How does this pertain to Windows Update functionality?
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Whenever I am trying to open my System information there is a problem and a dialogue box is showing the following things. Windows script host Can't find script engine "JScript.Encode" for script "C:\windows\help\oem\scripts\Launch.jse. Compaq laptop with windows vista. Please help.
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Anonymous
2014-02-02T22:35:04+00:00 Usually, this means that the script engine is not installed.
Try installing/updating java
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