Selenium-java client not working with any IE8 on Vista - getting Javascript error "null" is null or not an object

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Selenium-java client not working with any IE8 on Vista - getting Javascript error "null" is null or not an object

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Hi

I am using selenium java client and lately has spent some good chunk of time trying to get it to work with IE 8 on Vista. I am using selenium server 1.0.1, but also tried 1.0-beta-2 and 1.0.0 - all getting the same error. Here's the error: before the start of every test, i get a Javascript error popup window that displays error message: "null" is null or not an object in C:/[userhomedir]/[IE temp profile dir]/selenium-bot.js. If i press either yes or no, test finishes normally and the same problem happens when the next test starts.

I have tried not only different server versions, but also different browser executable strings, *iexplore, *iehta, *iexploreproxy. *iexplore and *iehta produce the above error, but *iexploreproxy simply freezes on the first page of a test (does not produce that javascript error however). It is possible that *iexploreproxy works but is simply very very slow, but i set the timeout to 20 times as high and the test was timing out before doing something as simple as clicking on the link.

Have anyone else had a similar problem with IE 8 (or any other version of IE). If yes, please post what your remedy was.

Thank you