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Question

why am I getting a scipt error when I open Facebook?

Dec 22, 2011 3:53AM PST

When I open Facebook, I get a message that IE is running slow and may shut down because of a script error. I just click to get rid of it, but it keeps coming back. How do I fix this problem? Get rid of Facebook?

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I see 2 questions.
Dec 22, 2011 3:58AM PST

1. Do you work at facebook? If so, report it to the folk that write the facebook scripts.
2. I think most will do what you just did. Dismiss the prompt or turn the notification off. It's one of the IE settings.

The prevailing advice that most of the moderators hand out is "try another browser."
Bob

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Microsoft answers at link.
Dec 22, 2011 4:19AM PST
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to Robert
Dec 22, 2011 5:51AM PST

I do not work at Facebook. I got another one of these messages when I tried to open Incredimail. It said, One of your Active X controls could not be displayed because either: your current security settings prohibit running active x controls on this page or you have blocked a publisher of one of the controls. As a result, the page may not display correctly. I went to tools and options in IE and see that disable script debugging was checked off and so was the one underneath (other). Is this okay? Thanks so much for your help as usual.

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I can't tell you if it's OK.
Dec 22, 2011 11:52PM PST

The reason for the checkboxes is so we have a choice. I can't tell you what choice to make.

Sorry but you have a good question but I hope you see you have to make choices.
Bob

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to: Robert
Dec 23, 2011 2:24AM PST

What are the pros and cons of checking the boxes? I don't really understand what will happen now. Please help me.

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Not Bob
Dec 23, 2011 2:50AM PST

I'm interfering!

Script errors, (Javascript), are entirely out of our hands as they are web site or web page based. It is surprising how often web pages have script errors, and all that means is the Javascript is poorly written. We could say that this is because the vast majority of web sites are written by non-professionals, but the worry is that this is not entirely true. Many professionally written web pages also contain script errors.

All browsers handle script errors in different ways. While all of them simply ignore errors and move on to the next bit of web page code, some will report errors and others will not. IE is one of those that reports errors.

You found the two check boxes in IE > Tools > Internet Options then the Advanced tab, and if you haven't already done so, I would recommend ticking both those boxes, then Apply/OK

To be clear, these are;
Disable script debugging (Internet Explorer), and
Disable script debugging (Other).

Why disable Script debugging? That should get rid of the annoying messages that other browsers don't bother displaying. Also, none of us normal users know how to debug Javascript, so it is pointless telling us anyway.

In your other post you mention Incredimail and ActiveX messages. As I said in my other post to you in the other discussion, I don't know Incredimail at all and I don't understand why it is mentioning ActiveX, because ActiveX is a uniquely Internet Explorer component, or so I thought.

But I suspect you need to review your ActiveX add-ons in Incredimail and see what they are and whether they are needed. If not, disable them.

Mark

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Fantastic!
Dec 24, 2011 1:32AM PST

Thank you Mark!

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To: Mark
Dec 24, 2011 10:05AM PST

What a wonderful explanation of Active X and script errors. Now I understand and I will check out Incredimail. BTW Incredimail is a really fun program for sending and receiving emails. It has lots of really neat things, like hearing yourself typing and lots of stationery and other stuff. I love it and it's free, although there is a paid version. Thank you so much Mark and I wish you a Very Merry Christmas.

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to: Robert Proffitt
Dec 24, 2011 10:06AM PST

Thank you so much for all your input into this problem of mine.
I also wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, not Happy Holidays.