Grail's Journal: Why I Hate Internet Explorer and VBScript

Customer: My homepage is wrong, and I can't set it back to what it's supposed to be.

Me: Okay, just open Tools.. (C: Okay) Options .. (C:Uh-huh) ... click the General tab ...

Customer:I don't have a General tab

Me: ... Umm ... let me check my notes

[Searches Google for "Internet Explorer missing General Tab"]

[Guide customer through: HKEY_CURRENT_USERS\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Control Panel Change General to 0 and restart]

Customer: okay, rebooting

Me: And turn off the ADSL router for a few moments while you change your home page back, okay?

Customer: okay, great!

Why would Microsoft allow a random web site to do this? Does VBScript edit the registry, or does it just "disable important interface item X"?

Dear Microsoft: if you're really serious about security, remove VBScript from Internet Explorer.