Script and Shockwave

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tonita

I have a Dell Inspiron 600m that I bought new in 2005. I know, it's old but works and I can't afford a new computer at this time. Lately I've been getting running script errors and shockwave flash errors and it hangs up thecomputer seemingly forever. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks
 
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Daave

tonita said:
I have a Dell Inspiron 600m that I bought new in 2005. I know, it's
old but works and I can't afford a new computer at this time. Lately
I've been getting running script errors and shockwave flash errors
and it hangs up the computer seemingly forever. Is there anything I
can do to fix this?
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What is the malware status of your PC?
 
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philo 

I have a Dell Inspiron 600m that I bought new in 2005. I know, it's old but works and I can't afford a new computer at this time. Lately I've been getting running script errors and shockwave flash errors and it hangs up the computer seemingly forever. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks
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Which browser to you use?


If IE, try another such as Firefox
 
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tonita

From: "tonita" <[email protected]>












Install the laatest Adobe Showave and Flash



Flash for IE:

http://download.macromedia.com/get/...sing/win/install_flash_player_12_active_x.exe



Flash for Firefox or other "Plug-In" based Browsers:

http://download.macromedia.com/get/...ensing/win/install_flash_player_12_plugin.exe



Shockwave:

http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/ge...h/win95nt/latest/Shockwave_Installer_Full.exe



--

Dave

Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk

http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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What will these do Dave?
 
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Daave

Same thing. I mean, I know the computer is old but isn't there any
way to clean this up?
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One of the causes of "hangs up the computer seemingly forever" is
malicious software. Have you scanned for malware? If so, with which
programs?
 
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Mayayana

It might provide a clue if you post the actual messages
and webpages where it's happening. Also, you might
try a Firefox extension. This one will block Flash and
allow you to enable it only if it's actually necessary to
the page:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/

(Often Flash is only for ads. All-Flash websites exist,
but they're not common. Typically that would be a
very graphical site, like maybe a movie homepage.)

There's also an extension called NoScript that allows you
to selectively block script. It's very well designed. I find
that in the rare cases where I need to enable script at all,
I can usually enable only the script from the current URL
using NoScript.

Pages have become so bloated these days that many are
loading gigantic javascript "libraries" from places like Google,
in addition to scripts from one or more tracking or advertising
companies. They can add 500 KB to a 50 KB webpage. But
most or all of that is usually not needed for webpage functionality.
(A notable exception would be remote shopping cart services.)

Your Inspiron is perfectly adequate for just about anything
other than memory intensive jobs, like editing 20 MB photos.
I have 4 GB RAM while you probably have 1/2 GB RAM. But
I only have 4 GB because it was a single stick and very cheap.
XP 32-bit can only see about 3 GB anyway. I had 1/2 GB for
many years and never had any trouble with that. Which is
very different from Vista/7, which is a notably bloated system. If
you put Win7 on your Inspiron there wouldn't be enough RAM
for it to even just sit there showing a Desktop.

(Tangent thought: If you can't afford a new computer you
might consider making a disk image of Windows to store on
a CD or DVD. It's very likely that the first thing to go will be
the hard disk, and if you don't have a full restore CD then
you would lose XP for good if the hard disk dies. With a disk
image you can just buy a new disk for $50, install the image,
and you're back in business.)



I have a Dell Inspiron 600m that I bought new in 2005. I know, it's old but
works and I can't afford a new computer at this time. Lately I've been
getting running script errors and shockwave flash errors and it hangs up the
computer seemingly forever. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks
 
M

micky

I have a Dell Inspiron 600m that I bought new in 2005. I know, it's old but works and I can't afford a new computer at this time. Lately I've been getting running script errors and shockwave flash errors and it hangs up the computer seemingly forever. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Thanks
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Do you get a box that say the script is stuck in a loop, or something
that might mean that?

They ask if you want to continue running the script or stop.

They also have a checkbox that says Don't ask me this again.


I always check the box, and click stop, but it always asks again. I
presume that that's because it's a different script each time, though I
don't write down the script name and check if each one is different.
 
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J. P. Gilliver (John)

Hot-Text said:
"Mayayana" >

Good Link ;)
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There's also YesScript (I can't remember if it has two Ss and can't
check ATM), which I found more amenable to my way of working. IIRR, one
(I can't remember which is which) operates with a blacklist, blocking
scripts from sites on a list it helps you maintain, and the other a
whitelist, only _allowing_ scripts from such a list.
 
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tonita

Don't know how to do a "screen shot". I do believe the messages are not the same but different on different websites and random. I do get the "stop script" or continue message and I always click on "stop script". The shockwave flash error sometimes comes up, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get Firefox "not responding" and it just hangs up for a while.

I'm not an expert, just a "user" so a lot of this stuff goes over my head.
 
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David H. Lipman

From: "tonita said:
Don't know how to do a "screen shot". I do believe the messages are not the same but
different on different websites and random. I do get the "stop script" or continue
message and I always click on "stop script". The shockwave flash error sometimes comes
up, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get Firefox "not responding" and it just hangs up
for a while.

I'm not an expert, just a "user" so a lot of this stuff goes over my head.
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/...en#take-screen-capture-print-screen=windows-8

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/173884


http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/
 
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Hot-Text

"tonita"

Work with "David H. Lipman"
He good when it came to
Script and Shockwave

Do as he ask
No an expert needed for users

You Said: so a lot of this stuff
Goes over my head.

That's Ok

You need not know it all

Mr. Lipman we help you step by step
To work it out or help you Fix

If you see new Post of not by Lipman
Just Read the Info

But keep with David
 
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tonita

I have been trying to post this but somehow it's not going through. Anyway there are two script messages. One is fbstatid.a-akamid.net/rsrc.php/v2/yb/adpy19905y.js:16 (hope that's right) and 2wharethis.combuttonbuttons,31.. And the there's the shockwave flash error too.

I've made up my mind that I'm going to get a new computer in the next few weeks but I would like to give this one to my son. Would it be better just to wipe out the hard drive and reload the OS?
 
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Paul

tonita said:
I have been trying to post this but somehow it's not going through.
Anyway there are two script messages. One is
fbstatid.a-akamid.net/rsrc.php/v2/yb/adpy19905y.js:16 (hope that's right)
and 2wharethis.combuttonbuttons,31. And the there's the shockwave flash error too.

I've made up my mind that I'm going to get a new computer in the next
few weeks but I would like to give this one to my son. Would it be better
just to wipe out the hard drive and reload the OS?
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Now would be a good time to reload the OS, then
visit Windows Update and get all the updates.

When you're finished reloading the software and
creating an account for your son, you can use a program like
Macrium Reflect Free to make a backup copy of C: .

(See the green download link, lower left corner. It
uses a CNET stub installer. Accept the defaults, and
get the WAIK boot CD as well. The default tick boxes
in the stub installer should do that for you. The download
consists of two files, and like any backup utility, you need to
make a boot CD so you can boot an empty computer and
restore files from another hard drive. That's in case
the boot hard drive in the computer breaks in the future,
and you'll need that CD to be able to boot the computer.)

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

Then, if a year from now, your son complains the computer
is full of malware, and won't work, you can use the Macrium CD
plus an external hard drive with the backup file image on it,
and restore C: . You would want to save your son's data files
somewhere, before doing the restoration.

That is easier, than installing the OS again a year from now,
and attempting to do Windows Update afterwards. If you store
a clean copy of the OS for a future date, you can restore that copy
when you need it.

Paul
 

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