Strange warning popping up(on another forum) (1 Viewer)

David Smith · Jul 7, 2013

I go on a well known football forum........not as a member-just to see what's happening. I have been using it for years with no problem.
Now, whenever I click to change subjects/threads (not sure of the technical term) it hangs up and a warning box pops up that tells me........
"stop running this script-it is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly. It may
cause your computer to become unresponsive"
There are 2 boxes "yes" & "no"
I click on yes i.e. 'to stop running the script' and everything is OK.
But when I change threads again the same thing happens..
Any Ideas ?
Thanks again.

alan_rymer · Jul 7, 2013

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175500

David Smith · Jul 7, 2013

alan_rymer said:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175500

Thank you for that link.
In part it says the following...........

"To have us change this time-out value in Internet Explorer versions 4.0 through 8 for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. If you prefer to fix this problem yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section".........

Will this stop the actual delay or just allow more time before the warning ?

Whatever "script" actually means that website must have changed it recently as it never used to happen

delia todd · Jul 7, 2013

David, why not try a different browser and see what happens then.

There's plenty to go at... Firefox, Pale Moon, Opera, Google Chrome - all free and easy to download.

David Smith · Jul 8, 2013

delia todd said:
David, why not try a different browser and see what happens then.

There's plenty to go at... Firefox, Pale Moon, Opera, Google Chrome - all free and easy to download.

Right........but you must remember I am the original 'technophobe'....so.........
1) which one do you recommend ?
2) Do I have to remove the exisiting one ?
3) Will it conflict/cause any running problems ?
4) How do I download them and make them work........i.e. do I google it, then
simply download and it will automatically work ?

Thanks.

delia todd · Jul 8, 2013

Hi David .... techophobe.... you and me both.

They're all good, all Googleable and all free and easy to download. There's no conflict with anything, you can have them all if you want. My favourite is Pale Moon, which (I think) is a stripped down version of Firefox.

You can have short cuts to all of them sitting on your desk top if you like and can switch between them at will.

I sometimes use two together, to see how page layouts in Opus look in a different browser.

Kevin Wade · Jul 8, 2013

Hi David

I mainly use Firefox and had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. The solution was to delete either all cookies, or just the one that causes the problem. In Internet Explorer, you can clear all cookies using the info here:

http://www.aboutcookies.org/default.aspx?page=2#ie9

David Smith · Jul 9, 2013

Kevin Wade said:
Hi David
I mainly use Firefox and had the same problem a couple of weeks ago. The solution was to delete either all cookies, or just the one that causes the problem. In Internet Explorer, you can clear all cookies using the info here:
http://www.aboutcookies.org/default.aspx?page=2#ie9

Thank you............I followed that advice and (early days BUT) it seems to have worked e.g. I just tried that forum and everything worked as it should.

Confession time......I had no idea what "browser" I was using so had to google it to find out (it's I.E.8) then went from there

David Smith · Jul 9, 2013

delia todd said:
Hi David .... techophobe.... you and me both.

They're all good, all Googleable and all free and easy to download. There's no conflict with anything, you can have them all if you want. My favourite is Pale Moon, which (I think) is a stripped down version of Firefox.

You can have short cuts to all of them sitting on your desk top if you like and can switch between them at will.

I sometimes use two together, to see how page layouts in Opus look in a different browser.

Thanks again.......much appreciated.

Kevin Wade · Jul 15, 2013

David Smith said:
Thank you............I followed that advice and (early days BUT) it seems to have worked e.g. I just tried that forum and everything worked as it should.

My pleasure - hope all is still well!

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