Script Debugging Help Please

[dunnitall]

Computer is Windows 8.1 with Internet Explorer and I keep getting pages in I E jamming up and notices coming up "long running script". In Internet Options (advanced) for I E and "others" re debugging it's ticked in both for Disable script debugging. To stop the problem should I untick these two boxes to stop all the problems I'm getting?

Thanks for any help, you might restore my sanity... (tearing hair out here lol).

[Buenchico]

It won't do any harm to try removing those ticks.

However 'long running script' messages can occur through something entirely separate to your web browser hogging all of a computer's processing power, leaving it unable to work properly. The biggest cause (by far!) is the updating element of Microsoft's own anti-virus software (a sub-program called MsMpEng.exe) which seems to get stuck in a loop. (I've lost count of the number of computers I've seen that happening on!)

So it could well be your anti-virus program (or something else not directly related to your browser) that's actually the cause of the problem.

It's time to come out of the Dark Ages and ditch Internet Explorer. (It was pathetic when it was first introduced and it's just got worse over the years). Depending upon which set of figures you choose to believe, somewhere between 5% and 12% of all desktop users are currently using Internet Explorer:
http://upl.co/uploads/BrowserShare1526318254.jpg

However other surveys have shown that the vast majority of those users are businesses, with the figure for home users probably being closer to 2%. Given that people have to make an active choice to move away from IE (as that's what comes on their computers to start with), it shows just how reviled Internet Explorer actually is!

Switch to either Chrome (which, as those statistics show, is by far the most popular desktop browser in the world)
https://www.google.co.uk/chrome/
or Firefox (which appears to be the most popular browser here among AB members)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/

Further, if you're currently using Microsoft's own anti-virus software, switch to Avast:
https://www.avast.com/index

Then your browser problems should be a thing of the past.

[dunnitall]

Thanks for your advice Chris. I will try up ticking the boxes in internet options...just hope that doesn't start other problems....oh me of little faith or rather....technophobe lol.

Yes you're right PC slowing down hellishly from time to time which is driving me nuts. I have Norton's AV which has been good so nothing to do with Microsoft or windows AV one hopes!

Really not sure about changing from IE as I don't want to add anymore problems ...not much luck here as a whole lately.... So have the feeling this might go pear shaped too as down on my luck on a daily basis isn't inspiring me to do 'unknown' things.

Thanks again will try things and see how it goes. Damn computers... Or is that the operator lol ....

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your reply.

Switching from IE can't add any more problems. When you install Firefox or Chrome you're asked if you want to import your bookmarks from Internet Explorer. (So they'll still be there in your new browser). However third party browsers don't replace Internet Explorer. They sit alongside it on your computer, meaning that you can switch between browsers at will (even having both running simultaneously if you want to).

At one time Norton was notorious for hogging resources on computers but then things improved considerably. However in the past year or so there seem to have been further reports of Norton slowing some computers to a crawl. Try turning Norton off for a while to see if things speed up and/or those 'long running script' messages disappear. As long as you don't visit any obviously dodgy websites it won't do any harm to do so.

Instructions:
In the notification area on the taskbar, right-click the Norton icon, and then click Disable Auto-Protect.

In the Security Request window, in the Select the duration drop-down list, select the duration for which you want to turn off Norton.

Click OK