How do I turn on JavaScript?

Question

I am trying to watch a video on youtube. It keeps telling me that I either have JavaScript turned off or that I don't have the latest update of Adobe Flash player. I uploaded the latest update of Adobe Flash player about ten minutes before I tried to watch the video, so it can't be that. I even tried restarting my computer to see if that had anything to do with it. That doesn't work either. I really want to watch these videos, and it is doing this on my computer at work too. I work on a Mac at work and I have a dell at home. What is the deal? I downloaded whatever updates it said I needed and it still wouldn't work. What should I do?

Answer 1

Internet Explorer 4.x, 5.x, 6.x and 7.x For Windows

tools menu => internet options => security tab => internet zone => custom level button => check enable active scripting => (enable other scripting options if desired)



Internet Explorer 5.x For Mac OS X

explorer menu => preferences => arrow next to web browser => web content => check enable scripting under active content



Internet Explorer 5.x For Mac OS 9

edit menu => preferences => arrow next to web browser => web content => check enable scripting under active content



Internet Explorer 3.x For Windows

view menu => security => check enable java programs



Mozilla Firefox 2.x For Windows

tools menu => options => content icon => check enable javascript



Mozilla Firefox 1.5 For Windows

tools menu => options => content => check enable java and enable javascript => advanced button => check boxes under allow scripts to section that you want to allow



Mozilla Firefox 1.0 For Windows

tools menu => options => web features from list on left => check enable java and enable javascript => check the boxes under allow scripts to section that you want to allow



Mozilla Firefox For Mac OS X

firefox menu => preferences => check enable java and enable javascript



Mozilla Before Firefox For Windows

mozilla menu => preferences => double click advanced from category list on left => check enable java and enable native object scripting => expand advanced in category column on left => scripts & plug-ins => check navigator under enable javascript for



Mozilla before Firefox For Mac OS X

mozilla menu => preferences => double click advanced from category list on left => check enable java => expand advanced in category column on left => scripts & plug-ins => check navigator under enable javascript for



Netscape 8.x For Windows

tools menu => options => site controls from list on left => master settings => check enable java => check enable javascript



Netscape 7.x For Windows

edit menu => preferences => double click advanced from category list on left => scripts and plugins => check enable java and enable native object scripting => expand advanced in category column on left => scripts & plugins => check navigator under enable javascript for



Netscape 7.x For Mac OS X

netscape menu => preferences => advanced from category list on left => check enable java => expand advanced in category column on left => scripts & plug-ins => check navigator under enable javascript for



Netscape Communicator, Navigator 4.x and Netscape 6.x For Windows and Mac

edit menu => preferences => advanced from category list on left => check the enable java and enable javascript



Netscape Navigator 3.0 For Windows and Mac

options menu => network preferences => languages tab => check enable java and enable javascript



Netscape Navigator 2.x For Windows and Mac

options menu => security preferences => general tab => check enable java and enable javascript



Opera 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and 9.x Quick Preferences For Windows

file menu => quick preferences => enable javascript



Opera 8.x and 9.x For Windows

tools menu => preferences => content in the Preferences list => check enable javascript => javascript options button => check the boxes that you want to allow



Opera 7.x For Windows

tools menu => preferences => multimedia in the preferences list => check enable javascript => javascript options => check boxes that you want to allow



Opera 6.x For Windows

file menu => preferences => multimedia => preferences list. => check enable javascript



AOL 4.0 and 5.0 For Windows

preferences => click www => security tab => custom button => settings => check enable for active scripting under scripting



AOL 3.0 For Windows

preferences => security => check enable java programs



Safari Public Beta 2 For Mac OS X

safari menu => preferences => security => check enable java and enable javascript

Answer 2

You might have to tweak your firewall settings or shut it down temporarily. I was having the same problem with YouTube, MySpace videos, and stuff on the NBC site. I am running Symantec Client Firewall 8.7 and I have to disable it to see these videos on any of my computers. I only ran across this issue after moving from Honolulu where I had Time Warner cable internet to Chicago where I have AT&T/SBC DSL. I assume the DSL is running through a proxy that redirect the ports the videos stream on.



But yeah, try shutting your firewall off. Be sure to turn it back on when you're done.

Answer 3

Tools --> Internet Options --> Security --> Enable Javascript

Answer 4

Hooray for the answer above me. Very thorough. Not everyone uses Internet Explorer (thank God).

Answer 5

it cant turn on