Posting problem

[shiantry]

for a lot of animations these day's you need a flash plugin...you can download one here....
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...ShockwaveFlash
if you are downloading anyway...download shockwave for a lot of internet fun
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/...sion=Shockwave

you can experience some trouble if you have downloaded WinXP serv.pack 2 uncluding its own security files.. it can conflict with your own security pack (norton, mcfee, zonealarm etc...) i did unable winxp security pack of serv.pack 2, because the one i buy is more than enough... and i dont like a comp...Telling me what to do, what i dont want to do and even think about to do...duhhh...:p

STill going for the FORMAT:C\

[JimmyMN]

Originally Posted by Andiline

I'll check that immediately... - they are enabled, all three of them... Maybe I should play around with these settings a little bit this evening. In this list there are more possibilities than those three and in my list some of them are disabled. I will check that out this evening.

The fact that you can click on the emoticon but the underlying script doesn't run tells me that it's most likely a security issue. Are you running any products like ZoneAlarm, Norton Internet Security, Script Sentry, SpySweeper, etc., etc.?

If not, go to the Windows Control Panel, (choose classic view) and double click Windows Firewall. Turn it off!! Then try Internet Explorer again. If you're still batting zero, look through your list of installed programs to see if you might have some unknown pre-installed security software messing things up. It's possible that one of those utilities is blocking active script.

I believe James is running a steroiditized version of PHPBB for the forum engine here. If you enjoy searching for an answer, their forum (phpbb.com) has a wealth of information. Just search for the topic emoticon or smiley. The fact that the smileys work on other forums doesn't mean much because the operational process may be done differently.

Worse case scenario, it could be a WindowsXP-SP2 issue or a motherboard chipset issue. I don't see any motherboards from my usual vendors that have built-in firewall software imbedded in the ROM but that doesn't mean yours doesn't. I would at least take a look at your BIOS (enter at boot-up) and view, so you can check that possibility off the list. By the way, at this very moment I'm on a Dell laptop (Intel) with WindowsXP and all of the latest SP2 patches with Microsoft Firewall enabled but no virus protection.

Jimmy

[Andiline]

Jimmy, thanks for spending so much time on this!!! I really appreciate it. I might have more time to look into this on saturday. I have Norton Internet Security but the settings are not different from what I had on my old computer so I don't believe it has anything to do with it. I still think it's somewhere in the XP-settings. That's why I hate computers where everything is pre-installed... you don't have any idea and control on what's there. It's possible as well that I still have to install something... who knows...

Shantry, I am sure it has nothing to do with Flash either.

I think I will buy a book on windows XP first thing saturday morning and then we will see what I find out...

Thanks for all your help and suggestions, you guys are really great!!!!!!!!!

[JimmyMN]

Andiline,

Just happened to get a call from a client today that was having a scripting/security issue on another Dell laptop (Intel) using WindowsXP-SP2. Windows Firewall was set to OFF but it was equipped with Norton Internet Security. As a part of my testing, I was curious if the smileys would work here... they did when I finally turned everything off in NIS except the SpamBlocker.

By the way, you won't see me expressing any love for Norton Internet Security.

Jimmy

[Andiline]

So looks like a non-compatibility between INS and Win XP... I will check it out tomorrow.

My contract with Norton is only until the end of January so i can reconsider then whether I use something else. Still, Norton right now deletes 4-5 f my mails per day as they contain virusses and so I can see that it somehow works

Thanks again for all you advices. Have to rush to the office now as there is something which doesn't work and we need to fix that. I will let you know tomorrow what I found out.

[shiantry]

Just happened to get a call from a client today that was having a scripting/security issue on another Dell laptop (Intel) using WindowsXP-SP2. Windows Firewall was set to OFF but it was equipped with Norton Internet Security. As a part of my testing, I was curious if the smileys would work here... they did when I finally turned everything off in NIS except the SpamBlocker.

By the way, you won't see me expressing any love for Norton Internet Security.

Thats what i mean and wrote...i experianced the same problem after i downloaded WinXP serv.pack 2 i gett this one out of my system...I am still the boss over my own system...Microsoft is in that matter realy bad...
I have my own security pack...don't need microsoft...

[jx2]

We had the same problem, turned out it was our Norton Personal Firewall. Turned it off and everything works just dandy!