Form valideringsscript virker ikke i IE

Jeg bruger følgende script til at validere en registreringsform for 1) obligatoriske felter (*) 2) gyldig e-mail og 3) passwords (ens og over 4 bogstaver lang). Det virker upåklageligt i Firefox, mens der dog i IE sker det at den aldrig når forbi den første function: ValidateForm(theForm), men hele tiden returnerer false, selvom alle de obligatoriske felter er udfyldt.

Valideringsscript:

<script language = "Javascript">
function ValidatePw(theForm){
    if (theForm.pw.value.length < 4) {
        alert("Password must as a minimum be 4 characters long!");
        theForm.pw.focus();
        return false;
    }
    if (theForm.pw.value != theForm.pw2.value){
        alert("Passwords doesnt match!");
        theForm.pw2.focus();
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

/**
* DHTML email validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
*/
function echeck(str) {

        var at="@"
        var dot="."
        var lat=str.indexOf(at)
        var lstr=str.length
        var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
        if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
          alert("Invalid E-mail")
          return false
        }

        if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
          alert("Invalid E-mail")
          return false
        }

        if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
            alert("Invalid E-mail")
            return false
        }

        if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
            alert("Invalid E-mail")
            return false
        }


        if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
            alert("Invalid E-mail")
            return false
        }

        if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
            alert("Invalid E-mail")
            return false
        }
       
        if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
            alert("Invalid E-mail")
            return false
        }

        return true                   
    }

function ValidateEmail(){
    var emailID=document.userreg.email
   
    if ((emailID.value==null)||(emailID.value=="")){
        alert("Please Enter your Email!")
        emailID.focus()
        return false
    }
    if (echeck(emailID.value)==false){
        emailID.value=""
        emailID.focus()
        return false
    }
    return ValidatePw(userreg);
}

function ValidateForm(theForm) {
  if ((theForm.name_f.value != '') && (theForm.name_f.value != '') && (theForm.birth_d.value != 'Day') && (theForm.birth_m.value != 'Month') && (theForm.birth_y.value != 'Year') && (theForm.phone.value != '') && (theForm.phone.value != '+') && (theForm.country.value != '') && (theForm.country.value != '-- Country --') && (theForm.school_name.value != '') && (theForm.school_city.value != '') && (theForm.school_country.value != '') && (theForm.school_country.value != '-- Country --') && (theForm.school_phone.value != '') && (theForm.school_con.value != 'Write shortly how you are connected to the above school/institution (ex. as a teacher, student or parent).')){
      return ValidateEmail();
  }else{
      alert('You need to fill out all of the mandatory (*) fields!');
      return (false);   
  }
}
</script>

form:

<form action="<?=$pagenext;?>" method="post" name="userreg" onSubmit="return ValidateForm(userreg)">

osv osv
</form>