Class does not support automation when signing into the Live contacts Control

Signing in on some machine displays automation error. Internet security is set to the defualt level.

Able to break into the debugger inside live contacts javascript code where error occurs:

Microsoft.Live.LiveID._window=popup;}
if(popup&&!popup.closed&&popup.focus){

popup.closed returns:
Class doesn't support Automation

Thanks in advance

[449 byte] By [LiveError] at [2008-2-27]
# 1

Further details:

Same page works in Firefox on the same machine.

Live Contacts dails in IE 7 on some machines with class does not support automation

Security levels set to medium low.

LiveError at 2007-9-13 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Windows Live Controls Development...
# 2

Found a fix here. Occurs when opening a popup in Javascript on some machines.

http://dotnetscribbles.blogspot.com/

LiveError at 2007-9-13 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Windows Live Controls Development...
# 3
still a problem
LiveError at 2007-9-13 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Windows Live Controls Development...
# 4

Hi,

What sort of anti-virus stuff do you have installed? It sounds like something has munged the registry.

The Windows Live Contacts control in List view mode uses only the xmlHttpRequest object. This is implemented in IE7 as a "native" object, but if you're running IE6 we have to load it using ActiveX.

The WL Contacts control in Tile view mode uses ActiveX to talk to your Windows Live Messenger client to get presence info for your contacts.

Are you using the contacts control in tile view or list view? If tile view, what version of Messenger do you have installed?

-Danny

DannyThorpeMSFT at 2007-9-13 > top of Msdn Tech,Windows Live Developer Forums,Windows Live Controls Development...

Windows Live Developer Forums

Site Classified