How to Enable/Disable JavaScript



The following describes how to enable JavaScript's in Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator and AOL browsers. To disable JavaScript, follow the same step, but uncheck the JavaScript options that you set when you enabled JavaScript.

Internet Explorer 5.X
  1. Open Internet Explorer.
  2. Select Internet Options from the Tools menu.
  3. In Internet Options dialog box select the Security tab.
  4. Click Custom level button at bottom right. The Security settings dialog box will pop up.
  5. Under Scripting category check Active Scripting, Allow paste options via script and Scripting of Java applets
  6. Check radio boxes.
  7. Click OK twice to close out.
Internet Explorer 4.0:
  1. Select Internet Options from the View menu
  2. click the Security tab
  3. click Custom
  4. click Settings
  5. scroll down to locate Scripting
  6. click Enable for Active Scripting
  7. click OK, then click the Reload button
Internet Explorer 3.xx:
  1. Select Options from the View menu
  2. click Security
  3. check Enable Java Programs
  4. Click
  5. OK, then click the
  6. Reload button
Netscape 4.0 or higher:
  1. Select Preferences from the Edit menu
  2. click Advanced
  3. check in both Enable Java and Enable JavaScript
  4. click OK
Netscape 3.0:
  1. Select Options from the Edit menu
  2. click Network Preferences
  3. click Languages
  4. check both Enable Java and Enable JavaScript
  5. click OK
4.0 and 5.0:
  1. Click My AOL
  2. click Preferences
  3. click WWW
  4. click the Security tab
  5. click Custom
  6. click Settings
  7. scroll down to locate Scripting
  8. click Enable for Active Scripting
  9. click OK, then click the Reload button
Note to AOL 4.0 & 5.0 users

When using the use AOL browser, you may get a Java script error but, when using an external browser (i.e., Netscape or IE) this does not occur. AOL uses compressed graphics by Default. This doesn't allow Java to work while browsing inside AOL. (This also makes photos you view on web pages look less than their best.)

Do the following:
  1. Click My AOL
  2. Click Preferences
  3. Click the WWW icon
  4. Click Web Graphics tab
  5. Uncheck the box next to Use Compressed Graphics
  6. Click OK Restart the computer.
Note that there are both 16-bit and 32-bit versions of AOL 4.0. Only the 32-bit version has full Java capabilities.

AOL 3.0:
  1. Click Prefs
  2. Click Security
  3. Check Enable Java Programs, if the box is blank, single click on it.
  4. Click OK
  5. Click the browser's back button, once back, click reload.

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