# This website is using a scripted window...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 29, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870 "2007-06-29T02:48:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870/1 "2007-06-29T02:48:41Z")
Since I upgraded to IE 7, whenever I use the “Insert Hyperlink” button when composing a message on this board, I get a “yellow bar” message that says:
> [@](#):
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> This website is using a scripted window to ask you for information. If you trust this website, click here to allow scripted windows…
I can then only \*temporarily \* allow scripted windows.
This is the only time I ever see this message. There is no choice to permanently allows scripted windows from this site, as is allowed for pop-up windows.
I can’t find anything under the Internet Options, Advanced list that would address this. Got’ny ideas?
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2007, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870/2 "2007-06-29T03:09:20Z")
[QUOTE=CookingWithGas]
Since I upgraded to IE 7, whenever I use the “Insert Hyperlink” button when composing a message on this board, I get a “yellow bar” message that says:
I can then only \*temporarily \* allow scripted windows.
This is the only time I ever see this message. There is no choice to permanently allows scripted windows from this site, as is allowed for pop-up windows.
I can’t find anything under the Internet Options, Advanced list that would address this. Got’ny ideas?
[/QUOTE]
Security - Internet - Custom Level - Scripting - Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows - Enable
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870/3 "2007-06-29T03:10:10Z")
[vBulletin support thread](http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204191).
> [@](#):
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> **Message:** This website is using a scripted window to ask you for information. If you trust this website, click here to allow scripted windows.
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> \*\*
> What It Means:\*\* Internet Explorer has blocked a website from using a small program (called a script) to display a separate window. Hackers sometimes use scripted windows to mimic legitimate windows, such as login screens, that appear on websites. If you trust the website and want to allow the scripted window, click the Information Bar, and then click Temporarily Allow Scripted Windows. To always allow scripted windows, check the Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows custom security setting.
Source: [Experience the Windows difference with Windows 11 OS, Laptops, PCs & Apps | Microsoft Windows](http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/91b1038d-3f53-43a3-8bd8-9551e7c0b7c61033.mspx)
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870/4 "2007-06-29T03:46:28Z")
I found it hard to believe that you had to only allow or disallow, so I just tried something.
In the Security tab, click on trusted sites, then on the sites button, then add [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) and uncheck the check mark under the box.
Tada.
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### Author:  [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870/5 "2007-06-29T04:43:33Z")
Doesn’t work for me without still “Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows - Enable”
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### Author:  [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-website-is-using-a-scripted-window/409870/6 "2007-06-29T14:27:33Z")
On a related note, and I’m not trying to proselytize for Firefox, but for those people who are Firefox users, there is a great extension called NoScript that lets you selectively enable JavaScript (as well as Flash and Java) by site, and lets you even temporarily allow a site to run JS.
I consider JS to be a mild security risk, so surfing without it generally enabled makes sense.
For example, even though I use [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) fairly frequently, I have no need to enable JavaScript at this site.