Disney ad crashing my computer
Jul 20, 2009 | 12:46 pm
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Disney ad crashing my computer
I have a thin client that runs XPe SP2. This morning, I used it to log in to FT. Whenever I went to a page with the annoying Disney ad with those cartoon ducks, it would crash Internet Explorer. My guess is either some kind of non-standard Javascript, an ActiveX control or non-standard Flash.
Jul 20, 2009 | 12:55 pm
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Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will investigate immediately and take whatever corrective action necessary. If you run across this ad again, please take a screen shot and send it to me, assuming it's possible to do so before the browser crashes, of course 
Jul 20, 2009 | 1:53 pm
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What version is your Flash Player on your thin client?
Not sure if this would help but a while back a similar problem happened to another FTer and me. flash6.ocx was the file to blame. I wasn't able to pinpoint the specific ad as you did though.
Not sure if this would help but a while back a similar problem happened to another FTer and me. flash6.ocx was the file to blame. I wasn't able to pinpoint the specific ad as you did though.
Jul 20, 2009 | 2:42 pm
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What version is your Flash Player on your thin client?
Not sure if this would help but a while back a similar problem happened to another FTer and me. flash6.ocx was the file to blame. I wasn't able to pinpoint the specific ad as you did though.
Not sure if this would help but a while back a similar problem happened to another FTer and me. flash6.ocx was the file to blame. I wasn't able to pinpoint the specific ad as you did though.
Jul 21, 2009 | 7:13 am
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Quite honestly all the Disney ads are obnoxious due to the heavy, heavy use of flash. Whenever the Summer Fun Pass one opens in both panes it takes ~20-30 seconds before the posts in the thread show.
Jul 21, 2009 | 8:44 am
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Might I suggest http://www.ie7pro.com/ ? Someone here recommended it and I haven't seen many ads since on any website.