyScript.js
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

Started!

C:\Work>cscript MyScript.js
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

Started!

C:\Work>cscript MyScript.js
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.


C:\Work>cscript MyScript.js
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

Started!

As you can see, on one occasion the script did not execute at all.

If I use the //D switch, I always see an "Access is denied" message.

C:\Work>cscript MyScript.js //D
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.

CScript Error: Initialization of the Windows Script Host failed.
(Access is denied. )

Please can anyone suggest what is causing the script not to run?

David


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