[thechat] Re: winXP vs. win2000

[.jeff]

simon,

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> From: Simon Dell
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> I didn't try this out having read the e-mail, so maybe
> things have changed w/in my copy of IE5, but the last
> time i attempted to turn of JS, about 3 weeks ago, I did
> exactly what you've suggested here. I turned off
> everything to do with scripting. and... my JavaScripts
> STILL RAN OK!!!!
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did you turn them off for the zone you're viewing the pages in?  if not, then scripting is still enabled for that zone.  for example, disabling scripting for restricted zones turns it off for those sites you assign to the restricted zones, but leaves it on for trusted, local, and internet zones.

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> The four guys on my desk at work have come to the
> conclusion that you can't turn it off.  I'm sure we're
> wrong, but we couldn't do it!
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yeah, you're quite wrong.  i do it all the time to test for how a something will work with scripting disabled.

.jeff

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