Weird problem. Can't execute VBS files

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.

Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b...22-86eb

Windows Script 5.6 Documentation
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=01592C48-207D...E1-8A76

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:1120923661.624088.5970@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
streetwolf <gshapiro.TakeThisOut@bigfoot.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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.