diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueManager.cs
index 70db7245aa..730b63e1a3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueManager.cs
@@ -69,21 +69,25 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
         /// <summary>
         /// List of threads processing event queue
         /// </summary>
-        private List<EventQueueThreadClass> eventQueueThreads = new List<EventQueueThreadClass>();
-        private object eventQueueThreadsLock = new object();
+        private List<EventQueueThreadClass> eventQueueThreads;// = new List<EventQueueThreadClass>();
+        private object eventQueueThreadsLock;// = new object();
+
+        private static List<EventQueueThreadClass> staticEventQueueThreads;// = new List<EventQueueThreadClass>();
+        private static object staticEventQueueThreadsLock;// = new object();
 
         public object queueLock = new object(); // Mutex lock object
 
         /// <summary>
         /// How many threads to process queue with
         /// </summary>
-        private int numberOfThreads = 2;
+        private int numberOfThreads;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Maximum time one function can use for execution before we perform a thread kill
         /// </summary>
-        private int maxFunctionExecutionTimems = 50;
-        private bool EnforceMaxExecutionTime = true;
+        private int maxFunctionExecutionTimems;
+        private bool EnforceMaxExecutionTime;
+
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Queue containing events waiting to be executed
@@ -138,6 +142,36 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
         {
             m_ScriptEngine = _ScriptEngine;
 
+
+            // Create thread pool list and lock object
+            // Determine from config if threads should be dedicated to regions or shared
+            if (m_ScriptEngine.ScriptConfigSource.GetBoolean("PrivateRegionThreads", false))
+            {
+                // PRIVATE THREAD POOL PER REGION
+                eventQueueThreads = new List<EventQueueThreadClass>();
+                eventQueueThreadsLock = new object();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // SHARED THREAD POOL
+                // Crate the objects in statics
+                if (staticEventQueueThreads == null)
+                    staticEventQueueThreads = new List<EventQueueThreadClass>();
+                if (staticEventQueueThreadsLock == null)
+                    staticEventQueueThreadsLock = new object();
+
+                // Create local reference to them
+                eventQueueThreads = staticEventQueueThreads;
+                eventQueueThreadsLock = staticEventQueueThreadsLock;
+            }
+
+            numberOfThreads = m_ScriptEngine.ScriptConfigSource.GetInt("NumberOfScriptThreads", 2);
+
+            maxFunctionExecutionTimems = m_ScriptEngine.ScriptConfigSource.GetInt("MaxEventExecutionTimeMs", 5000);
+            EnforceMaxExecutionTime = m_ScriptEngine.ScriptConfigSource.GetBoolean("EnforceMaxEventExecutionTime", false);
+
+
+
             // Start function max exec time enforcement thread
             if (EnforceMaxExecutionTime)
             {
@@ -150,9 +184,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
             //
             // Start event queue processing threads (worker threads)
             //
+
             lock (eventQueueThreadsLock)
             {
-                for (int ThreadCount = 0; ThreadCount <= numberOfThreads; ThreadCount++)
+                for (int ThreadCount = eventQueueThreads.Count; ThreadCount <= numberOfThreads; ThreadCount++)
                 {
                     StartNewThreadClass();
                 }
@@ -315,7 +350,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
             }
         }
 
-        private static void AbortThreadClass(EventQueueThreadClass threadClass)
+        private void AbortThreadClass(EventQueueThreadClass threadClass)
         {
             try
             {
@@ -326,12 +361,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
                 Console.WriteLine("Could you please report this to Tedd:");
                 Console.WriteLine("Script thread execution timeout kill ended in exception: " + ex.ToString());
             }
+            m_ScriptEngine.Log.Debug("DotNetEngine", "Killed script execution thread, count: " + eventQueueThreads.Count);
         }
 
         private void StartNewThreadClass()
         {
             EventQueueThreadClass eqtc = new EventQueueThreadClass(this);
             eventQueueThreads.Add(eqtc);
+            m_ScriptEngine.Log.Debug("DotNetEngine", "Started new script execution thread, count: " + eventQueueThreads.Count);
+
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueThreadClass.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueThreadClass.cs
index ad79fbc0de..67cf0e23c5 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueThreadClass.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/EventQueueThreadClass.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
 using libsecondlife;
+using Nini.Config;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes.Scripting;
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
         /// <summary>
         /// How many ms to sleep if queue is empty
         /// </summary>
-        private int nothingToDoSleepms = 50;
+        private int nothingToDoSleepms;// = 50;
 
         public DateTime LastExecutionStarted;
         public bool InExecution = false;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
         public EventQueueThreadClass(EventQueueManager eqm)
         {
             eventQueueManager = eqm;
+            nothingToDoSleepms = eqm.m_ScriptEngine.ScriptConfigSource.GetInt("SleepTimeIfNoScriptExecutionMs", 50);
             Start();
         }
 
