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SeanWolf

(HOPEFULLY This is the right area to ask) So I need some tech help. As of this week, Youtube been....well freezing Firefox. I go to the homepage, it freezes Firefox for a minute before unfreezing then, few seconds later, it freezes Firefox again. I go to watch a video and it freezes when the video starts but the audio plays then freezes again a minute or two in the video before behaving normally. I updated Flash and my graphics card, I disabled AdBlock and I'm still getting problems (I even have this problems on a few flash games on DeviantArt and other sites). Oddly, I don't have this problem on any other site nor embedded YouTube videos. Any ides?

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fubarnocaps

I have the same issue on firefox and youtube videos. It got so bad that my entire browser would be unresponsive and I had to go into task manager to kill flash. I fixed it by doing everything on this page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/adobe-flash-plugin-has-crashed but I don't actually know what step actually fixed it...or if I did something else that fixed it. Computers...

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SeanWolf

Well the one on there - Disable Flash protected mode - I did just now SEEMS to have fixed it. Oddly, I didn't have any problems 'till this week when I was playing Fallout New VEgas and had it minimized and went to open Firefox to check my email.

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Kartyl

I had some similliar issues some time ago (like month or two). I didn't bother with fixes - I just deleted FF completly and reinstalled it. Works great so far.

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SeanWolf

I just tried uninstalling it myself. Still getting problems with Youtube and other flash programs.

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TinyPurple

i'm guessing some script or addon is faulty

try disabling everything you can and check... other than that, don't know cause using Chrome

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SeanWolf

I did try using Chrome but some reason it's slow on my computer

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Mully

i had the same issue some months ago, can't remember how i fixed it because i reinstalled windows later. -_-

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perrolijo

Why do you use flash? :S Youtube can already use html5

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SeanWolf

I know that...it's just that I have no clue how to well fix HTML5 if that's the problem (I know Firefox can kinda use html5)

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DAZZY15

how? :/

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perrolijo

I use firefox and it just uses it, I don' t have to do nothing :/

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DAZZY15

i use firefox too, but asks me to install Flash Player to play videos u.u

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perrolijo

Maybe in your region is not available yet :/

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DAZZY15

the more ADD-ONs you use the more FREEZE you suffer
script too :v

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SeanWolf

I didn't know that, honestly.

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vinirockman

Why don't you disable flash on youtube? Ever tried Microsoft Silverlight? Bank plugins causes a lot of generic problems too...
Even if it doesn't work, run troubleshooter for Windows Fix It Tool.
Even if it doesn't work, go to something more strutural (like Microsoft .NET Framework).
I'm no tech, but this path always solve any general problem before reinstall.

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SeanWolf

One: The heck is a Bank Plugin?
Two: How do you disable Flash on Youtube?

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vinirockman

Have you ever access any bank account from a PC?
Mostly, plugins are required. At least, in my country, we have a different security plugin to every bank.
They used to be very problematic though.
To make a plugin exception on Chrome Browser, just go for this link: chrome://chrome/settings/contentExceptions#plugins

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SeanWolf

Ah. No, I have no Bank plugins on my Firefox

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