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For about a year I've had this problem happen to me every now and then.
I will click on a VBS file that I have and I will either get some kind
of error code, or nothing will happen at all. In the case of the later
my Event Log has a message stating the Scripting facility is disabled.
When I get the error code no Event Log is written.
This problem, when it happens, always follows an install of some random
software package. I learned over the year to make daily backups of my
Registry because restoring the Registry after I run into this problem
gets things back to normal again. Not a System Restore mind you, which
doesn't fix this problem, but using a program called ERUNT which
backups up/restores just the Registry Hives.
Another symptom of this problem is when I get into System Properties |
General. The information under Computer is missing except for the
amount of RAM I have. Everything else is gone. This along with VBS
not working always happens together.
I've learned to execute a VBS file or look at System Properties after I
install something to see if the problem crops up again. This way I
know if I should restore my Registry. I don't want to restore a backup
that is to old.
I didn't have the problem for a few months until today. Installing
Stardocks IconPackager 3.0a did me in this time. Even though
installing version 3.0 a few months ago went OK.
Like I said, restoring my Registry always clears everything up. I
really would like to get to the bottom of this strange problem. Anyone
have any ideas? Obviously something in my Registry is getting out of
whack.
For about a year I've had this problem happen to me every now and then.
I will click on a VBS file that I have and I will either get some kind
of error code, or nothing will happen at all. In the case of the later
my Event Log has a message stating the Scripting facility is disabled.
When I get the error code no Event Log is written.
This problem, when it happens, always follows an install of some random
software package. I learned over the year to make daily backups of my
Registry because restoring the Registry after I run into this problem
gets things back to normal again. Not a System Restore mind you, which
doesn't fix this problem, but using a program called ERUNT which
backups up/restores just the Registry Hives.
Another symptom of this problem is when I get into System Properties |
General. The information under Computer is missing except for the
amount of RAM I have. Everything else is gone. This along with VBS
not working always happens together.
I've learned to execute a VBS file or look at System Properties after I
install something to see if the problem crops up again. This way I
know if I should restore my Registry. I don't want to restore a backup
that is to old.
I didn't have the problem for a few months until today. Installing
Stardocks IconPackager 3.0a did me in this time. Even though
installing version 3.0 a few months ago went OK.
Like I said, restoring my Registry always clears everything up. I
really would like to get to the bottom of this strange problem. Anyone
have any ideas? Obviously something in my Registry is getting out of
whack.
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