internet explorer locks up on any javascript

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Somehow over the past few days I've managed to break Internet Explorer on my win2k setup like I've never seen before and can't find a working fix...

Essentially if I allow it to load any page with a javascript, it will lock up at that point (which when I can cleanly exit and restart easily). I've literally made a workaround where I turned on the option to prompt if I want javascript to load and that "solves" page loading.

Now I never use IE except for Windows Update and to test how some web pages look under it, but this is still bothersome to say the least.

I've checked for all spyware and even used "whatautoruns" to unhook every accessory attached to IE without any change.

Any ideas how to tackle this further?