ActiveX and Javascript acting differently than Security settings

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From: bpiela (bpiela_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/10/05 

Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 07:21:08 -0800

Hello all,

All of my 4 default security zones are set to the defaults. I then try to
access any web page that uses ActiveX or Javascript and I am not allowed to
run those scripts. I can't run Windows Updates, even if the correct url's
are in my trusted zone. I can't run most (all of the ones that I tried)
online virus scanners because they all use ActiveX.

I recently ran Ad-Aware and Spybot and cleaned out bunches of CoolWebSearch
entries. I ran HiJackThis and deleted only items that were labelled as
Malware. Those items I researched on the web to make sure that I wasn't
removing anything that might be needed. After all this cleaning, I have
notices that Windows Explorer doesn't crash anylonger and browsing for the
most part is more predictable. It is just that I can't get past this ActiveX
thing. No matter what I change the settings to, I get the same results.
When I do a "Help->About", I don't see what version of IE that I have. The
HJT log tells me that I am running IE6.0 SP1.

Is there some registry setting that might be set somewhere? Can I reinstall
IE? Will upgrading to SP2 fix this? I am at the point where I am seriously
considering reformatting the disk and re-installing the OS.

Thanks very much.

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