Stop IE8 message "web page stopped responding" while debugging

Question

IE8 has a feature that pops up a dialog box that informs me when a web page stops responding that's a bit annoying when debugging as it steals focus from visual studio. Is there a way to disable that feature?

Answer 1

This was just covered on the IEBlog here.

From the blog:

While we continue to track the telemetry, if you are debugging IE either with the IE Developer Tools or a debugger, and you attempt to interact with the IE window, there is a chance that you will see this dialog. Although this will not impact your debugging it may be more convenient to turn this dialog off. Or if you’re running Win7 RC and are seeing this prompt more than you should or would want to, you can turn it off by changing the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main!HangResistance, DWORD, 0