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nonresponsive script

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When I use Firefox browser, every time I clicked on a link to a new page, my computer freezes for a few seconds. A small window pops up with the message saying “a script not stopped or not responsive”.

When I use Firefox browser, every time I clicked on a link to a new page, my computer freezes for a few seconds. A small window pops up with the message saying “a script not stopped or not responsive”.

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A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete.

Script: https://s.yimg.com/qg/att/3party/adobe_analytics/1.0.5/s_code_yahoo.js:344

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Hello,

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.

  • Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.

To Reset Firefox do the following:


  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu, click help Help-29 and select Troubleshooting Information.

Now, a new tab containing your troubleshooting information should open.

  1. At the top right corner of the page, you should see a button that says "Reset Firefox"Button reset. Click on it.
  2. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  3. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.

Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

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Your System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 12.1 Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 12.0.2.122

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I reset the Firefox browser. However, it did not help.

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Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 29.0.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports

Extensions


Name: HP Smart Web Printing Version: 4.51 Enabled: false ID: smartwebprinting@hp.com

Name: Norton Toolbar Version: 2014.7.0.46 Enabled: false ID: {2D3F3651-74B9-4795-BDEC-6DA2F431CB62}

Name: Norton Vulnerability Protection Version: 12.2.0.5 - 1 Enabled: false ID: {BBDA0591-3099-440a-AA10-41764D9DB4DB}

Important Modified Preferences


browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 6 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140506152807 browser.startup.homepage: http://finance.yahoo.com/ browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140506152807 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 29.0.1 dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 29.0.1 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 1 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1401736807 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 79508 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1401736806

Graphics


Adapter Description: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Adapter Drivers: igdumdx32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x2a42 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 2-11-2011 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2302 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.3 Version in use: 4.10.3

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Version in use: 3.16

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A couple of other users posted about that adobe_analytics script stalling out:

One reason scripts can stall out due to Flash is the Flash plugin's protected mode feature. You can disable that by creating or editing a settings file. The following pages/posts provide different ways to do that:

Flash needs to completely unload from memory (restarting Firefox might help) before this would take effect.

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I added the following in mms.cfg file:

ProtectedMode=0

Restarted the Firefox. However, the problem is still there.