Flash player freeze problem

Discussion in 'Software' started by FED UP, Oct 26, 2011.

  1. FED UP

    FED UP MajorGeek

    I'm using Firefox 7.0.1 . Whenever I am on a webpage that is using Flashplayer (Youtube, I heart radio, etc) and I leave the page without first clicking "stop" on the player, all instances of Firefox totally freeze up, and I have to shut down all instances of firefox via task manager. Before I go uninstalling and reinstalling stuff, I wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this, and what you did to fix it ....?
    (win 7 64 bit)
     
    FED UP, Oct 26, 2011
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  2. mjnc

    mjnc MajorGeek

    Flash Player problems are usually solved by Properly uninstalling Flash with the Adobe uninstaller, reboot and then install the latest version.

    This post should help:
    Adobe Flash Player Problems
     
    mjnc, Oct 26, 2011
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  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Just tested on my win 7 (64 bit) with FF 7.0.1 and I do not have the freeze problem.

    Disable some of your addons and see if one of those is the problem.
    I have 6 addons installed. Since it works with ABP and noscript, you don't need to disable them.
     
    plodr, Oct 27, 2011
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  4. FED UP

    FED UP MajorGeek

    Will give these a try .
     
    FED UP, Oct 27, 2011
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  5. usafveteran

    usafveteran MajorGeek

    Of course, you could get in the habit of stopping the video first. :major
     
    usafveteran, Oct 27, 2011
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  6. FED UP

    FED UP MajorGeek

    What ?!?! Are you saying I should have to go through all the effort of clicking "stop" ?! ARE YOU INSANE !? LOL

    btw-havent had time yet to do the deleted and reinstalls . Will let you know when i have to to get to it .
     
    FED UP, Oct 28, 2011
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  7. FED UP

    FED UP MajorGeek

    ok fellers. This issue is really getting on my nerves and I have some spare time today so lets see if i can fix this crap .
     
    FED UP, Oct 29, 2011
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  8. FED UP

    FED UP MajorGeek

    I could, but that isnt the only time it freezes. Sometimes it will freeze up if i switch between webpages while flash is running and other times when I just don't know why it happens.
     
    FED UP, Oct 29, 2011
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  9. FED UP

    FED UP MajorGeek

    Ok. That was fairly painless. Used the flash uninstaller, cleaned up with Ccleaner, reinstalled flash, reinstalled the firefox plugin and it seems to be working as it should now . Thanks mjnc .
     
    FED UP, Oct 29, 2011
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  10. mjnc

    mjnc MajorGeek

    Cool. :cool

    Wish I had as much success. rolleyes
    Was trying to watch videos on MSNBC and got the same message as reported in another thread about needing to Update Flash Player.
    Of course, I already had the latest and always follow that procedure.

    Did all of the same stuff and a Full uninstall of Opera with Revo Uninstaller with the Advanced mode cleaner several times as well as multiple uninstalls / reinstalls of Flash Player.
    Never got it to work in Opera or Pale Moon although other Flash stuff works.
    THEN, I had hours of trouble getting Opera to work properly again. :banghead
    Fortunately, I keep a couple of backups of the configuration files and for the major stuff, I know which ones do what. ;)
     
    mjnc, Oct 29, 2011
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