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
                     }
                     catch (ThreadAbortException tae)
                     {
-                        throw tae;
+                        eventQueueManager.m_ScriptEngine.Log.Notice("ScriptEngine", "ThreadAbortException while executing function.");
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/ScriptEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/ScriptEngine.cs
index da0baba193..8b64d3d2a9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/ScriptEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Common/ScriptEngineBase/ScriptEngine.cs
@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
         public AppDomainManager m_AppDomainManager;
         public LSLLongCmdHandler m_LSLLongCmdHandler;
 
+        public IConfigSource ConfigSource;
+        public IConfig ScriptConfigSource;
+        public abstract string ScriptConfigSourceName { get; }
+
         public ScriptManager GetScriptManager()
         {
             return _GetScriptManager();
         }
+
         public abstract ScriptManager _GetScriptManager();
 
         private LogBase m_log;
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Common.ScriptEngineBase
         {
             World = Sceneworld;
             m_log = logger;
+            ScriptConfigSource = ConfigSource.Configs[ScriptConfigSourceName];
 
             Log.Verbose("ScriptEngine", "DotNet & LSL ScriptEngine initializing");
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/DotNetEngine/ScriptEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/DotNetEngine/ScriptEngine.cs
index 48ac3bb437..de168b718c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/DotNetEngine/ScriptEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/DotNetEngine/ScriptEngine.cs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.DotNetEngine
         // We need to override a few things for our DotNetEngine
         public override void Initialise(Scene scene, IConfigSource config)
         {
+            ConfigSource = config;
             InitializeEngine(scene, MainLog.Instance, true, GetScriptManager());
         }
 
@@ -46,5 +47,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.DotNetEngine
         {
             return new ScriptManager(this);
         }
+
+        public override string ScriptConfigSourceName
+        {
+            get { return "ScriptEngine.DotNetEngine"; }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/LSOEngine/ScriptEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/LSOEngine/ScriptEngine.cs
index 342a8ca443..aac210be19 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/LSOEngine/ScriptEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/LSOEngine/ScriptEngine.cs
@@ -51,5 +51,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.LSOEngine
         {
             return new ScriptManager(this);
         }
+
+        public override string ScriptConfigSourceName
+        {
+            get { return "ScriptEngine.LSOEngine"; }
+        }
+
     }
 }
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diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index 784083da70..a0ada5cbe8 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -114,3 +114,35 @@ shout_distance = 100
 ; send a Sun update ever frame_rate # of frames.  A lower number will
 ; make for smoother sun transition at the cost of network
 ;frame_rate = 100
+
+[ScriptEngine.DotNetEngine]
+
+; When a script receives an event the event is queued.
+; Any free thread will start executing this event. One script can only have one event executed simultaneously.
+; If you have only one thread, and one script has a loop or does a lot of work, then no other scripts can run at the same time.
+; Same if you have 10 threads, then only 10 scripts can be run simultaneously. 
+; But because most scripts exit after their task, the threads are free to go on to the next script.
+
+; Number of threads to use for script event execution
+; Threads are shared across all regions
+NumberOfScriptThreads=2
+
+; Should the script threads be private for each region?
+; true: Each region will get <NumberOfScriptThreads> dedicated to scripts within that region
+;       Number of threads will be <NumberOfScriptThreads>*<NumberOfRegions>
+; false: All regions share <NumberOfScriptThreads> for all their scripts
+PrivateRegionThreads=false
+
+; How long MAX should a script be allowed to run?
+; Do not set this too low (like 50ms) as there are some time wasted in simply executing a function
+; There is also a small speed penalty for every kill that is made
+MaxEventExecutionTimeMs=5000
+
+; Should we enable the max script event execution thread to look for scripts that exceed their timeslice?
+EnforceMaxEventExecutionTime=true
+
+; If no scripts have executed in this pass how long should we sleep before checking again
+; Impact:
+; Too low and you will waste lots of CPU
+; Too high and people touching object or similar will have to wait up to this amount of time before script responding
+SleepTimeIfNoScriptExecutionMs=50