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Meant to include this in prior post: Link to description of problem I had: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/olereg.htm "ActiveX controls may not load as expected in Internet Explorer due to defense in depth changes introduced in cumulative security update 896688 Published: Nov 13, 2005 Updated : Dec 04, 2005 When you open the User Accounts applet in the Control Panel, you may receive the following error message: Wrong number of arguments or invalid property assignment System Restore window is completely blank. Windows Update page displays the following message even though the ActiveX control is already installed. Also, the Information bar does not appear, thus you're unable to re-install the Windows Update ActiveX control. Install the ActiveX control required to view the website Help and Support pages are incomplete. System Information utility (MSINFO32) displays a blank window. When you open Services.msc snap-in, the following error is displayed: An error has occurred in the script on this page Error: Object doesn't support this property or method URL: res://C:\WINDOWS\System32\mmcndmgr.dll/views.htm Organize Favorites dialog displays a Red X in Internet Explorer. (More info) Resolution This occurs due to missing OLE32 registration. You may use the following VBScript to correct the above problems. Download olereg.vbs and run the file." As I noted, this solution worked, but only after I downloaded and installed the Windows Scripting noted in the previous post.

Not sure my problem was identical but certainly sounds similar. I also had the blank Recovery screen, but also an error when trying to access User Accounts from Control Panel, and also am unable to use the Microsoft/Windows update site. I noted from an earlier post that when someone suggested you download and install Windows Script 5.6 you replied "I am unable to download this. This requires "Windows Advantage Validation" which fails on my machine for some reason." Well it also failed on my machine, just as all Windows update functions did, and this failure was related to the blank recovery screen as well. However, the Windows Validation site offered an alternate method of validation that allows you to download and install a small program that you then run - it validates windows and provides you with a code number which you then paste back into a box on the Validation site. The program is called GenuineCheck (not sure that name actually appears on the site). Doing this, I was able to get around the fact that I couldn't use normal validation to initiate the downlad. I then downloaded, as was suggested back on page 1 or 2 of this thread, Windows Script 5.6 for Windows XP and Windows 2000: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...;DisplayLang=en After downloading and installing this, I rebooted. I then downloaded and ran what another had suggested: the vbs script: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/olereg.vbs This fixed all of the problems noted above. I know you tried this script, but not clear you were able to download and install Windows Script 5.6 successfully before you ran it. Hope this helps you or someone else having these types of problems.