I did search this particular forum section, but found no exact match to my problem, and other problems are of an older nature. Seems [a similar] problem was solved a while back, but this may be new.




To start, my platform is:

• WinXP SP3 (w/all updates applied)
• Internet Explorer 8 (w/all updates applied)
• Adobe Flash Player: v10.0.42.34 (latest version, as of this post)

BTW, before I get inundated with suggestions to switch to Firefox (which may solve the problem), there are reasons I 'need' to use IE8.

A couple weeks ago, when browsing the forums, I started receiving this message: (and the one below just happened right before I posted this)




I'll type in the error, verbatim, below in order for the forum search engine to pick it up later (for those having the same problem and looking for some help):

• A script in this movie is causing Adobe Flash Player 10 to run slowly. If it continues to run, your computer may become unresponsive. Do you want to abort the script?

Consequently, my browser freezes -- no matter how I answer the query -- causing the need to kill it completely (w/force - e.g., via task manager, pskill.exe, etc.)

Wouldn't have thought to post about it here, but I'm finding this is the only site that is causing this to happen (* see added note at end of post). I have Google'd this problem, too -- so I see that it's not uncommon -- going back quite a while.

I could disable the Flash Player, but I need it elsewhere.

Anyone else notice this error recently?
Thx.




P.S. To add:

• I have uninstalled / rebooted / reinstalled Flash -- no dice.
• Turned off antivirus software -- no dice.
• Thoroughly housecleaned my temp/cache/prefetch files -- no dice.

P.P.S. To add again:

• * For the first time today (02-Jan-2010) this error hit me on a different site: Yahoo. But unlike when it happens here, the error message responds to clicking Yes, and I didn't have to kill my browser (e.g., the page continued to load.)
• Also, from comments below, it's not completely platform specific to what I use.

 

I have noticed this. I run Windows Vista and Google Chrome as browser...

 

I'm having the same problem. My internet is setup exactly like 7up's. I thought something might have been wrong with my computer cause i'm having this same problem on the F150 forum i'm a member of. Glad to see i'm not the only one dealing with this nuisance.

 

I'm also receiving this error occasionally. I have a similar set up to 7up.

Thanks.

 

I'm just curious to know why you must use IE. Is it a corporate / company pc that you can't install FF on? The reason I ask is because I do know that many websites require IE, but the majority of them can be viewed as long as you have the IE Tab plugin for FF. I use both browsers on my corporate pc, but only because there is one or 2 internal apps that require IE and are simply not compatible with FF any way you look at it. Other than those 2 internal apps. I use FF 98% of the time.

 

It's moot now. Other browsers and platforms fail with this message, too. Frustrating is that it didn't happen (for me) -- even while using IE8 -- before early December, 2009.

I've always been of the opinion that software companies make strange (and unpredictable) bedfellows.

Adobe, as useful and productive as some of their software is IMO, isn't immune from this association, either.

 

Everybody should trash IE and use FF.....FF seems to be much more compatible with the site over any other browser....

 

I've certainly uttered my fair share of 4 letter words at IE over the years.