If you know you have JavaScript enabled, say in Firefox
Tools > Options... > Content (tab) > Enable JavaScript (checkbox)
then it sounds like you have a system-level problem, possibly a virus (?).

Try reinstalling your main browser (hopefully Firefox) and if that doesn't do the trick, either get virus removal software or reinstall your operating system.

Good luck

I tried reinstalling Firefox, but that did nothing except take up time.

If it is a virus could it have something to do with all of the dumb messages I get when logging on to my computer??

Ummn, you should have mentioned the dumb message you get when logging onto your computer :-) How do you spell v.i.r.u.s.

... good luck

Well excuse me for not believing in there being a way to fix all my problems at once

Hey, relax, I was being facetious -- I wasn't trying to be snide.

I don't know for sure you have a virus but it does seem likely from what you are describing -- and I'm sorry if you do, it's a real pain sometimes.

I actually spent a week with my computer down recently since I kicked the power plug out while it was thinking about something that must have been important, since it wouldn't work after that -- I tried everything I could find, believe me. I finally had to reformat and rebuild it from scratch.

I would get a decent virus software and see what that can do, you might download one as a demo version and if it finds the problem then that would be a good one to buy for ongoing protection.

Good luck

Ok.

Ummmm I ran several virus/spyware scans over the the last couple of days, scanning every inch of my computer with Zonealarm. It found a handful of viruses and spyware threats, which have now been dealt with. And I stopped soon of the messages at log on by changing the settings on my computer so that they wouldn't run. But I'm still having problems with javascripts.

Is there anyway to fix it without reinstalling windows??

By the way, I tried reinstalling java but all it seems to have done is waste time.

Try to install another browser. Perhaps you should try opera and see how things will go!

Okay, I did some Googling about on your behalf and it seems that some people were experiencing a similar situation after installing MS Windows Updates on their computers.

If you might have installed updates prior to noticing JavaScript not working, you might roll-back those updates and see if that helps the situation any...

Best of luck