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if you get firefox working, try this....

1. Open Firefox.

2. On the Tools menu, click Options.

3. Click Content in the Options list.

4. Under the Content section, check the box next to Enable JavaScript.

5. Click the Advanced button to open the Advanced JavaScript
Options box.

6. Check the boxes under Allow scripts to section that you want
to allow.
I have boxes 1 and 3 from the top checked.

7. Click OK.

8. Click OK.



If you are still receiving the JavaScript error when you have it enabled, you should try completely uninstalling the Flash Player, and then reinstalling the most recent version.

For instructions about how to "completely" uninstall a Flash Player, see this Adobe Help article (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157).

If you don't have a Flash player installed or you have just uninstalled the Flash player, download and install the latest Adobe Flash Player, which is available at the Adobe Flash Player Download Center (http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash).

If you have tried both of those steps above are still having issues playing videos, try clearing the browser cache and cookies on your computer.



Linky

That might be the only bit of luck you have.
It being xp and not vista.

Okay FF wont load
can you check to see if you can see the vids on yt in IE ?
or if you still get the warning.

Were now working out if its a browser issue
we can install fire fox again later

nope, wont work in IE

Okay if you can

Go back to the time before the problem began. (Restore)
See if Fire Fox Works
If not - Un install it
Re-boot
Install it again
and then check link on yu tube.

I know you my already have gone back in time
just wanted to check you have followed the steps.

Joe's list above seems pretty comprehensive
you tried that ?

Un-installing the browsers wont work, people need to stop jumping the gun and read the thread, theres a lot of duplicate posting going on with suggestions for things he's already tried... I know how much of a pain it can be when you are looking for help and are getting different people suggesting things that were suggested hours/days ago because they havent followed the thread.

Id say its probably a corrput registry for the java/flash installation, the only way to rectify it would be to go through the registry/hard drive and delete absolutely everything to do with the applications, and then re-install them both.

Also, if there is anything wrong with JVM then it can cause no end of problems, the way to combat this is usually to force summit heavy onto the OS like a removal of SP2 and then a re-install of it. Time consuming, but barring that, its probably an OS reload unless ye want to pay an MCSE qualified technician to fix it, would probably solve it in minutes lol.

BTW, I think JVM is now (or soon to be) EOL cos of the monopoly shite so im not sure if Microsoft will offer support with it now but as its a core element of the NT5 OS, they may do? Have you tried contacting Microsoft about the problem, if not, you should, provided you have a legal version of XP, their support teams are actually extremely good and very knowledgeable.

Wheels are you up to date with windows updates ?

yeh it is up to date, the restore took a while and then the laptop took ages just to do simple things, i lost me rag and turned it off for the night. how to i delete SP2? can i got to control panel and add/remov e programs?

If you manage to un install sp2 i guess your system
will be in a hell of a mess, so for now that's got to
be a last resort one step away from a full reinstall.

Have you turned off all Popupblockers?
Disabled the fire walls?

My guess is that you tube just isnt knowing that the
java script is turned on, that's all.

You need java script to login to these forums and that works
for you, and i guess other sites work fine for you too.

So my thinking is that youtube can not detect if java script
is enabled or not, and it cant do that if the site has a block
on it, some how

Dont do any sp2 stuff just yet.

I have gave up, binned the laptop and put my PC downstairs connected to its own 27in HD tv. Problem solved.

Binned the Laptop lol