I have no idea how or why it happened, and unfortunately I don’t have the time to research it now, but after I installed the latest Windows update KB930916, javascript didn’t work properly on either Firefox 2 or IE7.

At first, I thought something was wrong with the first website I went to, a project management site. It looked as if there was no stylesheet. Then I went to the New York Times, a morning ritual, and again, the site looked as if the stylesheet wasn’t attached. I use FF by default, so I figured the browser just wasn’t working properly, for whatever reason. However, the same problem existed in IE7. Then I realized that I was getting javascript errors on those websites in addition to no layout.

Earlier tonight, while telling Vin about it, he asked if I had installed any new software. No, no software. Updates? Yes! I had just installed Windows update KB930916 this morning. Sure enough, after an uninstall, everything’s back to working normally.

If anyone has any more information about this, let me know!