Internet Explorer Script Errors When Using Windows Mail in Vista

Windows Mail
Windows Mail is a free email application which is native to the Windows Vista operating system. Windows Vista is the only operating system that supports Windows Mail, the program having been superseded by Windows Live Mail in Windows 7. Like similar email applications, Windows Vista supports both plain text emails and emails written in the hypertext markup language.
HTML Emails
While plain text emails only contain very limited formatting, HTML emails can display advanced elements such as tables, pictures or even movies and sounds. HTML is the language that is used to format standard webpages. In addition to graphic elements, using HTML when composing emails also allows users to insert scripts written in the JavaScript language. Such scripts can add interactivity to emails, but can also create scripting errors.
Script Errors
When displaying an HTML email, Windows Vista automatically launches a background Internet Explorer process which is tasked with interpreting the language. Internet Explorer is the default Internet browser on Windows operating systems. If Internet Explorer encounters a syntax error in a script embedded in the email, it automatically displays an error message to warn the user. Unfortunately, users cannot directly disable those error messages within either Windows Mail or Internet Explorer. It is, however, possible to prevent HTML emails from using JavaScript.
Disabling JavaScript Support
To disable JavaScript support in Windows Mail, users should open the 'Tools' menu and select 'Options.' By opening the 'Security' tab and positioning the slider next to 'Restricted Zone,' users can instruct Windows Mail not to execute JavaScript code. It is, however, worth noting that disabling JavaScript may prevent certain emails from loading altogether. Fortunately, most email senders include a plain text link inside HTML emails, allowing users to view the contents of the email in a standard Internet browser window.