IE7 or Windows Problem?

Greetings, I have Windows XP Professional, SP2, IE7................................. I am at a loss, as to whether this is a "Window" or "IE7" issue. I did talk to Dell :cry, and they told me it wasn't their problem, but a Microsoft problem... Now, you need to know just what the problem is. Well, I got this error on the BSOD 0xBAD0B148.... Dell told me it was because the Active X control was not working. Great, I figured. When I go to a particular website, that has emoticons that move they don't move on my computer.
But, I see on this site, that they do. . So, what do you think is going on? I did go to Microsoft Website, but got totally lost! Windows Update only shows one update, and that is SP3, and I am not sure if I am ready for that yet :tired Any advice out there? Thank you in advance, if anyone can figure it out!!!!! TeeCee :wave

 

Hmmmm.... something is amiss here.... BSOD error numbers look like this: 0x0000007F. I have been working on PCs for many, many years, and have never seen a BSOD error number that looked anything like yours: 0xBAD0B148. I have seen similar ones as a parameter of the primary error number. A parameter is one of the secondary numbers, almost always in parentheses. It would look something like this: 0x000000EA (0xBAD0B148, 0xparameter2, 0xparameter3, 0xparameter4). So yours would be parameter1. So, what we need is the actual main error code. The parameters are helpful, but the main number is what we really need to provide accurate help. I searched Microsoft for 0xBAD0B148 and found absolutely nothing. I mean nothing. No hits. Nothing even remotely or slightly or partially similar to that.

 

WOW! I guess! Maybe i should have pre-read that before submitting? :eek

OK, let's try it with a fresh mind:
BLUE SCREEN STOP ERROR:
0xBAD0B148 (maybe I read it wrong and it should have been 0xBA00B148?)
0x805BA00F
0x0000000F
0x00000000

Now, I contacted Dell, and they said that error was for the Active X Control. That it wasn't "their problem", but a Microsoft problem. ... Gee,, lots of help there! :confused Soooo, I started with Windows Update, and the ONLY update available is SP3.. My computer is set on AU, so it will do that automatically.

Secondly, all the :wave :hyper move when I am on this site, and they don't on one other site I go to. If my Active X was inactive, wouldn't that disable all moving animations? I am so :confused
Thank you for you r note, dlb, I should have been more clear....I hope this is more clear for you, as I couldn't find anything either. I was going by what Dell had told me. TeeCee

 

onething to remember, this site's smileys are animated gifs...simple image files..some sites may use java, flash, etc animated smileys...

 

OK, here, I will have to start all over again.... I had it all written out, and clicked submit, and lost it! :eek
OK, the IE add-ons I have, are just the basics. Now, it says that all the following are "Enabled":
Adobe, SunJava Console, Shockwave Flash Object (Active X Control)

Disabled: Windows messenger,

I don't have much as far as IE add-ons goes. I see the :clap are moving just fine on this site, and I only have that problem on one particular site.... Hmmm
when I sent a page via e-mail, I noticed this at the top of the message body:
Your browser either does not support JavaScript or it is turned off on your computer

Also, I did a search on my computer for Java Scripts, and came up with this:
one in settings, and one in Adobe.

here is the error I did manage to find:
Windows Script
Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Java Scripts-Glbl Setting
Line 1
Cara 1
Code 800A1391
Source J Script Runtime Error

Now, does this make ANY sense to you at all? it sure is :confused to me!
Thank you thesmokingun, and Halo for your help. I did open Adobe, and clicked "check for updates", but was told there was no updates at this time. Now, I am really confused, so I do hope you can decipher this for me .
Thank you, TeeCee

 

PS.... Continued, No, no malware found, I scan every morning, and check for updates. So far, nothing has been found. Thanks, TeeCee

 

Hi Halo, so you want me to remove everything that says JAVA in it in the remove programs, and then go to the link Javaruntime and re-install? I'm just checking so I don't wreck something, and delete something I shouldn't have
What do you think the problem is? TeeCee

PS: Do I have to remove ALL JAVA stuf, or just certain things?

I did find this: J 2 SE Runtime Enviroment 5.0 Update 6
that is a HUGE file. I am on dial-up, so I may even lose my connection just trying ro
re-download that. Please advise.

 

Hello Halo, How long would it take to download? Oh yes, I am on dial-up.... Also, my Java says it is J 2 SE Runtime Enviroment 5.0 Update 6
Any idea on how long that takes to download on dial-up? What could have heppened? I just got this new computer last Dec. Still, very new. Also, what does "download manager" do? Will I be able to go online with java removed? Yeah, I am fulll of ????? Thanks, Halo, TeeCee

 

Hi Halo, I did some PC maintenance this evening, and now it is running just fine. I normally do that stuff (defrag, disc cleanup, CHKDSK, delete temp. Int. files, history, cookies) once a month. I did it this evening, and all I can say is, after doing all that, the system showed as "Clean", and "No Errors", but mainly, the deleting of cookies! That must have been it, because now I can see all the little animated things buzzing all over! I figured that my computer must have been using the OLD cookie from the site, BEFORE it got updated! What a Pain In The U-No-What! anyway, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your insight on this. The weird thing was, only one site was giving me grief! All the rest were loading and working just fine. All animations, etc. Thanks again, TeeCee :-D