Wi-Fi script errors line 183

Question

I posted this thread in other spot, but it was apparently the wrong area.  Here's the issue:
I try to use the Verizon Wi-Fi Activation program, and cannot get it to work.  All the symptoms are below.
First, it pops up a box titled Internet Explorer Script Error.  Details are:
An error has occurred in the script on this page.
Line: 183
Char: 3
Error: Automation server can't create object
Code: 0
URL: file://C:/Progra,%20Files/Verizon/WIFI/smartaccess/common/snapins/installer/inc/vz_overload.js
Do you want to continue running scripts on this page?
Whether I select YES or NO, here's where it goes next: 
Title bar: ss_shell_Title
   Verizon Wi-Fi Installation
header
                                                  O
                                         subheader
and the O is the circle that just keeps rotating and rotating and rotating and rotating and rotating....
Why can't it be a simple sign-in like we do with email addresses instead of some crazy program that doesn't work?
I tried this while using Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer (just to make sure it wasn't a browser conflict of some sort), with it always doing the same thing...
Oh, and the follow-up message:
errorheader1 <script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errorheader2")); // </script> errorheader2
<script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext1")); // </script> errortext1
<script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext2a")); // </script> errortext2a <script type="text/javascript">// if (isDSL) document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext2b")); // </script> <script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext2c")); // </script> errortext2c <script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext3")); // </script> errortext3 <script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext4")); // </script> errortext4
<script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext5")); // </script> errortext5
<script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext6")); // </script> errortext6
<script type="text/javascript">// document.write(sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext7") + (isDSL ? ' <B>800-567-6789</B> ' : ' <B>888-553-1555</B> ') + sma_loc_GlobalXLate("errortext8")); // </script> errortext7 888-553-1555 errortext8

Answer 1

A lot of people wish that these hotspots for Verizon were nothing more than an HTTP page walled garden setup until you punched in a Verizon Username and Password into the web page. Walled Gardens aren't too hard to set up but they are also easy to get around (but if someone gets around, you can set them on a shoddy QoS profile anyhow). Not doing that results in issues with platform dependencies (excluding really anything other than Windows on a laptop to be used). Around my area, every Wi-Fi Hotspot I find broadcasts in the clear and is basically connect and go. Some of them require accepting an agreement, but that's no problem.
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