Please help a computer idiot

shena · 05-13-2005, 04:40 AM

Ok, I too am completely inept with computers, so anyone with an answer for me, please, TALK TO ME LIKE I AM 7 YEARS OLD so I can understand. Ok, so a while back, I used to play internet billiards on a certain website... One day I went all security crazy and pumped everything up that I could. Now I can't play any games on this site because it says I dont have Javascript enabled. I went into my internet security settings and allowed the running of scripts, turned off my windows firewall, turned off my Norton Internet Security, put it on trusted sites, everything that I could think of. I am just stupid and dont know what to do. I thought I undid everything I did to increase my security, but still, I can't run the bloody javascript!! All I want to do is play a little stupid pool on the stupid internet. Please someone help!! I have Windows XP Home... Thanks!

Trizoy · 05-13-2005, 02:36 PM

Only thing i can think of would be to go under internet options, under advanced header, there is ajava box.. make sure it is checked. If that dont work go back and re download the newest java software. It should make it all better for you.

**Byteman** · 05-13-2005, 04:13 PM

In Internet explorer, goto Tools menu, Internet options, Security tab, click Default level, then Programs tab, click Reset Web Settings, then Advanced tab, click Restore Defaults. Then click ok.

Shena, You should start a new thread rather than butting in someone elses next time...

shena · 05-13-2005, 11:07 PM

Butting in?? Come on! The thread is called "Please help a computer idot!" I am a computer idiot! Why should he have all the rights to the idiot forum? Lol, see, I am such an idiot, I can't even start my own thread!! Hehe, anyway, I will try all this stuff, thanks for your help!

shena · 05-13-2005, 11:19 PM

ok, I tried the advice you guys gave me, and still no go... Any other thoughts? Lol, I think I may have to resign myself to a life without internet billiards *sniff*...

**apj101** · 05-13-2005, 11:25 PM

did you download the lastest java software,

this really should be an easy thing ot fix, lets just test out if your javascript is really on or not got this link and press the button
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/j.../js0297_8.html
if you get a popup dialog box then your javascript is running, post back so we can be sure of whats happening

shena · 05-14-2005, 12:02 AM

Ok so I went to that link you put up there apj101, and yeah a little grey box came up with a little yellow triangle sign with an exclamation mark on it and it said "1". I tell you, I am stupid... What do you mean by "download the latest java software"? Hehehe, I feel like a big moron. Anyway, thanks for trying to help!

**apj101** · 05-14-2005, 12:05 AM

ok i think that test shows you have java script enabled. Now go to your billiard web site (by the way post the link to the site here as well) and note exactly what happens when it trys to load.

Please post the link to the site here quickly as i'm going off line soon

shena · 05-14-2005, 12:19 AM

Ok, it is www.candystand.com, then I go to arcade tab, then i go to billiards... then it says i do not have javascript enabled and i need it to be i order to play the stupid game. hehehe, thanks again!

05-13-2005, 04:13 PM	#13 (permalink)
Byteman Malware Destroyer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hurricane Heaven... still Posts: 1,093	In Internet explorer, goto Tools menu, Internet options, Security tab, click Default level, then Programs tab, click Reset Web Settings, then Advanced tab, click Restore Defaults. Then click ok. Shena, You should start a new thread rather than butting in someone elses next time... __________________ Don't byte off more than you can chew...

05-13-2005, 11:25 PM	#16 (permalink)
apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,145	did you download the lastest java software, this really should be an easy thing ot fix, lets just test out if your javascript is really on or not got this link and press the button http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/j.../js0297_8.html if you get a popup dialog box then your javascript is running, post back so we can be sure of whats happening __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

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apj101 Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Age: 26 Posts: 9,145	ok i think that test shows you have java script enabled. Now go to your billiard web site (by the way post the link to the site here as well) and note exactly what happens when it trys to load. Please post the link to the site here quickly as i'm going off line soon __________________ What did one snow man say to the other? can you smell carrot? The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. How you do anything, is how you do everything!

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05-13-2005, 04:40 AM	#11 (permalink)
shena New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 8	Ok, I too am completely inept with computers, so anyone with an answer for me, please, TALK TO ME LIKE I AM 7 YEARS OLD so I can understand. Ok, so a while back, I used to play internet billiards on a certain website... One day I went all security crazy and pumped everything up that I could. Now I can't play any games on this site because it says I dont have Javascript enabled. I went into my internet security settings and allowed the running of scripts, turned off my windows firewall, turned off my Norton Internet Security, put it on trusted sites, everything that I could think of. I am just stupid and dont know what to do. I thought I undid everything I did to increase my security, but still, I can't run the bloody javascript!! All I want to do is play a little stupid pool on the stupid internet. Please someone help!! I have Windows XP Home... Thanks!

05-13-2005, 02:36 PM	#12 (permalink)
Trizoy VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Campbell, Ca Posts: 4,650	Only thing i can think of would be to go under internet options, under advanced header, there is ajava box.. make sure it is checked. If that dont work go back and re download the newest java software. It should make it all better for you.

05-13-2005, 11:07 PM	#14 (permalink)
shena New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 8	Butting in?? Come on! The thread is called "Please help a computer idot!" I am a computer idiot! Why should he have all the rights to the idiot forum? Lol, see, I am such an idiot, I can't even start my own thread!! Hehe, anyway, I will try all this stuff, thanks for your help!

05-13-2005, 11:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
shena New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 8	ok, I tried the advice you guys gave me, and still no go... Any other thoughts? Lol, I think I may have to resign myself to a life without internet billiards sniff...

05-14-2005, 12:02 AM	#17 (permalink)
shena New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 8	Ok so I went to that link you put up there apj101, and yeah a little grey box came up with a little yellow triangle sign with an exclamation mark on it and it said "1". I tell you, I am stupid... What do you mean by "download the latest java software"? Hehehe, I feel like a big moron. Anyway, thanks for trying to help!

05-14-2005, 12:19 AM	#19 (permalink)
shena New Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 8	Ok, it is www.candystand.com, then I go to arcade tab, then i go to billiards... then it says i do not have javascript enabled and i need it to be i order to play the stupid game. hehehe, thanks again!